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The Guayaquil mayor Jaime Nebot, said advocate and support the democratic system in Ecuador. “No matter how serious the problem can be solved with violence and disrespect for the Constitution and the law is a very serious and unacceptable precedent,” he said in...

President Rafael Correa declared three days of national mourning this Friday, due to deaths in the crossfire between Ecuadorian Armed Forces and the National Police. Interior Minister Gustavo Jalkh, who confirmed the death of two soldiers, a policeman and a college student,...

State of Emergency Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador, issued Nº 488 decree yesterday and therefore declared the state of emergency. Here are the document statements: Article 1. The state of emergency should be declared nationally in case members of the National Police have...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. Due to Police protests, there’s nobody providing security in the city. Military groups, supporting President Rafael Correa, have not shown up to avoid delinquency on the streets. Meanwhile ECTV is broadcasting its signal through all the TV channels,...

During yesterday Thursday the National Police took the streets with protest and stopped protecting the citizens. Officers who once were in charge of detaining any public riot, acted as the thugs they apprehend. Burning tires, barricaded streets and no police protection were the...

Members of the police department and regiments of Ecuador are against the new law that will affect the interests of the National Police. In the capital a singular protest has started. Students, workers and seniors are no longer the only one that protest, the police has an hour of...

UPDATE: (12h40) Rafael Correa: “There’s an attempt to enter my room. If anything happens to me I will always love my country.” (11h30) Luis Ernesto González, Chief of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, says he supports the President. (11h00) President Correa is being...

Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa was injured during the Police riots at the “Regimiento Quito 1”. The President was almost hit by a tear gas canister, Correa recently had a knee surgery and could move really fast. As he moved he was verbally assaulted. President...

Ecuador’s foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño, said to be  ‘concerned’ about the penalty against Piedad Cordova a Colombian senator for alleged guerrillas collaboration however he respects decisions each country, said. The Chancellor is expecting for  ´more information’ and...

On Tuesday several students, workers, professors from universities across the country rallied against the presidential veto to the Superior Education Law, which will come into effect on Friday by the Ministry of Law. The demonstrators came from different provinces in order to...