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Ethics Committee resurfaces in Ecuador after ten-year absence

Ethics Committee resurfaces in Ecuador after ten-year absence

by | December 8, 2020 |

With the reforms to the Organic Law of the Legislative Function, in force since November 6, 2020, the Ethics Committee of the National Assembly has resurfaced, after having been eliminated first in the 2008 Constitution, and then again in parliamentary law in 2009. Before 2008, the Ethics Committee acted as the legislators’ trial court and […]

Cuenca Short Stories 12-7-2020

by | December 8, 2020 |

Young man murdered in early morning hours in Miraflores The National Police reported that it is investigating a violent death that occurred in Cuenca at dawn on Sunday, December 6, 2020. The crime occurred around 04:30 in the morning, on the Camino a Miraflores and Calle De la Tonada, in the Miraflores sector. Juan Bermeo, […]

UPDATES 12-8-2020

by | December 8, 2020 |

Update to: Women quarantine to keep the virus out, but inside the house the danger of domestic violence grows in Ecuador and worldwide Published: Volume 4, Issue 48 Violence due to gender identity affects 74.5% of women “Defend yourself as a man to see if you can” a group of 4 men shouted at María […]
Azuay announced as second highest increase in new cases, but don’t believe everything you read

Azuay announced as second highest increase in new cases, but don’t believe everything you read

by | December 8, 2020 |

Tracking the spread and outcome of the coronavirus in Ecuador: UPDATED FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2020 This week we openly challenge announcements made this week proclaiming that the Galapagos had the highest rate of increase in new cases, followed by Azuay province. Our challenge is because the government is continuing to rely on sampling data […]
National Assembly approves draft of single-use plastics Law

National Assembly approves draft of single-use plastics Law

by | December 8, 2020 |

Last month, the National Assembly approved a bill that seeks to reduce the use and trade of single-use plastic material such as bags, straws, containers for beverages and food. The bill now awaits the signature of Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno for final approval. The ‘Organic Law for the Rationalization, Reuse and Recycling of Single-Use Plastics […]
Common sense trumps all else

Common sense trumps all else

by | December 8, 2020 |

As I sit here in Yunguilla relatively protected from the coronavirus, I can’t help but read about the devastation it is causing worldwide. Europe seems to be going thru a serious “second wave” of the infection (though some claim it may even be a third wave). The US doesn’t seem to have ever stopped its […]

Contentious Electoral Court orders CNE to qualify Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz’s candidacy

Published on December 08, 2020

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn The Contentious Electoral Tribunal (TCE) ordered the National Electoral Council (CNE) to qualify the list of national assembly members submitted by the Fuerza Ecuador (Fuerza EC) party, which includes the former president of the Republic, Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz. “Provide the qualification of the list of candidates for national assembly members proposed by the Political Party FUERZA EC, […]

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