LatinNews Daily Report - 09 October 2013

POLITICS | New information & communication superintendent. On 8 October journalist Carlos Ochoa was picked as Ecuador’s first superintendent of information and communication by the council on citizen participation and social control (CPCCS), a fourth branch of the State established by the 2008 constitution tasked with designating authorities including the attorney and prosecutor generals, among others. Ochoa, who has held various high-level posts, including head of news at state-run Gama TV channel, will be in charge of overseeing the enforcement of the new controversial media law, which was approved in June last. His appointment was approved by five votes in favour and two against.