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Volume 6, Issue 11
December 19, 2021
The ‘narco generals’ case in Ecuador

The ‘narco generals’ case in Ecuador

In Ecuador, possible links of Police generals with drug trafficking networks are being investigated When drug trafficking permeates the streets and prisons, through experiences such as Mexico or Colombia, it is known that there is a common factor: the complicity of...

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Self-exiled in Mexico, correístas ‘take refuge’ in a company and an institute

Self-exiled in Mexico, correístas ‘take refuge’ in a company and an institute

The former president of the Assembly, Gabriela Rivadeneira, left the country in 2020, and in Mexico founded the company Taktika and the Ideal Institute. The company was registered with a company name that allows it to participate in a long list of commercial activities. January 2022 marks two years since three Ecuadorian assembly members and […]

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Official calculations of inmates and reports of victims raise doubts

Official calculations of inmates and reports of victims raise doubts

Every seven days, the Service for Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) publishes a report on the population in the country’s prisons. On the dates of the four massacres, reports do not match the number of victims. The statistical management of the prison system is precarious and is another reason why […]

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Getting busy

Getting busy

The end of the year is nearing, and we certainly didn’t get what we expected for Christmas. After nearly two years it looked like we were about to come out from under the threat of Covid-19, but it seems nature has a different plan for us. While most of the world struggled to get enough […]

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Ecuador captures the interest of investors from Peru, Spain and France

Ecuador captures the interest of investors from Peru, Spain and France

Agribusiness, energy and transport, and infrastructure are the sectors that are attractive for private and public companies in Peru, Spain and France. The Government plans to close 2021 with $2.25 billion in investment contracts. And this forecast responds in part to the Ecuador Open for Business forum, according to the Minister of Production, Julio José […]

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Abdalá Bucaram called to trial for organized crime, here is a chronology of the case

Abdalá Bucaram called to trial for organized crime, here is a chronology of the case

Jacobo Bucaram Pulley, son of the former president, was also called to trial. For the second time, former President Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz and his son Jacobo Bucaram Pulley were called to trial for alleged organized crime in the purchase of rapid tests to detect covid-19. Bucaram and his son had been called to trial for this case […]

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900-mile mantle pipeline connects Galápagos to Panama

900-mile mantle pipeline connects Galápagos to Panama

A cold spring in Panama shouldn’t show strong signs of deep volcanic sources. But after researchers found one anomaly, they discovered several other sites with similarly unique signatures, stretching through the western half of the country and up into Costa Rica. The...

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