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Critics to the agreement with 17 figureheads; the Government defends it

Ecuadornews: The 10 articles and the five provisions contained in the Anticorruption and Protection of the Whistleblower Act were analyzed, this Wednesday, January 30, 2019, in the Legislative Justice Committee. There the draft is prepared for the second and final debate. The...
Posted On 31 Jan 2019
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OAS says reforms announced by Atamaint will make independent election observation impossible

Ecuadornews: The Organization of American States (OAS) denied Wednesday that it had violated the regulations of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Ecuador during its observation mission of the February 2018 referendum, as denounced by the president of the electoral body. The...
Posted On 31 Jan 2019
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The Government goes after the denunciation of the former vice president of Odebrecht Luiz Mameri

Ecuadornews: The undersecretary of Political Action of the Presidency, Iván Granda, follows the clues of the testimony of Luiz Mameri, the former vice president of Odebrecht who affirmed that the alleged bribes to former Vice President Jorge Glas were transferred to Glory...
Posted On 30 Jan 2019
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Alexis Mera is also mentioned by Mameri in Odebrecht case

Ecuadornews: What was said by the former Odebrecht official is one of the strongest testimonies against Jorge Glas, former vice president of the Republic. The Attorney General of the State, Ruth Palacios, revealed that she is compiling the information provided in Brazil by the...
Posted On 30 Jan 2019
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Singue: 17 months in the Office of the Prosecutor

Ecuadornews: The prosecutor Ruth Palacios insisted that “in the next few days important issues that the country claims will be known.” She did not want to specify the cases, but said they will come at the right time. One of them would be Singue. The case is in...
Posted On 30 Jan 2019
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Mameri: “Payments to Glory International went to Glas”

Ecuadornews: In his version before the courts, the former vice president of Odebrecht linked the former Ecuadorian president, who rejected these claims. The payments that the Odebrecht company made to the Chinese firm Glory International, were bribes for the ex-president of...
Posted On 29 Jan 2019
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Dilemmas persist in doors of the electoral campaign

Ecuadornews: Different points of view at the doors of the sectional elections. When a week is missing for the start of the electoral campaign and 55 days for the elections, some concerns remain and others arise. Not only among the political organizations, but also among the...
Posted On 29 Jan 2019
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The Topic case removes dust from Odebrecht bribes

Ecuadornews: Former Vice President Jorge Glas is in prison, serving a six-year sentence, for his involvement in the Odebrecht case. The sentence, not yet executed, marked a triumph for the Ecuadorian Justice in its fight against corruption, but since that December 13, 2017 there...
Posted On 29 Jan 2019
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Sequel to the law will address public-private partnerships

Ecuadornews: After five months of the Law for Productive Development, in force since August 21, the Government prepares the second part of this regulation, which will raise reforms to laws such as the Collector, Public-Private Partnerships, Agricultural, Tourism and others. This...
Posted On 29 Jan 2019
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The case for the alleged kidnapping of Rafael Correa was declared prescribed

Ecuadornews: The criminal process that seven ex-policemen faced due to the presumed plagiarism or kidnapping of the ex-president, Rafael Correa, during the events of September 30, 2010 (30-S) was declared prescribed. If there are no objections to the ruling that will be sent in...
Posted On 29 Jan 2019
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