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Argentina officializes departure of ambassador Luis Juez in Ecuador

Ecuadornews:   The Government of Argentina made official the departure of Luis Juez as ambassador in Ecuador. The president of that country, Mauricio Macri, issued Executive Decree 1118/2017 to transfer the diplomat to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship.  The...
Posted On 03 Jan 2018
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Jorge Glas, summoned to present his evidence in impeachment

Ecuadornews:   Four and a half hours took the Commission of Examination to know the request for impeachment against Jorge Glas, arrange to notify the parties to present the evidence of charge and defense, and approve a motion for the prosecutor to appear Carlos Baca...
Posted On 03 Jan 2018
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Todd Chapman: We are committed to Ecuador to continue cooperation on the fight against corruption

Ecuadornews:   The US ambassador in Ecuador, Todd Chapman, said this morning during an interview in City News that corruption cases such as the Fifagate case and Odebrecht are like cancer for any society. Chapman said that the fight against corruption of these issues is not...
Posted On 03 Jan 2018
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Vice President Jorge Glas completes 90 days of absence from office

Ecuadornews:   The term of temporary absence of Jorge Glas in the position of vice president ends today (January 2, 2018). And from tomorrow it can be considered as definitive absence.  Glas is detained, since October, for illicit association in the Odebrecht investigation....
Posted On 02 Jan 2018
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An unusual request to try to leave prison

Ecuadornews:   A response that takes time. And it is one of the possibilities that the defense of Jorge Glas, sentenced to six years for illicit association in the Odebrecht case, to achieve his freedom. With judicial setbacks to all the appeals, Eduardo Franco Loor, defense...
Posted On 02 Jan 2018
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Justice orders that now Ochoa also apologize to newspaper El Comercio

Ecuadornews:   The Court of Contentious Administrative of Quito has ordered the Superintendent of Communication, Carlos Ochoa, to publicly apologize to the newspaper El Comercio, for having no legal arguments to publish a rectification on the front page, in May 2015. The...
Posted On 29 Dec 2017
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Judge orders Ochoa to apologize to Teleamazonas

Ecuadornews:   Judge Lucila Gómez accepted the action of protection of the television network Teleamazonas against the director of the Superintendence of Information and Communication (SUPERCOM), Carlos Ochoa, and has ordered that he should ask for public apologies within 72...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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US Court rules in favor of Ecuador in trial against the Isaias brothers

Ecuadornews:   The Court of Appeals of the Third District of the State of Florida reversed the sentence of October 15, 2015 issued by Judge John W. Thornton of the Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Miami-Dade County (Florida) that had rejected the lawsuit raised by...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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The Prosecutor’s Office will make charges against former Minister Espinel on January 15

Ecuadornews:   The Judicial Unit North 2 of Guayaquil fixed for the next January 15, 2018, the hearing to formulate charges against Iván Espinel and other 19 people; all investigated for the alleged crime of embezzlement. This process originated after a report with...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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Character of Jorge Glas, among the most demanded to burn the Old Year

Ecuadornews:   A few days before the end of 2017 along the renowned street 6 de Marzo, in downtown Guayaquil, political figures are shown, some that until last year did not have a high demand as puppets.  In the road artery, from Franco Dávila to Venezuela, on the morning of...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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