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Weekly Report - 27 September 2018 (WR-18-38)

Ecuador terminates then resuscitates intelligence agency

Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno officially disbanded the national intelligence agency (Senain) this week. Moreno expressed his intention to abolish Senain in March saying it was swallowing too much of the budget and had abused its powers to spy on politicians and journalists. Senain will remain in all but name, however, being replaced by the Centro de Inteligencia Estratégica (CIES). Detractors argued that Moreno was merely asserting his own control over a body created by his predecessor Rafael Correa (2007-2017), with an acronym disturbingly similar to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Correa established Senain in 2009 to replace the Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia (DNI), which he claimed was to all intents and purposes controlled by the CIA.

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