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Cesar Perez gave statements against Judge Paredes

This morning, the deputy director of El Universo Newspaper, Cesar Perez Barriga, went to the Guayas’ District Attorney to give statements in the complaint against Judge Juan Paredes. Perez is the third brother in giving testimony in the judgment by misrepresentation and...
Posted On 15 Nov 2011
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A year after the 30S incidents the Family of a victim Demand Justice

The National Assembly yesterday received an unexpected visit from Sandra Jimenez and his mother, Flor Granda, sister and mother of Froilan Jiménez, Police who died in the Ecuadorian police revolt last September 30 (30S), 2010. Mother and daughter demanded justice and claimed that...
Posted On 23 Sep 2011
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U.S. Files Millionaire Lawsuit Against Bank Institutions

Yesterday, the Federal Housing Agency (FHFA) filed a multimillion lawsuit that accuses Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Barclays, Citigroup, Nomura and other large financial groups of the loss of 41,000 million dollars to the two public lenders Freddie Mac...
Posted On 03 Sep 2011
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Fabricio Correa Aims a New Referendum If the Yes Wins

Businessman Fabricio Correa, brother of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, stated that he will pose a new referendum for the month of September, in the case that the “Yes” wins this Saturday. If this happens, he will appeal to the city and proposals outcry from...
Posted On 05 May 2011
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William and Kate Said I Do

Members of foreign royal families, politicians, diplomats and prominent entertainment figures such as Elton John and soccer player David Beckham were among the 1,900 guests who attended the Westminster Abbey today to witness the wedding of the year. The bride, Kate Middleton,...
Posted On 29 Apr 2011
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Rapporteur: Ecuadorian Penal Code “Threatens Freedom Of Expression And The Right To Information”

The Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) ruled yesterday via newsletter, from its headquarters in Washington, and reported that three recent cases show that Ecuador departs from the Inter-American standards of...
Posted On 16 Apr 2011
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RSF Calls on Correa to Drop Confrontations With the Media

Through an open letter sent to the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, the organization Reporteros sin Fronteras (RSF) requested him to remove the “exorbitant lawsuits” against several media. This document was signed by General Secretary Jean-François Julliard. This...
Posted On 01 Apr 2011
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Rafael Correa Will Beging Another Legal Action

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said that next week he will begin another legal action against members of the public oversight after a moral damage claim against journalists Juan Carlos Calderon and Christian Zurita for $ 10 million. Members of the citizen oversight Victor...
Posted On 20 Mar 2011
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Arturo Larrea was Dismissed by the Constitutional Court

The plenum of the Constitutional Court unanimously dismissed this morning the Secretary General of the organism, Arturo Larrea Jijón. Larrea is Alfredo Larrea Jijón’s brother, lawyer of Cervecería Nacional. The questioning to Larrea brothers and to the judges of the CC came due...
Posted On 03 Mar 2011
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Constitutional Court Investigates Cerveceria Nacional Scandal

The Ecuadorian Constitutional Court (CC) answered to the scandal on its find for the defendant Cerveceria Nacional, which is accused of paying one million dollars to the judges in exchange of a favorable fail. Yesterday, Patricio Pazmiño and six more judges gave a press...
Posted On 09 Feb 2011
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