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Ecuadornews:     Businessman Tomislav Topic, the owner of Telconet, confessed to the prosecutor’s office last week that he paid a total of $ 5 million in commissions to Ricardo Rivera Aráuz, the uncle of Vice President Jorge Glas, for serving as a nexus to close...

Ecuadornews:     former presidential hopeful Guillermo Lasso has tweeted Monday night that President Lenin Moreno has “five million new reasons to require the resignation of his vice president.” And he adds that if he does not do it, “history will not...

Ecuadornews:     The announcement that athlete Glenda Morejón, a world champion, will benefit from the Plan of High Performance of the Ministry of Sport, in the category D, has not been well received, as she will be granted a pension of 300 dollars per month, according...

Ecuadornews:     Not everyone has experience in the oil sector, but in their speeches, the new senior officials who manage this strategic activity of the country have appealed to the need to fight against corruption, following the scandals generated during the previous...

Ecuadornews:     Vice President Jorge Glas spoke on the statements of Tomislav Topic, president and shareholder of Telconet, a former contractor of the Ecuadorian State and Odebrecht, and the $5 million commissions payment he would have made to Ricardo Rivera. “I...

Ecuadornews:     At least three research cases involve relatives. Fathers, mothers, children, and siblings have been prosecuted for bribery, laundering, and illicit association. There are at least two common features in the cases of corruption in the country: these...

Ecuadornews:     Legal expert Jorge Zavala Egas, who was the defense of part of the defendants in the case called New Atardecer, said yesterday they have no relation with those prosecuted for gold trading between Guayaquil and Miami.   Zavala clarified that the process...

Ecuadornews:     Former Vice-President León Roldós agreed that the mayor of Guayaquil Jaime Nebot exposes to President Lenin Moreno the kind of central state the country requires but asked for “a greater emphasis on the demand for total transparency and no...

Ecuadornews:     The opposition has not yet defined a ‘plan B,’ but speaks of appealing to all statutory bodies to insist on a political trial against Vice President Jorge Glas. On the other hand, the legislators of the Alianza PAIS (AP) bloc...

Ecuadornews:   Giorgio Azín Della Velpo became popular in the seventies as one of the pioneers of local TV. He hosted shows like Lluvia de Oro, Jueves Gigantes, and Sus Primeros Aplausos on Channel 4, now RTS. Azín passed away yesterday at the age of 88 after being...