UN to Analyze 30-S Revolt

In order to analyze the events that occurred after the Ecuadorian police revolt on September 30, 2010 (30-S), a mission of the United Nations (UN) arrived yesterday to Ecuador. Oscar Fernandez Taranco, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs of the UN and Elio Tamburi,...
Posted On 18 Jan 2012
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Correa said Ecuadorian press was involved in 30-S

Yesterday, during an interview with reporters in Montevideo, Uruguay, President Rafael Correa said that the Ecuadorian press was an “instrument” of political groups seeking the overthrow of the government in the police revolt of the last September 30th (30-S)....
Posted On 22 Dec 2011
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Concertacion Movement challenges against registration of the trademark 30-S

Yesterday, December 15, Juan Carlos Solines spokesman of political movement ” Concertación”, presented to the Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (IEPI for its Spanish acronym), a challenge to stop the Ecuadorian Government that intends to trademark the...
Posted On 16 Dec 2011
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Government Wants to Patent the ’30-S ‘ as a Trademark

Vinicio Alvarado, secretary of the Administration took steps in the Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (IEPI for it Spanish acronym) in order to patent the phrase “Prohibido Olvidar” (forbidden forget) and the abbreviations “30S” and...
Posted On 14 Dec 2011
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Ecuadorian Police apologizes one year after 30-S

Yesterday morning, hundreds of police officers formed in the Regiment Quito No. 1 (RQ1) to pay tribute to the people who died on the 30-S. Colonel Juan Carlos Rueda, commander of the Metropolitan District of Quito (DMQ), publicly apologized because of the police mutiny carried...
Posted On 01 Oct 2011
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30-S: Police and Military Reports on the 30S Do Not Match

Military and police officers accused each other about who shot first inside the Police Hospital on the past September 30 of 2010 (30-S). The reports state that the operatives did not had a coordinated plan to evacuate the Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa. A year has passed...
Posted On 30 Sep 2011
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30-S: Ecuadorian Government plans Commemorative Programs

The Ecuadorian government will held a series of acts and events to commemorate September 30, an event that is still conceived as a coup attempt. The Ministry of Culture organized six different events in the 24 provinces, mainly in the margins of several cantons, where at the end...
Posted On 26 Sep 2011
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30-S: Minister Accuses the Three Judges that Ruled in Carrion Case

On May 13, the Fifth Criminal Court of Pichincha ratified the innocence of the police members César Carrión, Luis Martínez, Luis Bahamonde and Jaime Paucar, of attempted murder against President Rafael Correa. However, the Minister of Justice, Johana Pesántez, disagreed with the...
Posted On 16 Sep 2011
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Quito Presents 30-S Facts in a Photographic Exhibition

Photographs which projects past images of September 30, 2010 (30-S) in Ecuador are being exhibited in Santo Domingo Square, located in the Historic Center of Quito. This exhibition, published by the Contemporary Center of Quito, presents pictures taken by  of Oliver Echeverria...
Posted On 05 Sep 2011
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30-S: Carrion Case is being Analyzed by the Second Criminal Chamber

Coronel Cesar Carrion and police officers, Luis Martinez, Jaime Vinicio Paucar and Luis Bahamonde await today the decision of the 3th Criminal Chamber regarding the appealing hearing. Carrion and the officers are accused of trying to murder the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa...
Posted On 02 Sep 2011
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