The Pandora Papers have revealed massive tax evasion practices, such as the national and international hiding of assets and financial income, by numerous personalities, including active politicians such as the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso. Since 2017, the Ecuadorian legislation prohibits people who hold elected office or are public servants from owning property or capital, of any nature, in territories considered tax havens.
Governments must secure a framework for freedom of expression, personal security, and transparent access to public information that allows them to determine responsibilities and apply due process sanctions to those involved in tax evasion, money laundering, and other criminal acts linked to the use of tax havens. This must include the abstention of states or political actors from using institutional intimidation mechanisms through abusive actions such as untimely criminal or administrative investigations.
Several Ecuadorian journalists, activists, and opposition politicians have pointed out that the appearance of Guillermo Lasso in the Pandora Papers should be investigated by the relevant institutions to offer citizens the necessary information regarding the financial situation of the President. There is an attempt to silence this legitimate demand with threats and even the opening of judicial processes against researchers, academics, and progressive leaders. We are particularly concerned about the harassment, threats, and practices of Lawfare that have been initiated against various individuals and former presidential candidate and researcher of capital flight, the economist Andrés Arauz.
We are also concerned that, while those who denounce illegal tax evasion practices are being investigated, the relevant authorities remain silent or do not open the pertinent investigations against those who have been indicated as having committed crimes in tax havens, such as President Guillermo Lasso.
International organizations:
Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development - APMDD
Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales de Ecuador - CDES
Christian Aid
European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad
Financial Transparency Coalition
Global Alliance for Tax Justice - GATJ
Progressive International
Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y El Caribe
Red Latinoamericana por Justicia Económica y Social - LATINDADD
Tax Justice Network
Tax Justice Network Africa
Individuals:
Abelardo Bedoya - Venezuela
Adoración Guamán - España
Adrián Molina - Ecuador
Agnes Kharshiing - India
Alberto Clary - Estados Unidos
Alejandra Toasa - Ecuador
Alejandro Cusme - Ecuador
Alex Cueva - Ecuador
Alex Flores Alvarez - Ecuador
Alex Guamán - Ecuador
Alex Serrano - Ecuador
Alexandra Acosta Cobos - Ecuador
Alexandra García - Ecuador
Alfonso Aparicio - Ecuador
Alfonso Pesantes - Ecuador
Alfredo Hernández - Ecuador
Alfredo Pincay Tomalá - Ecuador
Alicia Hidalgo Barrera - Ecuador
Alonso Guevara - Ecuador
Amada Garcés - Holanda
Amparito Torres León - Ecuador
Ana Levstein - Argentina
Anastasia Maldonado - Ecuador
Andrea Guillem - Ecuador
Andrés Chiriboga - Ecuador
Andres Franco - Ecuador
Angel Checa - Ecuador
Angel Correa - Ecuador
Angel Daniel Astudillo Hurtado - Ecuador
Ángel Guapulema - Ecuador
Angela Pazmiño - Ecuador
Angélica Oñate Robalino - Alemania
Anita Argüello - Ecuador
Antonio Malo Larrea - Ecuador
Anyeline Torres - Ecuador
Armando Castro - Ecuador
Atenea Castillo - Uruguay
Augusto Malpartida - Perú
Aura Cotacachi - Ecuador
Avelina Rogel - Ecuador
Benito Loaysa - Ecuador
Bethy Gonzaga - Ecuador
Blanca Haro - Ecuador
Blanca López Torres - Ecuador
Blanchy Zambrano - Quito
Byron Pinchupa - Ecuador
Camilo Duque - Italia
Camilo Ramirez Dominguez - Ecuador
Carla Cevallos - Ecuador
Carlos Arturo Corella - Ecuador
Carlos Cornejo - Ecuador
Carlos González - Ecuador
Carlos Méndez - Ecuador
Carlos Olives - Ecuador
Carlos Raúl Ortiz Patiño - Ecuador
Carlos Urquizo - Ecuador
Carme Ibarra - Ecuador
Carolina Graterol - United Kingdom
Catalina Vásconez - Ecuador
Cecilia Israel - Perú
Cecilia Molina - Ecuador
César Augusto Correa - Ecuador.
César Daniel Velasquez Mendoza - Ecuador
Cesar Medina - EE.UU
César Muñoz Iturralde - Ecuador
Cesar Stalin Perez - Ecuador
Chenai Mukumba - Kenya
Chiara Mariotti - Belgium
Ciro Gutierrez - USA
Claudina Ortiz - Ecuador
Conchi Garcia Simon - España
Consuelo Castellanos - Ecuador
Consuelo fernandez - Ecuador
Cristian Bacuilima - Ecuador
Cristina Macas - Ecuador
Cristina Arraga - Argentina
Cristina Burbano - Ecuador
Cristina Morocho - Ecuador
Cruz De Janon Rivadeneira - Ecuador
Damian Vasquez - Ecuador
Daniel Elías Montaño Tello - Ecuador
Daniel Vicuña Regalado - Ecuador
Danny Jiménez - Ecuador
Danny Pardo - Ecuador
Danny Rodolfo Ochoa Ruiz - Ecuador
David Alomoto - Ecuador
David Chávez - Ecuador
David Lainez Checa - Ecuador
Delfa Mantilla Pacheco - Ecuador
Denisse Araya Castelli - Chile
Diego Bosquez - Ecuador
Diego Tapia - Ecuador
Dirce Conrado Veiga - Itália
Dolores Bolaños - Ecuador
Eddy Antonio Pacheco - Ecuador
Edgar Chávez - Ecuador
Edgar Ortiz Ramos - Ecuador
Edison Chasi - Ecuador
Edison Montalván Escobar - Ecuador
Edith Kiara Manzano Estrella - Ecuador
Edmundo Albornoz - Suecia
Edmundo Paredes - Ecuador
Eduardo Argudo - Ecuador
Eduardo Arturo - Ecuador
Eduardo Bravo - Ecuador
Elena Altieri - Chile
Elena Lavanda - Bélgica
Elizabeth Fernandez - Ecuador
Elizabeth Palacios O - Ecuador
Elizabeth Verdesoto - Ecuador
Embajador Horacio Sevilla Borja - Ecuador
Emiliano Montoya - Ecuador
Emma Burgisser - United Kingdom
Enma Virginia Macas Collaguazo - Ecuador
Enrique Fabián Sánchez de la Vega - Ecuador
Enrique Navarrete - Ecuador
Erik Roberto Novillo Zambrano - Ecuador
Erika Sylva Charvet - Ecuador
Ernesto Agurto - Ecuador
Ernesto Cañizares Aguilar - Ecuador
Ernesto Delgado - Ecuador
Ernesto Toledo Arévalo - Ecuador
Esmeralda Gómez - Ecuador
Esmeralda Sánchez - Ecuador
Esmildt Pinchupa - Ecuador
Estela Cáceres - Ecuador
Esther Garzón - Escuador
Eulalia Freire Solano - Ecuador
Fabíola Schwob - France
Fausto Paspuel Revelo - Ecuador
Felipe Arauz - Canadá
Félix Paz. - Ecuador
Fernando Caravajo - Ecuador
Fernando Haro - Ecuador
Fernando Mora - Ecuador
Fernando Zambrano - Ecuador
Flor Cabrera - EEUU
Francesca Emanuele - EEUU
Francis Sánchez - Ecuador
Francisco Verdesoto - Ecuador
Franklin Fernando Sánchez Mena - Ecuador
Franklin Ruiz - Ecuador
Franklin Sánchez Mensa - Ecuador
Freddy Sánchez - Quito
Gaby Micaela Costa Ullauri - Ecuador
Galo Huatatoca - Ecuador
Gayne Villagomez - Ecuador
Genoveva Almeida - Ecuador
Geoff Goodwin - United Kingdom
Geovanni Augusto Jaramillo Barros - Ecuador
Germán Castillo Mena - Ecuador
Germán Niño - Colombia
Gina Chavez Vallejo - Ecuador
Giovanna Tassi - Ecuador
Gissela Guilcamaigua - Ecuador
Gladis Velez - Ecuador
Gregorio Morales - Ecuador
Guadalupe - Ecuador
Guadalupe Zambrano - Ecuador
Guillermo iparaguirre - Argentina
Gustavo Bulla - Argentina
Héctor Garzón González - Ecuador
Hector Valladarez - Ecuador
Heidy Lara - Ecuador
Henrry Ulloa - Ecuador
Heraldo Orrego - Ecuador
Heras Zambrano Andrea - Ecuador
Hugo Alfredo Lescano - Argentina
Hugo Arias - Ecuador
Hugo Mena - Ecuador
Humberto Campos Cuadrao - Perú
Ian Vélez - Ecuador
Iliana Chiriboga - Ecuador
Inti andy - Ecuador
Iris Barahona - Ecuador
Isabel Cando V. - Ecuador
Isabel Ramos - Ecuador
Isabel Ubillos - Ecuador
Italo Fermin Pincay Franco - Ecuador
Iva Dimitrova - Bulgaria
Ivan Salazar Tello - Ecuador
Jackelin Mariasol Verdezoto Salazar - Ecuador
Jacqueline Fuentes - Ecuador
Jahiren Noriega Donoso - Ecuador
Jaime Fernando Maggi Silva - Ecuador
Jaime Machoa - Ecuador
Jaime Vásconez - Ecuador
Jair Mejia Guerrero - Perú
Jairo abad - Ecuador
Javier Hurtares - Ecuador
Jean Saldanha - Belgium
Jenniffer Candela - Ecuador
Jenny Diaz - Ecuador
Jesús Jara - Ecuador
Jesus Tambo - Ecuador
Jhaqueline Ortega - Ecuador
Jimmy Pesántez Encalada - Alemania
Joel Ponce - Ecuador
Johnatan Patricio Najera Collantes - Ecuador
Jonathan Contreras - Ecuador
Jorge Bonilla Macas - Ecuador
Jorge Cáceres E - Ecuador
Jorge Campozano - EE.UU
Jorge Coronado Marroquin - Costa Rica
Jorge Díaz - Ecuador
Jorge Eduardo Encarnación Ramírez - Ecuador
Jorge Guzmán - Ecuador
Jorge López - Ecuador
Jorge Luis Ren Vélez - Ecuador
Jorge Noboa - Ecuador
Jorge Pazo - Ecuador
Jorge Romero - Ecuador
Jorge Washington villacis - Guayaquil Ecuador
José Antonio Heredia López - coordinador político
Jose Cardenas - Ecuador
Jose Cowue - Ecuador
José Fernando Castillo Briceño - Perú
José Luis Aguiar Sánchez - Ecuador
José Manuel Chaglla - Fuera laso fuera
Jose Miguel Acosta - Ecuador
José Naranjo - Ecuador
José Valladarez - Ecuador
José Villareal - Ecuador
Juan Arias Ávila - Perú
Juan Carlos Cañar Cuenca - Ecuador
Juan Carlos Egas Ramírez - Ecuador
Juan Carlos Llumipanta - United States
Juan Carlos Perrone Coronel - Ecuador
Juan Carlos Ramírez - Ecuador
Juan Domínguez - Ecuador
Juan Gualotuña Saavedra - Ecuador
Juan Haro - Ecuador
Juan Tenezaca - Ecuador
Juan Vergara - Ecuador
Juan Virgilio Nazareno Quiñonez - Ecuador
Juan Zerna Asencio - Ecuador
Julio Haro M - Ecuador
Katheriny Nicolt Rodriguez Oswaldo - Peru
Kelber Antonio Bermúdez Bermúdez - Ecuador
Kintto Lucas - Ecuador - Uruguay
Klever Chanaluisa - Ecuador
Larry López - Ecuador
Lauro Gualan - Ecuador
Lays Ushirobira - Brasil
Lenin Fabricio Rojas Oviedo - Ecuador
Lenny Cecibel Chancay Reyes - Ecuador
Leonor Ampudia Carrera - Ecuador.
Leslie Salgado - United States
Lidy Nacpil - Philippines
Ligia Valdivieso - Ecuador
Lorena Katiushka Soria Ordóñez - Ecuador
Lorena Loja - Ecuador
Lourdes Chamaidan Romo - Ecuador
Lucrecia Maldonado - Ecuador
Luis Alberto Parrales Marcillo - Ecuador
Luis Arturo Mendieta - Ecuador
Luis Caiza - Ecuador
Luis Campoverde - Ecuador
Luis Cubillos - Ecuador
Luis Ernesto Guerra - Ecuador
Luis Gasloli - Argentina
Luis Jaramillo - Ecuador
Luis Jimbo - Ecuador
Luis Moreno - Perú
Luis Napoleón Urresta Rosero - Ecuador
Luis Perugachi - Ecuador
Luis Quishpe - Ecuador
Luis Ricardo Arauz M. - Ecuador
Luis Supliguicha - Ecuador
Luis Tinoco - USA
Luke Holland - France
Luz María Aguirre - Ecuador
Luz Marina Quintana Aguirre - Ecuador
Lydia Magdalena Medina - Ecuador
Manuel Antonio Zhigui Loja - Ecuador
Manuel Mendoza - Ecuador
Manuel Nieto - Ecuador
Manuel Tobías - Ecuador
Mao Bolívar Moreno Lara - Ecuador
Marco Cevallos - Ecuador
Marco Freire - Ecuador
Marco Pilataxi - Ecuador
Marco Vintimilla - Ecuador
Margarita Rojas - Ecuador Quito
Margot Alomia - Ecuador
María Augusta Muñoz Zhunio - Ecuador
Maria Bermeo - Ecuador
María Cabezas - Ecuador
Maria Caguana Villalta - Ecuador
Maria Canacuan - Ecuador
María de los Ángeles Páez Salvador - Ecuador
María Duarte - Ecuador
Maria Elena Márquez Paredes - Ecuador
María Elena. Salazar Alavac - Ecuador Quito
Maria Eugenia Villarreal - Guatemala
Maria Landazuri - Ecuador
Maria Lourdes Silva - Ecuador
Maria Maldonado - Ecuador
Maria Morales - Ecuador
María Quichimbo - Ecuador
María Quiroz - Ecuador
Mariana Ramirez - Ecuador
Mariela Parisi - Argentina
Mariela Perez Moncayo - Ecuador
Mariella Rodriguez - Ecuador
Marisol Falcones - Ecuador
Marlon Heredia - Ecuador
Matti Kohonen - United Kingdom
Máximo Valverde - Ecuador
Mayra Crean - Inglaterra
Mercedes De La Torre - Canadá
Mercy Justina García Reto - Ecuador
Mery G. Herrera - Ecuador
Miguel Ángel Carlosama - Ecuador
Miguel Ramirez - Ecuador
Miguel Vera Rivera - Ecuador
Milton Álvarez - Ecuador
Miriam Blanca Rodríguez Rodríguez - Ecuador
Mirian Rosado - Ecuador
Miryan Buitron - Ecuador
Monica Feijoo - Ecuador
Mónica Pacheco - Ecuador
Nancy Carrillo - Ecuador
Nancy Fiallo - EEUU
Nancy Haro - Ecuador
Nancy Tipan - Ecuador
Napoleón Peralta - Ecuador
Narcisa Quevedo Mora - Ecuador
Nathaly Pinto - Ecuador-Finlandia
Navin Costa - Ecuador
Nelly Miño - Ecuador
Nelson Benítez - Estados Unidos
Nelson Tamayo - Ecuador
Nidia Solorzano - Canada
Nilsa Ferrer - United States
Ninfa Suárez - Ecuador
Nixon Bolivar Zapata Monar - Ecuador
Nuevo Perú Estados Unidos - Estados Unidos
Olga Salazar - Belgica
Ordoñez isabel - Ecuador
Orlando Pérez - Ecuador
Oscar López. - Perú
Oscar Paredes - Ecuador
Oscar Ugarteche - México
Oswaldo Galarza - Ecuador
Oswaldo Herrera Soto - Costa Rica
Pablo José Iturralde - Ecuador
Pablo Onofre - Ecuador
Pablo Pazmiño - Ecuador
Pablo Pazmiño Neyra - Ecuador
Paolina Vercoutère - Ecuador
Patricia Alvarado - Ecuador
Patricia Cardenas - Ecuador
Patricia Cervantes - Ecuador
Patricia de la Torre - Ecuador
Patricia Medina - Ecuador
Patricio Baño - Ecuador
Patricio Ramos - New York
Pedro Bonilla - Ecuador
Pedro Tomas Arevalo Torres - Noruega
Pedro zapata - Ecuador
Perla Adrián - Guayaquil
Pilar Ferreyra - Argentina
Rafael Tana - Ecuador
Ramón Constante - Ecuador
Raquel Rosero Bedoya - Ecuador
Raúl Arias - Ecuador
Raúl Minchala - Ecuador
Reinaldo Roca - Ecuador
Renato Erazo - Ecuador
Renier Canales Medina - Costa Rica
Renzo Troncoso - Ecuador
Ricky Manzano - Ecuador
Rita soto - Ecuador
Roberto Arturo Sanchez - Ecuador
Roberto Mora - Ecuador
Roberto Perea - Ecuador
Rocío Guevara - Ecuador
Romel Jurado - Ecuador
Romina Barrionuevo - Argentina
Rosa Blanca Ponce - Ecuador
Rosa Florín - Ecuador
Rosa Pacheco Guevara - Ecuador
Rosa Soto - Ecuador
Rosa Zambrano - Ecuador
Rosamaria Calderón Carranza - Ecuador
Rosi Asimbaya - Ecuador
Rosita Paladines - Ecuador
Ruth Almeida - Ecuador
Ruth Elvira Sanchez - Ecuador
Ruth Herrera - Ecuador
sadra cordova - Bélgica
Sandra Guerrero - Ecuador
Sascha Hennig - Germany
Saul Quinto Miranda - Ecuador
Sebastián Racines - Ecuador
Segundo Calahorrano - Ecuador
Segundo Javier Taipe Toasa - España
Segundo Quito - Ecuador
Segundo Vallejo Gellibert - Ecuador
Silvia Baho - Ecuador
Silvia Jara - Ecuador
Silvia Mariela Mendez Pado - Ecuador
Silvia Vera - Ecuador
Sofia Aguirre - Ecuador
Sofía Romero Yánez - Ecuador
Soledad Cadena - Ecuador
Sonia Esilda Coronel - Ecuador
Susana Sel - Argentina
Tania Tapia Ledesma - Ecuador
Tania Tapia Ledesma - Ecuador
Tania Túqueres - Ecuador
Teresa Caiza - Ecuador
Teresa Escandon Solis - Ecuador
Teresa Jumbo - Ecuador
Vanessa Elizabeth Freire Villamarin - Ecuador
Verónica Herrera - Ecuador
Verónica Icaza - Ecuador
Vicente Angulo - Ecuador
Vicente Velastegui - Ecuador
Vicente Vuele - Provincia de Loja
Victor Chipantisa - Ecuador
Victor Hugo Rojas - Ecuador
Víctor Tobar - Ecuador
Víctor Zambrano - Ecuador
Vidya Dinker - India
Viñachi Chicaiza Zeida Esperanza - Ecuador
Virginia Valencia - Italia
Walter Guachichulca - Ecuador
Walter Quiñónez - Ecuador
Walter Villeda - Canada
Washington Aigaje - Ecuador
Wilfrido Gonzalez - Ecuador
William Adelmo Garrido Correa - Ecuador
William Hermel batallas. - Ecuador
Wilma Córdova - EEUU
Wilson lucero - Ecuador
Wilson Ramiro García Avilés - Ecuador
Wuilmer Quintana - Ecuador
Xiomara Alay - Venezuela
Yanira C. Ferrer - Puerto Rico
Yoni Maria Carrión Torres - Ecuador
Zita Cabrera Paredes - Ecuadir
Zoila Calderón Imbaquingo - Ecuador
Zoila M Ramírez L - Ecuador
Zulema Contreras Muñoz - Chile
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