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Ecuadornews:   Various social organizations formalize the birth of the We are Ecuador in support of President Lenin Moreno’s administration and the referendum promoted by the Executive. The launch took place in Quito, Thursday, October 26, at 09:30, at Hotel Quito....

Ecuadornews:   Former Minister Carlos Pareja Yannuzzelli, Marco Calvopiña, and Diego Tapia were sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for unlawful association in Court No. 208 of the Northern Judicial Complex in Quito, at 00:00 on Wednesday, October 25. By taking advantage of...

Ecuadornews:   The Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Edison Lanza, expressed concern about the legal situation of activist Fernando Villavicencio, who has published journalistic articles in the Ecuadorian and...

Ecuadornews:   Two months after the contracts awarded to the companies whose shareholders are the Governor of Manabí Mariano Zambrano Sr. and his son Mariano Segovia Jr., who is a Legislator, came to light, the Solicitor General’s Office initiated an analysis on the...

Ecuadornews:   Tuesday, Ecuador expressed its “rejection and dissatisfaction” for statements considered offensive by the Argentine ambassador in Quito, Luis Alfredo Juez, against Ecuadorians. Deputy Foreign Minister Lourdes Puma, expressed “the emphatic...

Ecuadornews:   The Prosecutor’s Office takes a common stand in the face of threats against prosecutor Diana Salazar, coordinator of the Anti-Corruption Unit. These threats affect all members of the Prosecutor´s Office, Attorney General Carlos Baca said yesterday. Baca...

Ecuadornews:   As part of the Odebrecht investigation, the National Court of Criminal Guarantees convened Mauricio Neme Machiavello, Estefano Isaías Dassum, and John Pólit to the preliminary hearing, to be held on Friday, October 27, at 09:00, in the National Court of...

Ecuadornews:   The National Front of Retirees of the IESS (Frenjubiess), presided over by Francisco Ortiz, requested through a letter addressed to deputy Comptroller General Pablo Celi, the ratification of the removal of the president of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social...

Ecuadornews:   Guido Ferretti has been in charge of the Port Authority of Guayaquil since July and in less than four months, he has redesigned and implemented a development plan to consolidate the port activity for the next 20 years, whose backbone would be, according to...

Ecuadornews:   President Lenin Moreno said during his weekly address that more than 640 public works have problems, ranging from constructive failures to legal inconsistencies. The price of several of these works – contracted between 2011 and March 2017 – has...