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Ecuadornews:     The payroll published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its website indicates that this state agency employs 1,781 people. According to official data, 704 people work in the Ecuadorian offices abroad. Stephania Baldeón Montesdeoca appears on this...

Ecuadornews:     The sound of the melodies that his father interpreted with the hype, the pingullo, and the drummer caught the attention of Raul Masaquiza. Then, at the age of 12, he decided to learn the rhythms of the Salasaka people, especially those he listened to in...

Ecuadornews:     They are required for something as simple as raising their hands and yet they do it wrong. Yesterday, at the plenary session of the Legislature, a routine vote of predictable results took place. The Alianza PAIS legislators had to vote Yes: it was easy....

Ecuadornews:     Lawmakers Esteban Bernal (Creo Party) and Raúl Tello (MUPP Party) have fifteen days to file the request for a political trial against the president of the Judicial Council Gustavo Jalkh. They are gathering as much evidence as possible to prevent the...

Ecuadornews:     Chilean journalist and political advisor of the Citizen’s Revolution in Ecuador Patricio Mery Bell is under house arrest in Chile for denunciations against the High Command of Carabineros de Santiago. Mery Bell came to Ecuador to reveal a CIA plot...

Ecuadornews:     Complaints of an alleged lack of independence of justice – constant during the previous government – now take a boost with several public testimonies of former judges and emails leaked days ago. They are part of the “evidence” to...

Ecuadornews:     President Lenin Moreno referred to the fight against corruption during his weekly address and said that this “does not admit misunderstood loyalties. Loyalty is not to patronize! Loyalty is not submission to the capo, nor defense to the vivacious...

Ecuadornews:     “You know President Correa. Some judges would listen to him or not because they finally had to rule sentences with specific legal criteria,” says President of the Judicial council Gustavo Jalkh during an interview. When asked about the...

Ecuadornews:     Former President Rafael Correa said on Saturday that ‘it turned his stomach’ when he learned that Mayor Jaime Nebot and presidential hopeful Cynthia Viteri laid the foundation stone of the Deepwater port in Posorja along with President Lenin...

Ecuadornews:       Public acceptance of President Lenin Moreno exceeds 80% in the first 100 days of his term, according to the polling firms Market and the Center for Research and Specialized Studies (CIEES). Market contends that 84.6% of citizens qualifies the...