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Process of political judgment to Jorge Glas passes from CAL to Commission of Control

Ecuadornews:   The Administrative Council of the Legislature (CAL) of the National Assembly approved on Tuesday the sending of the impeachment process to the Vice President of the Republic without functions Jorge Glas, to the Supervisory Commission, another step in this...
Posted On 27 Dec 2017
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Villavicencio alleges corruption in oil contracts

Ecuadornews:   The former unionist said that it is one of the biggest cases of corruption in the history of the country. The losses would exceed $ 2 billion. Former trade unionist Fernando Villavicencio arrived in the National Assembly on Tuesday to deliver documentation...
Posted On 27 Dec 2017
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Comptroller denies Jorge Glas’s appeal and confirms his dismissal from office

Ecuadornews:   The Comptroller’s Office denied on Tuesday, December 26, 2017, the appeal for review presented by the Vice President of the Republic, Jorge Glas, which confirms his request for dismissal that the Assembly must execute.  The sanction was imposed as part...
Posted On 27 Dec 2017
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President Moreno grants two new pardons

Ecuadornews:   Through executive decrees 249 and 251, issued last Friday, December 22, the President of the Republic, Lenin Moreno granted two new pardons, this time to Claudia Gabriela Rodríguez Lima and Jorge Wladimir Peña Ortiz.    Rodriguez was sentenced to a four-year...
Posted On 26 Dec 2017
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Cinthya Coppiano and Tábata Gálvez, to the tables in January

Ecuadornews:   A few months ago, the actresses Cinthya Coppiano and Tábata Gálvez joined talents to relaunch the collection of an Ecuadorian intimate clothing line through a play. Now they return with the same comic production, but at the national level. In short order, name...
Posted On 26 Dec 2017
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Until 2021, the government of Ecuador plans to build 325,000 homes with the ‘Casa para todos’ program

Ecuadornews:   In the first months of President Moreno’s administration, the first 500 million were disbursed for this project. According to the Minister of Urban Development and Housing, María Alejandra Vicuña, from 2018 to 2021, the government of Ecuador plans to...
Posted On 26 Dec 2017
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The unsuccessful defense strategy

Ecuadornews:   More than four hours had the vice president without functions Jorge Glas to convince of his innocence to the court that judged him for illicit association in the Odebrecht case.  The judges listened attentively and followed his script written in 113 pages on...
Posted On 26 Dec 2017
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Sentenced could not contract with the State between 10 and 25 years

Ecuadornews:   Reforms in nine articles of the Constitution and of the penal, electoral and public service rules should be applied to sanction with the so-called “civil or political death” any person condemned for acts of corruption, to win the Yes in question 1...
Posted On 26 Dec 2017
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Julian Assange’s Twitter account has disappeared

Ecuadornews:   The personal Twitter account of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has disappeared from the social network without any indication of what could be the reason. The online search profile Australian journalist, exiled since 2012 in the Ecuadorian embassy in...
Posted On 26 Dec 2017
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Constitutional Court admits political trial to Jorge Glas

Ecuadornews:   Unanimously eight judges of the Constitutional Court (CC) gave way to the start of the political trial against the Vice President of the Republic without functions, Jorge Glas, sentenced in the first instance for the crime of illicit enrichment by the...
Posted On 22 Dec 2017
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