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There are at least four candidates indicated for alleged links to criminal organizations that won the elections on February 5, 2023. In some cases there would be a relationship with drug trafficking. The Anti-Corruption Parliamentary Front of the Assembly submitted a report on...

Diego Ordóñez, Secretary of Security, announced that this is only the first block of judges denounced. He will also request a summary from the Judiciary. As President Guillermo Lasso announced the day before, on the morning of February 8, 2023, Ordóñez went to the headquarters of...

Through a press release issued by the Communication Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, the National Government indicated that it is awaiting the results of the Citizen Consultation, which have not yet been delivered by the National Electoral Council (CNE).  At this...

This Friday, February 3, 2023, Vote at Home takes place. This modality is carried out prior to the elections on Sunday, February 5, where sectional authorities, members of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS) and Citizen Consultation will be elected. ...

Alexis Mera, former legal secretary of Rafael Correa, was sentenced to eight years in prison for the Sobornos Case 2012-2016, in 2020. The decision was made by Galo Rodríguez, Ambato Penitentiary Guarantees Judge (Tungurahua), on the morning of January 27, 2023. Alexis Mera will...

Judge Melissa Muñoz accepted Jorge Glas‘ request for unification of sentences. The former vice president will no longer have to complete his six-year prison sentence for illicit association, in the Odebrecht case, but will only have to serve the eight-year sentence for...

Juan Zapata, Minister of the Interior, presented information on these candidates to the Prosecutor’s Office. There are eight open investigations for the so-called narcopolitics. The information was delivered by Zapata, at the offices of the State Attorney General’s...

The Plenary of the Constitutional Court resolved the dismissal of the 7 members of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS). The reason? The ” deliberate and systematic” failure to designate the head of the Council of the Judiciary.  The...

The Hungarian Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó, arrived in Ecuador to sign two letters of intent on defense and hydrocarbons. The diplomat hopes that this will open the door to new joint actions. The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó, visited...

For the February 5, 2023 elections, Ecuadorians residing in other countries will be able to exercise their right to vote through telematic voting, a mechanism implemented by the National Electoral Council (CNE) with a view to reducing absenteeism abroad. This mechanism can be...