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A plan designed for the majorities. The allocation of seats in the National Assembly, reformed by the ruling party in 2009, returned to Ecuador a plan with obvious conveniences for the first majority of the country. Source: http://expreso.ec/actualidad/el-precio-de-un-curul-FC1127106

The vice president of Ecuador and candidate for reelection, Jorge Glas, lodged a complaint yesterday with the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE for its Spanish acronym) to investigate the “defamation” against him, which he said had been poured during the last...

During the last weekly address, President Rafael Correa used the image of Jaime Roldós Aguilera, president of Ecuador from 1979 to 1981, for a space he called “The History of Frauds in Ecuador.” In that space, Correa said that the right has always used the “old...

Five provinces recorded a higher percentage of absenteeism in the general elections of February 19, which reached the 18.37% nationally, according to data from the National Electoral Council (CNE). With one hundred percent of votes counted for the presidential binomial, the...

The National Electoral Council (CNE) indicated yesterday that it performs the notification of the numerical results so that the political organizations can file challenges and the corresponding appeals. In Guayas, according to the President of the Electoral Board of the province,...

Tuesday the Turkish company Yilport took over the administration of Puerto Bolívar, thus causing a revolt in the banana sector. The cause: the possible increase in a 178% of the shoring rate per box of banana from the truck to the ship and other services in equal proportion,...

The company that took the country to the world concert of the coffee industry will lower the curtain in April. The work could well be called ‘chronicle of an announced death.’ Since December 2016, Compañía de Elaborados de Café ElCafé has been trying to reach an...

The transport sector suffers the collateral damages of the landslides and the destruction of state roads cause by the intense rains of the winter season. The forced closure of the roads because of these events harms 8,000 units of a hundred heavy-duty companies and 12,000...

The article written by José Hernández and published on the 4pelagatos.com website indicates that during Weekly Address No. 513, held last Saturday, President Rafael Correa spent an hour and forty minutes talking about the elections of February 19. Hernandez said “The whole...

Presidential candidates running for the second round of elections, Guillermo Lasso (CREO-SUMA) and Lenin Moreno (AP), continue today their proselytizing activities. Lasso did not conduct any public activity during the holiday. He met with his campaign team to define the strategy...