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Ecuadornews:     The Public Prosecutor issued a ruling on the complaint against Carlos Ochoa, head of the Superintendence of Information and Communication (Supercom). He had been singled out for alleged forgery and misuse of public documents. According to the...

Ecuadornews:     Money laundering, illicit association, concussion and organized crime are the crimes investigated by the Office of the Prosecutor in the Odebrecht case. On December 22, 2016, the first preliminary investigation was opened. Other investigations came...

Ecuadornews:     Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, has described the legislators of the CREO party Ana Galarza and Jeannine Cruz, and PSC legislators Paola Vintimilla and Cristina Reyes as “hysterical women.” They are among the 59 parliamentarians who...

Ecuadornews:     The Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS) will invest $ 1 billion until October 2018 to provide more infrastructure and medical equipment to its affiliates, their children, and retirees. Of that amount, $ 300 million will be allocated for the...

Ecuadornews:     Pharmaceutical and toilet products, vehicles and food are the most imported consumer goods in the first four months of 2017. They totaled USD 725.18 million, which represented 62% of the total consumption category, according to the Central Bank of...

Ecuadornews:     The jewel of the academic crown loses its shine. The University of Yachay, opened on April 1, 2014, and housed in a patrimonial building of the San José in Urcuquí Hacienda (Imbabura), has three problems that threaten its future. The work, considered...

Ecuadornews:     Ricardo Rivera Aráuz is in “a stable condition” even after remaining in house arrest and having a bracelet that alerts the police of all his movements. Vice President Jorge Glas’s uncle prepares the statement that will explain why a...

Ecuadornews:     In order to overcome the current fiscal crisis, the government can obtain resources to finance the General State Budget if it sells abandoned assets and properties, or those that are under judicial disputes. It is time for the current Government to...

Ecuadornews:     Governor of Manabi Mariano Zambrano Segovia knew the former comptroller general Carlos Pólit, accused of concussion, for allegedly abusing of his power to demand money. Pólit leased his suite located in the north of Quito to Zambrano. On June 2, the...

Ecuadornews:     Foreign Trade Minister Pablo Campana announced yesterday his plans of raising the tariff of 400 imported products by up to five percentage points. The decision took by surprise part of the local businessmen. Of the 1 243 products that came under review...