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Prosecutor requests the revoke of the hearing against Tomislav Topic and Ricardo Rivera

Ecuadornews:   The Office of the Prosecutor requested the Albán Borja Criminal Judicial Unit of Guayaquil to revoke the hearing to file charges of alleged money laundering against Tomislav Topic, his son Jan and Ricardo Rivera, uncle of Vice President Jorge Glas. “That...
Posted On 19 Dec 2017
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The PDVSA breaches overshadowed the management of Sacha

Ecuadornews:   A failed business. The Venezuelan state PDVSA is another of the failed “partner” of the previous government in the oil area. The former president Rafael Correa and the deceased Hugo Chávez sealed, between 2008 and 2009, two agreements for the...
Posted On 19 Dec 2017
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The CAL authorized the trial against Glas with two months delay

Ecuadornews:      Will the impeachment against Vice President Jorge Glas take place? The Legislative Administrative Council (CAL) took the times to the limit. Just yesterday he admitted the processing, whose request was presented by the opposition banks on October 7,...
Posted On 18 Dec 2017
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Sybel Martínez: “The school system must be declared in emergency”

Ecuadornews:     The Commission that Silvia Salgado presides over has avoided the investigation of responsibilities in cases of school sexual abuse and distanced herself more and more from civil society. Sybel Martínez explains why he does not want to endorse...
Posted On 18 Dec 2017
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Prosecutor will make charges to Topic and Rivera on December 19, 2017

Ecuadornews:     The Office of the Prosecutor prepares new accusations for the Odebrecht case. On Tuesday, December 19, 2017, he will file charges against Tomislav Topic, shareholder of Telconet; his son, Jan Topic; and Ricardo Rivera, uncle of Vice President Jorge...
Posted On 18 Dec 2017
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Moreno says that Correa is just another opponent

Ecuadornews:     President Lenin Moreno, who starts a tour in Spain this Sunday after meeting with Pope Francis in Rome, has denied that his mentor, former President Rafael Correa, has become his main opponent. “The main opposition is the lack of economic...
Posted On 18 Dec 2017
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Baca Mancheno: ‘We could open 20 additional cases for Odebrecht’

Ecuadornews:     Interview with Carlos Baca Mancheno.   What is coming in the Odebrecht case after the Court sentenced Jorge Glas to six years in prison? There are open investigations before concluding the fiscal instruction; there are investigations ordered after...
Posted On 18 Dec 2017
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Prosecutor’s office asks for the maximum penalty for Jorge Glas for illicit association, in Odebrecht case

Ecuadornews:   Carlos Baca, prosecutor requested this morning the maximum penalty for the crime of illicit association, for the vice president without functions Jorge Glas, as the perpetrator of the crime. Baca made the request to present the final arguments in the trial...
Posted On 08 Dec 2017
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Prosecutor Carlos Baca: ‘Glas helped Odebrecht with his political power’

Ecuadornews:   The prosecutor Carlos Baca made a detailed explanation about the participation of Jorge Glas. He used a block of slides to explain that the Vice President had ‘full control’ of the strategic sectors, that he favored Odebrecht through the...
Posted On 08 Dec 2017
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New president of Maritime Chamber will continue pressing for dredging access channel to the port of Guayaquil

Ecuadornews:   Javier Moreira Calderón was elected as the new president of the Maritime Chamber of Ecuador (Camae) this Thursday, December 7, 2017. Moreira is linked to the shipping business as manager of CMA CGM in Ecuador. And he headed the only list authorized for the...
Posted On 08 Dec 2017
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