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Kankakee Daily Journal
April 25, 2018
“(It) evolved from the Jeffersonian Republican or Democratic-Republican Party organized by (Thomas) Jefferson and (James) Madison. The party favored republicanism; a weak federal government; states' rights; agrarian interests; strict adherence to the Constitution; and it opposed a national bank, closeÃÂ ...
Markets Insider
April 25, 2018
(RTTNews) - The president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, claimed that the National Liberation Army (ELN) Colombian guerrilla group has not accepted to ... all attributed to a dissidence of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a former guerrilla group now converted into a political party after aÃÂ ...
The Guardian
April 13, 2018
Three Ecuadorian journalists who were abducted by dissident Colombian rebels have been murdered, Ecuador's president confirmed on Friday. ... Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc, the leftist rebel group which laid down its weapons and became a political party after signing a 2016 peace deal.
Cato Institute (blog)
April 2, 2018
In 2014 the government of Ecuador, under then-President Rafael Correa, announced with great fanfare that the Ecuadorian Central Bank (BCE) would .... In June 2016 President Correa recognized that the project had critics, but he dismissed them as merely members of the opposition party and certainÃÂ ...
World Socialist Web Site
March 31, 2018
Ecuadorian authorities have blocked the WikiLeaks founder's access to the Internet as well as all other means of communication from Quito's ... The turn to the right in Ecuador is part of a broader ebbing of the-called “Pink Tide,” i.e., the rule by various populist, nationalist bourgeois parties in Latin America.
Arab News
March 31, 2018
Ecuadorean Interior Minister Cesar Navas (L), accompanied by Defence Minister Patricio Zambrano, speaks during a press conference at the ... QUITO: Two Ecuadoran journalists and their driver, who are believed to be held by dissident Colombian rebels, are “well,” the country's interior minister saidÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
March 13, 2018
Per Ecuadorian law, the national assembly must also vote on the superintendent's dismissal. The case was taken up by assemblyman Fabricio Villamar of Creo-SUMA, the main opposition to Ecuador's ruling party - Alianza PAIS. Villamar says Ochoa abused his position, administering 1,233 sanctionsÃÂ ...
International Living
March 5, 2018
The aqua, teal and tur-quoise waters splash along miles of sandy beaches, letting you know that you have arrived at one of Ecuador's special gems. ... of restaurants serving some of the freshest and most delicious seafood, there's no denying that Salinas is an Ecuadorian destination that shouldn't beÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
March 3, 2018
Members of the PCE during a recent demonstration against U.S. military bases in Ecuador. | Photo: ... The Communist Party of Ecuador (PCE) has pledged its support for Venezuela and the May 20 elections, urging the Ecuadorean government and the Organization of American States (OAS) to do the same.
News18
February 24, 2018
London: Talks between the UK and Ecuador over the future of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the latter's London embassy have broken down, according to Ecuadorian Foreign ... Espinosa said of the failed talks: "To mediate you need two parties, Ecuador is willing, but not necessarily the other party."
The Guardian
February 23, 2018
Espinosa said of the failed talks: “To mediate you need two parties, Ecuador is willing, but not necessarily the other party.” Ecuador said it would continue to protect Assange's rights, however there was a risk to his physical and psychological wellbeing after spending nearly six years in the building as aÃÂ ...
Workers World
February 11, 2018
Not only Moreno, but the banks, the oligarchy, the privately owned media, the imperialists and some 40 social organizations, including the unions, which represent 4 percent of the working class, the Socialist Party and the Comunist Party Ecuatoriano — which is being denounced by Ecuador's original CPEÃÂ ...
The Guardian
February 5, 2018
“It's time to embrace each other.” Correa tried to put a positive spin on the results, saying the 36% of voters opposing term limits show that his political movement remains the most dominant in Ecuador. To prevail, Moreno relied heavily on an alliance with conservative opposition parties whose support mayÃÂ ...
Rappler
December 31, 1999
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos is trying to conclude a peace agreement with the ELN, similar to the one signed with FARC guerrillas in November 2016. The FARC has since become a political party. His remarks came as Ecuadoran and Colombian troops pressed a hunt along their respectiveÃÂ ...
Human Rights Watch
December 31, 1999
(Washington, DC) – Ecuadorean authorities should conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into credible allegations of political interference in the judiciary, Human Rights Watch said today. Evidence indicates that high-level officials of former President Rafael Correa's administration and the CouncilÃÂ ...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
Ecuadorean police are searching for two newspaper journalists and their driver who were kidnapped near the border with Colombia on Monday. The three ... The Farc have now become a political party with the same initials, and members have strongly denounced those who refuse to lay down their arms.
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas (blog)
December 31, 1999
Journalists and civil society organizations in Ecuador create Democratic Group to reformulate communications law ... According to the legislation, it is "the concerted and reiterative dissemination of information, directly or through third parties, through the media aimed at discrediting a natural or legal person,ÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
February 8, 2018
Ecuador's Feb. 4 “popular consultation” resulted in a victory for the government of President Lenin Moreno, with the Yes option obtaining an average vote of ... received the backing of almost all political parties and politicians, together with the support of the country's private and newly-reformed public media.
Prensa Latina
February 7, 2018
Quito, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) What will happen in Ecuador after the popular consultation and referendum recently approved by the majority to reform the ... 36 political parties) and the followers of former President Rafael Correa, who founded his own party, the Citizen's Revolution, after a mass withdrawal ofÃÂ ...
Prensa Latina
February 7, 2018
Ecuador and the Era after the Popular Consultation ... The battle was waged between Moreno's supporters (State ministers and 36 political parties) and the followers of former President Rafael Correa, who founded his own party, the Citizen's Revolution, after a mass withdrawal of members from the rulingÃÂ ...
The Guardian
February 5, 2018
Correa tried to put a positive spin on the results, saying the 36% of voters opposing term limits show that his political movement remains the most dominant in Ecuador. To prevail, Moreno relied heavily on an alliance with conservative opposition parties whose support may be in doubt. “It's going to be veryÃÂ ...
WalesOnline
January 27, 2018
However as yet there has been no confirmed news about Mr Vaughan, who was in a party of five kayakers who lost control in "crazy" conditions on the river ... A spokesperson said: “We are assisting the family of a British man who has been reported missing in Ecuador and are in contact with the EcuadorianÃÂ ...
Newsweek
January 26, 2018
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could soon walk free after spending more than five years in the Ecuadorean embassy in London. ... Ecuador has reportedly been searching for a third party, either a country or an individual, to facilitate Assange's move from its embassy in the United Kingdom—most likelyÃÂ ...
AS/COA Online
January 26, 2018
At the time, Correa's party, PAIS Alliance (Alianza PAIS, AP)—which he founded—held 100 out of 137 seats in the unicameral Congress, but some of his party members and allies were still wary about making the change to allow indefinite reelection. In order to secure their support, Correa agreed to aÃÂ ...
Voice of America
January 16, 2018
Former President Rafael Correa on Tuesday left the political party that helped cement his rise to power in Ecuador, the latest step in a fight with the man he chose to succeed him and continue his "Citizens' Revolution.'' Correa announced he was removing himself from Alianza Pais, the leftist movement heÃÂ ...
ABC News
January 16, 2018
FILE - in this Nov. 29, 2017 file photo, former President Rafael Correa meets with neighborhood leaders in Quito, Ecuador. Correa announced Tuesday, Jan. 2018, that he is removing himself from Alianza Pais, the leftist movement he founded in 2006. More than two dozen other leaders and lawmakers areÃÂ ...
WHYY
January 13, 2018
Ecuador says it has granted citizenship to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, as officials try to find a way for him to leave the Ecuadorean embassy in ... 'There are well-founded fears we have about possible risks to his life and integrity, not necessarily by the UK but by third party states,' Espinosa said.
Radio New Zealand
January 11, 2018
... Ecuador's foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said: "No solution will be achieved without international co-operation and the co-operation of the United Kingdom, which has also shown interest in seeking a way out." She also said she feared threats to Mr Assange's life coming from third party states.
teleSUR English
January 9, 2018
"The foreign minister of Ecuador Maria Fernanda Espinosa said they are seeking the mediation of a third country or personality so that Julian Assange can leave the embassy in London," teleSUR's Orlando Perez tweeted. The legal team for the digital publisher did not respond directly the EcuadoreanÃÂ ...
Daily Herald
January 8, 2018
I recently spent a couple of weeks in Ecuador and earlier in 2017, we visited Asia and other Central American countries. Everywhere we went, the average ... I remember when I was a young teen and the Latino group from our church wanted to have a Christmas party at our home. No Latin party is completeÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
January 7, 2018
Union workers are rallying in support of Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno against left-wing criticism promoted by his predecessor and former ally ... "He is coming to give a push to the 'No' campaign in a consultation that is unconstitutional, illegal and illegitimate," said Ricardo Patino, Correa's partyÃÂ ...
ABC News
January 7, 2018
Ecuador's new vice president Maria Vicuna flashes a thumbs up as she leaves the National Assembly, in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Jan. ... The construction company has admitted to paying $800 million to politicians, their campaigns and political parties in order to secure lucrative public works contracts.
Xinhua
January 6, 2018
5 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's ex-president Rafael Correa arrived here Friday to campaign in favor of preserving a Constitutional amendment that does away ... 4 referendum vote called by his successor, Lenin Moreno, a fellow member of the progressive PAIS Alliance who strayed from the party line shortly afterÃÂ ...
Channel NewsAsia
January 3, 2018
Ecuador's jailed vice president stripped of office ... QUITO: Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno confirmed on Wednesday (Jan 3) that Jorge Glas, his vice president jailed for six years for graft, has been stripped of his ... Ecuador's ruling party is split between Moreno and previous president Rafael Correa.
teleSUR English
December 31, 1999
Ecuador's Communist Party had promoted a 'Yes' vote on all seven referendum points, while the Communist Party strongly opposes the referendum and is expected to vote 'No' to all the questions. The referendum is divided between "Yes" advocates – lead by President Lenin Moreno – and "No" supportersÃÂ ...
NPR
December 31, 1999
Many analysts say that Ecuador's democracy was distorted for the past decade under former President Rafael Correa. During his three terms in office, Correa and his ruling party dominated all three branches of government. Correa cracked down on the press by signing one of the most restrictive mediaÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
December 31, 1999
The Ecuadorean Communist Party is for the consult and its spokespeople promote a 'yes' vote on all seven points, while the Communist Party of Ecuador is strongly against the referendum and will vote 'no' to all questions. Both political parties say they formed in 1926 and are the official communist party ofÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
December 31, 1999
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London, Britain February 5, 2016. ... Former Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa has warned that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's days are numbered at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
In January, it was reported that Ecuador was searching for a third party to facilitate Assange's move from the U.K. He was granted citizenship in an attempt to release him from the country's London embassy. Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa then requested Assange be recognized byÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
December 31, 1999
This is the second time the ex-president is visiting Ecuador after his term ended. Between last November and December, Correa spent ten days in the country, attending several events including a ruling party PAIS Alliance convention. He stated that his visit and the organization against the Moreno factionÃÂ ...
Channel NewsAsia
December 31, 1999
Ecuador's ruling party is split between Moreno and previous president Rafael Correa. Glas was an ally of Correa, who retired to Belgium but returned to his country in late November to battle Moreno for control of their party. Odebrecht, which was investigated by the US Justice Department, agreed to pay aÃÂ ...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
QUITO, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Campaigns got underway in Ecuador on Wednesday in the lead up to a Feb. 4 referendum vote on a Constitutional amendment to end unlimited reelection to presidential office and other initiatives. According to the National Electoral Council (CNE), as many as 36 politicalÃÂ ...
The Sun
December 31, 1999
Friends and family paid tribute to Ecuador-born Steven, who studied physics and aerospace at the University of Herefordshire. Writing on a ... "A young man who was loved amongst his family and peers and as the Ecuadorian young man he was, he was full of life and loved a great party. He left behind aÃÂ ...
SBS
December 31, 1999
Ecuador's ruling party is split between Moreno and previous president Rafael Correa. Glas was an ally of Correa, who retired to Belgium but returned to his country in late November to battle Moreno for control of the party. Odebrecht, which was investigated by the US Justice Department, agreed to pay aÃÂ ...
The Times
November 23, 2017
Catalan Democratic Party urges Puigdemont to return and win next month's elections ... a newspaper based in Barcelona, found that three separatist parties ... President Moreno of Ecuador, who is to visit Spain next month, said that Mr ... A spokesman for the Ecuadorian government said that Mr Assange ...
teleSUR English
November 23, 2017
Ecuador: Moreno Calls for Rival PAIS Convention as Correa Set to ... Former President Rafael Correa, founder of the party, is expected to ... from other political parties for his controversial proposed plebiscite, ... The book fair will showcase works from Manabi province as well as Ecuadorean women writers.
teleSUR English
November 22, 2017
Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno has admitted that he held a private ... will return to Ecuador to lead the national convention of the party, ...
People's World
November 3, 2017
Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno, right, sits next to his Vice-President Jorge Glas during happier days. Glas is now detained on allegations of ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 2, 2017
After months of internal dissent and public feuding, Ecuador's president, Lenin Moreno, has been kicked out of his party, the Alianza Pais.
Voice of America
November 1, 2017
Ecuador's ruling Country Alliance party, founded by former president Rafael Correa over a decade ago, has removed President Lenin Moreno ...
