Tag: Maria Alejandra Vicuña Ecuador Vice president

• Sunday, January 7th 2018 - 07:45 UTC

  Ecuador names new vice president; Correa begins campaign against referendum to limit re-election

  

  Ecuador has chosen a new vice president to replace Jorge Glas, who was sentenced to six years in jail for his role in a bribery scheme involving Odebrecht, the Brazilian company at the center of Latin America’s biggest corruption scandal. Lawmakers selected Maria Alejandra Vicuña in a vote on Saturday.