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The Prosecutor’s Office denounces death threats against Prosecutor Diana Salazar

Ecuadornews:   The Ecuadorian Prosecutor’s Office rejected the threats against Prosecutor Diana Salazar, who has followed cases such as the FIFA-Gate and the Odebrecht corruption plot, which investigates vice president Jorge Glas, currently imprisoned. The State...
Posted On 23 Oct 2017
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Ecuador leads initiative against human rights violations committed by multinationals

Ecuadornews:   Next Monday Ecuador’s Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa will present a proposal in Geneva to create a legally binding instrument against human rights violations by multinational companies. Espinosa will travel to Geneva today from Lima since...
Posted On 23 Oct 2017
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The Ministry of Education and UNICEF campaign against school sexual abuse

Ecuadornews:   From this day, teachers and directors of Zone 8 (Guayaquil, Durán, and Samborondón districts) will provide students with material to prevent sexual abuse. This is the reason why, in the framework of the campaign #AhoraQueLoVes # DiNoMás (#NowThatYouSeeIt...
Posted On 23 Oct 2017
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Police intelligence redoubled security of prosecutor Diana Salazar

Ecuadornews:   The National Directorate of Intelligence of the Police (DGI for its Spanish acronym) reinforced security for prosecutor Diana Salazar and her family due to the death threats she received in the last hours. Salazar commented that the messages reached her via...
Posted On 23 Oct 2017
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Moreno talks about paranoia referring to Correa’s message on Twitter

Ecuadornews:   The phrase that marked the binational meeting between the presidents and cabinets of Ecuador and Peru was that of the Ecuadorian leader Lenin Moreno: “In Ecuador, we do not have presidents imprisoned, but we do not lose hope.” On October 21, Moreno...
Posted On 23 Oct 2017
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Isabel Noboa and her bet on iconic works

Ecuadornews:   Since the construction of Mall del Sol and the Sheraton Hotel in the north of Guayaquil, the Nobis consortium has built “cities within cities,” a strategy that has multiplied its credibility and success in another real estate, industrial and...
Posted On 23 Oct 2017
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Cawiya returned; Alianza PAIS trembles in fear

Ecuadornews:   Alicia Cawiya returned to the Legislature but no legislator from the Alianza PAIS ruling party was there to welcome her. Four years ago, in October 2013, the vice president of the Huaorani communities was contacted by the state and taken to plenary to support...
Posted On 20 Oct 2017
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Direct contracts, the ‘origin’ of corruption

Ecuadornews:   Different sides, a single demand: to reform the Organic Law of the Public Procurement System. The proposals submitted by the Assembly Absalón Campoverde (CREO), Mónica Alemán (PAIS) and María Mercedes Cuesta (Force EC) and approved by the Council on...
Posted On 20 Oct 2017
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The National Audit Office announces special examination to the Vice Presidency

Ecuadornews:   The National Audit Office arranged for a special examination of the administrative and financial operations of the Vice-Presidency Office between August 2 and October 4 of this year. During that period, Jorge Glas, who is in detention for investigations linked...
Posted On 20 Oct 2017
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25 agreements between Ecuador and Peru were fulfilled this year

Ecuadornews:   The governments of Ecuador and Peru review the cooperation commitments signed last year, in areas such as tourism, mining, connectivity, commerce, security, infrastructure, among others. The president of Ecuador Lenin Moreno traveled with 18 high-level...
Posted On 20 Oct 2017
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