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There are letters from the government of Rafael Correa in the computer of Ricardo Rivera

Ecuadornews:     Documents found on the computer of Ricardo Rivera, uncle of Vice President Jorge Glas, would indicate that the defendant had access to the official communication system Quipux (created during the government of former president Rafael Correa to exchange...
Posted On 12 Sep 2017
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Former Judge Djalma Blum says that CJ pressures continue against her

Ecuadornews:     Former Criminal Judge Djalma Blum, who claimed she was pressed by the Judicial Council when she was in office, says that after two years there is still alleged retaliation against her. “There is no trial that I hold, and they do not get in,”...
Posted On 12 Sep 2017
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President considers the Conaie as a pillar for the new Ecuador

Ecuadornews:     President Lenin Moreno met yesterday with leaders of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), who informed them of the progress of the requests made to him on July 4, during the first meeting with this organization. Moreno said...
Posted On 12 Sep 2017
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Moreno: “We have been victims of several decades of corruption.”

Ecuadornews:     President Lenin Moreno referred in his weekly address once again to the fight against corrupt practices and said that “we have been victims of several decades of corruption.” “Fellow citizens let´s hold our stance against the scourge...
Posted On 12 Sep 2017
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Alvaro Noboa ‘faces’ Hurricane Irma

Ecuadornews:     Ecuadorean tycoon Alvaro Noboa published on his Facebook account a video in which he ‘faces’ the winds caused by Hurricane Irma in Miami Beach. With his torso naked and in a bathing suit, the former presidential hopeful sends a message to...
Posted On 11 Sep 2017
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Transparency Front prepares its anti-corruption proposal

Ecuadornews:     The Transparency and Anti-Corruption Front met with about 30 institutional representatives and citizens since its inception (June 5). The nine members of the front currently work on a proposal of actions, which will be presented to President Lenin...
Posted On 11 Sep 2017
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The Uncle of the Vice President had privileged information of those interested in investing in the country

Ecuadornews:     A private letter sent by the Vea Group to Vice President Jorge Glas Espinel showing interest in participating in the Fruta del Norte mining project was found in the computer of Glas’s uncle, Ricardo Rivera. This documentation is a vital part of...
Posted On 11 Sep 2017
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A redoubt of the correism

Ecuadornews:     The last bastion. A handful of former officials close to former President Rafael Correa and supporters of the ‘Correism,‘ coincidentally or not, found a space in the current government: the foreign service. Now, from far from the border,...
Posted On 11 Sep 2017
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For the third time, the trial of Carlos Pareja is postponed

Ecuadornews:     The third attempt failed. Former Hydrocarbons Minister Carlos Pareja Yannuzzelli, detained in jail 4 of Quito, was to be tried today, at 08:45, for alleged illicit enrichment. The hearing had to take place in the National Court of Justice. Judge Zulema...
Posted On 11 Sep 2017
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Lasso offers support to Moreno in referedum to eliminate re-election and the CPCCS

Ecuadornews:     Thursday, opposition leader Guillermo Lasso asked President Lenin Moreno, in a video broadcast on Twitter, to call a referendum for the ‘democratic reinstitutionalization of Ecuador.’ And he specified two fundamental issues: the elimination...
Posted On 08 Sep 2017
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