Ecuador News

The Plenary Session of the National Assembly of Ecuador denied the decriminalization of abortion for victims of rape and in cases of incest, stupidity or insemination not consented with 65 votes in favor of the proposal, 59 against and six abstentions, in the debate on reforms to the Organic Integral Criminal Code (COIP). The vote was held on Tuesday,...

The ex-policemen Eduardo Mullo, Geovanny Lasso, Luis Guanotasig and Jesús Jetacama, who were sentenced to twelve years in jail for an alleged attempted murder on September 30, 2010, filed a complaint this morning against former president Rafael Correa and 15 justice operators for their intervention in what they call “an unfair sentence.”...

Ecuador’s country risk decreased 72 points in September, an improvement compared to the previous month. The latest data published by the Central Bank (ECB) indicates that the country risk is 633 points as of September 12, while the last August 31 was 705 points. “We must remember that the country risk had a considerable increase in the month...