Jorge Glas found guilty of receiving bribes from Brazilian construction company in return for state contractsAn Ecuadorean court has sentenced the country’s vice-president, Jorge Glas, to six years in jail after finding him guilty of receiving bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in return for handing state contracts to the scandal-ridden firm. A close ally of ex-president Rafael Correa, Glas served as Correa’s vice-president from 2013 and retained the position under current President Lenin Moreno. Continue reading…
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