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Only four candidates for mayor were in debate

Ecuadornews: Only four of seven candidates for the Mayor of Guayaquil invited guests to the debate organized Wednesday night by the Chamber of Commerce of Guayaquil and the digital portal La Posta. Jimmy Jairala, from the Democratic Center; and Cynthia Viteri, from the PSC, had...
Posted On 21 Feb 2019
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Three money laundering companies were created in Ecuador to put the narco-money of “El Chapo” Guzmán

Ecuadornews: In the trial against Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, in the United States, Ecuador was mentioned several times as part of the countries that the drug trafficker involved in his illicit business. Three ghost companies were created that they used to launder the...
Posted On 20 Feb 2019
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Presidency of Ecuador asks to investigate judges who acquitted Espinel

Ecuadornews: The Secretariat of Anticorruption of the Presidency of Ecuador has asked to investigate the judges of the Criminal Guarantees Court of the province of Guayas (south) who last week absolved former Minister Iván Espinel accused of alleged corruption. “We make an...
Posted On 19 Feb 2019
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Government questions judicial ruling in favor of former minister Iván Espinel

Ecuadornews: María Paula Romo, Minister of the Interior, described as “outrageous” that the Criminal Guarantees Court of Guayas ratify the state of innocence of the former Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion Iván Espinel, who is being prosecuted for the crime of...
Posted On 18 Feb 2019
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The six sectoral cabinets will coordinate 42 institutions

Ecuadornews: President Lenin Moreno will hold permanent meetings with the ministers who preside over the six sectoral cabinets; Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner will oversee the work. Executive Decree 660 published on February 5 defined the creation of a strategic cabinet and...
Posted On 18 Feb 2019
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Brothers William and Roberto Isaías were arrested in the United States

Ecuadornews: On the morning of this Wednesday, February 13, 2019, brothers William and Roberto Isaías were arrested in Miami, United States, by immigration authorities. This was confirmed by his lawyer, Jorge Zavala Egas. In addition, it is known that at this moment he is waiting...
Posted On 14 Feb 2019
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Participation asks to link Correa to the case of the Refinery

Ecuadornews: The Council of Transitional Citizen Participation (CPCCST) brought to the Prosecutor’s Office its third complaint about the supposed corruption of the Rafael Correa government. The case of alleged organized crime against the prefect of Manabí, Mariano Zambrano...
Posted On 14 Feb 2019
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Ecuador ratifies extradition of Paul Ceglia to the United States for alleged extortion against Mark Zuckerberg

Ecuadornews: Ecuadorian justice ratified the extradition of Paul Ceglia to the United States, who is imprisoned in Quito for accusations of electronic fraud after he tried to defraud the Facebook founder, his lawyer in the Andean country said Wednesday. The Ecuadorian Court of...
Posted On 14 Feb 2019
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“El ruso”, who participated in the caminito operation, is the Argentine Iván Germán Velázquez Durán

Ecuadornews: In an interview conducted via email, the now applicant for political asylum in Spain, tells how the investigation was initiated to determine those responsible for the interception of the personal accounts of the highest authorities of the Ecuadorian State, political...
Posted On 13 Feb 2019
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Palora, in Morona Santiago, dispatches pitahaya to three continents

Ecuadornews: The first harvest season of pitahaya started in Palora, the area of the country with the highest production of this fruit. The producers calculate to export 1 million kilos, including organic fruit, between this month and March.  It is sold to Asia, the European...
Posted On 13 Feb 2019
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