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Update to: A modern-day slavery case in which a Japanese company and the government of Ecuador were forced to apologize Published: Volume 5, Issue 31 The Provincial Court of Justice of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas partially ratified the sentence of first instance in favor of the former workers of Furukawa Plantaciones CA. This was announced by the Furukawa Nevermore group on the afternoon of, October 15, 2021....

Provincial Court of Santo Domingo ratified sentence in favor of the Furukawa workers - The Cuenca Dispatch Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Update to: A modern-day slavery case in which a Japanese company and the government of Ecuador were forced to apologizePublished: Volume 5, Issue 31 The Provincial Court of Justice of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas partially ratified the sentence of first instance ...

Boy, with everything happening in the news here lately, one must wonder, is Lasso threatening the “cross death” so that he doesn’t have to be President anymore?! Because as I see it, between the call for social mobilizations for next week, the fight over the Opportunities law, the constant cases of corruption, the struggle with the remnants of Covid-19 and the accusations of being a “tax cheat,” why would the guy want to continue?...

This is a break-up we should have seen coming - The Cuenca Dispatch Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Boy, with everything happening in the news here lately, one must wonder, is Lasso threatening the “cross death” so that he doesn’t have to be President anymore?! Because as I see it, between the call for social mobilizations for next week, the fight over the O...

Despite the fact that every day there are more older adults in the country and that there is a law that protects them, the living conditions of most of them are not good. In Ecuador there are 1.3 million older adults (who are over 65 years old), according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC); 53% are women and 47% are men....

The rights and benefits available in Ecuador to people over the age of 65 - The Cuenca Dispatch Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Despite the fact that every day there are more older adults in the country and that there is a law that protects them, the living conditions of most of them are not good. In Ecuador there are 1.3 million older adults (who are over 65 years old), according to the Nat...

They demand that the government freeze the price of fuel and respect workers' rights. Representatives of the National Collective of Direction of the Plurinational Parliament of the Peoples - which groups together Conaie, Feine, Fenocin, Fut, and the Popular Front – announced that they will mobilize next Tuesday, October 26. At a press conference Monday morning, October 18, 2021, the Collective said that they will take to the streets to demand that the national government freeze the price of fuel, fulfill the promises it has made to the peasant movement, and respect the rights of workers....

Social organizations announce mobilizations for October 26th - The Cuenca Dispatch Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn They demand that the government freeze the price of fuel and respect workers’ rights. Representatives of the National Collective of Direction of the Plurinational Parliament of the Peoples – which groups together Conaie, Feine, Fenocin, Fut, and the Popular Fron...

The Constitutional Guarantees Commission of the National Assembly is advancing with the investigation of the Pandora Papers, which revealed that before being president, Guillermo Lasso had links with 14 companies in countries or jurisdictions considered tax havens. Lasso said he had dissolved the companies in 2017, after a law was passed that prohibited officials and politicians from being beneficiaries of companies domiciled in tax havens....

Pandora papers investigation moves ahead in National Assembly, Lasso says half-a-billion dollars paid in taxes - The Cuenca Dispatch Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn The Constitutional Guarantees Commission of the National Assembly is advancing with the investigation of the Pandora Papers, which revealed that before being president, Guillermo Lasso had links with 14 companies in countries or jurisdictions considered tax havens.....

President Guillermo Lasso announced that he will present to the National Assembly the tax and labor reforms at the same time this week, and both with an urgent economic nature. According to article 140 of the Constitution, “while a project classified as urgent is being discussed, the President of the Republic may not send another, unless a state of exception has been decreed.”...

Lasso threatens Assembly with the “muerte cruzada,” or cross death - The Cuenca Dispatch Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn President Guillermo Lasso announced that he will present to the National Assembly the tax and labor reforms at the same time this week, and both with an urgent economic nature. According to article 140 of the Constitution, “while a project classified as urgent is ...

Representatives of various social and environmental organizations filed a lawsuit for precautionary measures against the Ecuadorian State over a road that crosses the Yasuní park a few meters from the buffer strip of the intangible zone of indigenous peoples in isolation. The Yasuní National Park, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, is the largest continental protected area in the country and an important hotspot…...

Ecuadorian government sued over road that threatens the Yasuní park and indigenous peoples in isolation - The Cuenca Dispatch Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Representatives of various social and environmental organizations filed a lawsuit for precautionary measures against the Ecuadorian State over a road that crosses the Yasuní park a few meters from the buffer strip of the intangible zone of indigenous peoples in iso...

Ecuador is in position 92 out of 139 in a ranking that annually measures respect for the rule of law, a legal principle that, specifically, establishes that the law must govern, apply and protect all people who live in a country. It was famously condensed by the second president of the United States, John Adams, who said that a republic was "the government of laws and not of men."...

Ecuador ranks 92nd on the Rule of Law Index - The Cuenca Dispatch Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Ecuador is in position 92 out of 139 in a ranking that annually measures respect for the rule of law, a legal principle that, specifically, establishes that the law must govern, apply and protect all people who live in a country. It was famously condensed by the sec...

With all the talk of the Pandora Papers in the news here, it made me think back to the Pentagon Papers and the impact they had in politics in America. For those who don’t know, the Pentagon Papers were a government report from the office of the Secretary of Defense that laid out the extent of the United States’ political and military involvement in Vietnam, all the way back to 1945 and up to 1967....

Who stole my papers? - The Cuenca Dispatch Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn With all the talk of the Pandora Papers in the news here, it made me think back to the Pentagon Papers and the impact they had in politics in America. For those who don’t know, the Pentagon Papers were a government report from the office of the Secretary of Defens...

The IMF published the report detailing the results of the latest mission to Ecuador. It includes details on the current situation of the country and suggested policies for the management of resources in the future. The economy of Ecuador will grow on average 2.8% annually between 2022 and 2026 , according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Last Thursday, October 7, 2021, the IMF ...

The latest IMF report on Ecuador is optimistic - The Cuenca Dispatch Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn The IMF published the report detailing the results of the latest mission to Ecuador. It includes details on the current situation of the country and suggested policies for the management of resources in the future. The economy of Ecuador will grow on average 2.8% an...

The criminal process for organized crime faced by former President Abdalá Bucaram, his son Jacobo, and five other people has been one of the most followed media reports in 2021. In the most recent event of the case, a judge ruled that the Prosecutor's Office could not prove the participation of the Bucaram in the case. On October 4th, Judge Giovanny Freire dismissed father, son, Verónica Araujo and Bryan Pérez and called only three people to trial: the Israeli Oren Sheinman, the Peruvian-born Orietta Marengo, Sheinman's partner, and the former agent of Quito metropolitan transit, Leandro Berrones. ...

Organized crime charges against Abdalá and Jacobo Bucaram are dismissed - The Cuenca Dispatch Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn The criminal process for organized crime faced by former President Abdalá Bucaram, his son Jacobo, and five other people has been one of the most followed media reports in 2021. In the most recent event of the case, a judge ruled that the Prosecutor’s Office coul...

The mobilization will begin at two thirty in the afternoon in El Arbolito park, in the north center of Quito. "October is a month of struggle and it must be vindicated," says Carlos Realpe, spokesman for the Proletarian Bloc, a social front that brings together several popular organizations, and which is leading the call for the march to be held this Wednesday, October 13, 2021, in Quito....

It’s October, which means that social organizations are calling for a march against the government - The Cuenca Dispatch Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn The mobilization will begin at two thirty in the afternoon in El Arbolito park, in the north center of Quito. “October is a month of struggle and it must be vindicated,” says Carlos Realpe, spokesman for the Proletarian Bloc, a social front that brings together ...