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Ecuadornews:     Ecuador will not be able to prosecute Odebrecht and its former directors, employees, and adherents. This is one of the commitments the Office of the Attorney General agreed to meet, after receiving the documents of the case on June 1st. As the...

Ecuadornews:   Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Foreign Minister and a member of the new Front for Transparency and Fight against Corruption, said yesterday that resorting to the United Nations for cooperation is like “coming to our home and, above all, as Ecuador has come, to...

Ecuadornews:     About 3,000 people deprived of liberty in the country could benefit from the partial or total reduction of penalties, established in the last executive decree Rafael Correa issued as a president. This decree is No. 1440 dated May 23, 2017, that is, one...

Ecuadornews:     El Oro Governor Rocío Barriga faces the multiple questions that have arisen from both the Peruvian and Ecuadorian sides on the concrete wall the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (Miduvi) builds on the right bank of the Zarumilla channel, on the...

Ecuadornews:     The Alianza PAIS (PA) closed yesterday the possibility for Vice President Jorge Glas to explain to the Legislature his political role in strategic state companies, something required by the opposition blocks. In two continuous votings, AP won with 73...

Ecuadornews:     President Lenin Moreno summoned the heads of the Legislative, Judicial, Electoral and Transparency functions to the Government Palace. Those in charge of the Comptroller’s Office and the Prosecutor’s Office were also present. The heads of...

Ecuadornews:     Not to interfere in investigations that are underway, such as the Odebrecht case, is the particular criterion of legal expert Xavier Zavala Egas, coordinator of the newly formed Anti-Corruption Front. The collective position on this and other issues...

Ecuadornews:   Why does Glas feel persecuted? Glas believes “there are two things that Odebrecht will never forgive me for.” The first, for having expelled the company in 2008 and that, after knowing the US report on the fines, the government decided not to pay...

Ecuadornews:     Prosecutors and judges in charge of cases of organized crime, drug trafficking, and anti-corruption will receive more protection. This is the first government measure adopted after constant threats against their lives and their families. To protect...

Ecuadornews:     Deputy Comptroller Pablo Celi refused to accept his dismissal ordered by Carlos Pólit. In a video broadcast today in the social networks, Celi can be seen rejecting the resolution, in addition, he struggles with the authorities and he arranges to snatch...