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The impeachment process drags on as Correístas play games

The impeachment process drags on as Correístas play games

by | April 11, 2023 | ,

As the start the third week of the impeachment process initiated by the National Assembly begins, discussions about disregarding the Constitutional Court’s decision cast doubt on the entire process. After the Constitutional Court deemed the impeachment process against President Guillermo Lasso admissible, the National Assembly regained control of the process. However, as the process has […]
Prison Dialogue Commission says peace between 4 gangs is in the works

Prison Dialogue Commission says peace between 4 gangs is in the works

by | May 18, 2022 |

Commissioner Claudia Garzón was appointed as spokesperson to mediate a peace agreement with criminal organizations. The Prison Dialogue and Pacification Commission, formed by the President Lasso on December 16, 2021, announced that four criminal organizations that operate in the country’s prisons are willing to start a peace process. These gangs are Los Tiguerones, Lobos, Chone […]
Spanish investigation says bribes were paid to get Quito metro contracts

Spanish investigation says bribes were paid to get Quito metro contracts

by | April 12, 2022 |

The alleged irregular payments were revealed by the Spanish media outlet El Confidencial. A Spanish consortium allegedly paid bribes of at least $1.2 million to Ecuadorian officials to secure a consultancy contract for the construction of the Quito Metro. This was revealed last week by an investigation published in the Spanish newspaper El Confidencial. The Spanish Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office “has […]
Sick of being sick

Sick of being sick

by | April 12, 2022 |

I’ve been sick for the last 6 days. I had been in Denver for a week and then travelled to Florida to visit my mother before I returned to Ecuador. I started feeling sick the day after I got here. Out of caution I’ve taken 4 at-home Covid tests and they have all been negative. […]
Pastaza province, Indigenous groups collaborate on forest conservation

Pastaza province, Indigenous groups collaborate on forest conservation

by | April 12, 2022 |

Pastaza province, located in Ecuador’s Amazon, has implemented a $52 million sustainable development plan working with Indigenous nations that includes their ancestral practices, knowledge, and life plans. The plan relies on curtailing dependence on oil and mining projects for economic development and implementing chakras, an ancestral agroforestry system, and conservation projects to boost food security […]

Lasso’s partial veto of the rape abortion law will go to the Constitutional Court

Published on April 12, 2022

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Assembly members and constitutional experts have divided opinions on whether the Legislature has the power to refer the veto to the Court.  The plenary session of the National Assembly decided to send to the Constitutional Court President Guillermo Lasso’s partial veto of the law of interruption of pregnancy in cases of rape. However, constitutional […]

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