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On Valentine’s day, Chevron received a non-romantic surprise, since Ecuadorian judge, Nicolas Zambrano, accused the U.S. oil company for environmental pollution. As reported by James Craig, a spokesman for Chevron, the company must pay 9,510 million dollars for environmental...

Today at a press conference Alvaro Noboa, President of Exporadora Bananera Noboa (EBN), said the enterprise cannot afford the $ 90 million that the Ecuadorian IRS is requiring them. The gloss imposed by the IRS corresponds to the year 2005. “In 2005 we exported in about $ 5...

Lourdes Tiban, member of the Assembly from Pachakutik party, informed that next Monday a Planton will be performed in front of the Public Ministry with the relatives of the police officers detained during the insurrection of September 30, 2010. Tiban said she would collect the...

Today, Rafael Correa, President of the Ecuadorian Republic, signed an executive decree to carry out the referendum. Correa proposed May 1 as the referendum date. Correa presented 10 questions to the Constitutional Court on January 17th, and on February 15th the Constitutional...

The Government will abide by the complete resolution of the Constitutional Court (CC) on the adoption of the ten questions of constitutional amendment and referendum. Yesterday, President Rafael Correa, hailed the passage of the proyect, calling it “a triumph of democracy...

Ecuador’s Constitutional Court approved on Tuesday night, although with modifications, President Rafael Correa’s proposal for referendum to reform the judicial system and limit the investment in banking and media. “The amendments of the Constitution have green...

Francisco Vergara resigned to his position as general secretary of the National Assembly, after more than 3 years in his office, first as secretary of the Constituent Assembly and later as secretary of the National Assembly. His place will be occupied by Andres Segovia. According...

On Tuesday, political activist Carlos Vera denounced the referendum promoted by President Rafael Correa to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Former television anchor traveled to Washington to present his complaint to the OAS, just a few hours before the...

189 people are detained by the government on charges of sabotage and terrorism. The most of the detainees are indigenous and peasant leaders, for this reason, the indigenous movement has decided to submit to the National Assembly a proposal for amnesty for more than a hundred...

With nine votes the Constitutional Court annulled the verdict in favor of Cervecería Nacional. It was decided that the whole process goes back to its initial state,that means to its original judges; however, they never talked about the possible millionaire bribery allegation...