Ecuador election court clears former president to run for office
Ecuador's election court announced Wednesday that a two-year suspension from politics for former Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez, had formally come to an end Sunday, leaving him free to run for...
Ecuador ruling coalition wins majority in new constitutional assembly
Unofficial results of Constituent Assembly elections in Ecuador on Sunday give the ruling coalition led by President Rafael Correa a landslide victory. Though Correa claimed an immediate victory, opposition leader...
Ecuador ex-president faces charges for mishandled debt negotiations
Ecuador's Supreme Court has upheld a 2006 ruling allowing charges against former Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa for mishandling debt negotiations worth billions of dollars while in office from 2000 until 2003. The Court held Wednesday...
An Ecuadorian judge Friday ordered the release from prison of former president Lucio Gutierrez , ruling that he was not a threat to national security. Ecuador's Attorney General's office has already said it will appeal. Gutierrez was arrested...
Ecuador high court justices selected to fill vacanies left by mass dismissal
Ecuador's new Supreme Court justices are set to be sworn in during a ceremony in front of the international monitors that oversaw their selection. The 31-justice court has been without permanent members since last December,...
Ex-Ecuadorian president seeks criminal charges for successor over coup
Former Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez filed a criminal complaint with the country's attorney general Monday seeking sedition and conspiracy charges against his successor, former Vice President Alfredo Palacio , for allegedly overthrowing...
Ecuador high court rejects presidential attempt at constitutional reform
Ecuador's high court on Thursday rejected an attempt by President Alfredo Palacio to seek a referendum on his political reforms. Palacio, a political independent in office for only seven months, has no support in the Ecuador Congress...
Former president of Ecuador Lucio Gutierrez was arrested Friday evening upon his return to the Pacific coast city of Manta. Gutierrez, 48, was arrested on an order that he posed a threat to national security; he was...
New Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacio announced Wednesday that a referendum will be scheduled in the next six months in an effort to stabilize the country's political situation. The referendum is expected to ask voters such...
Days after being removed from power by Congress, Ecuador's former president Lucio Gutierrez fled the country aboard a Brazilian air force plane on Sunday. Brazil granted Gutierrez political asylum Thursday; new Ecuadorian...
