Jaime Durán Barba
Ecuadorian political consultant
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- Jaime Rolando Durán Barba (born December 5, 1947) is an Ecuadorian political consultant.
- He studied sociology under the guidance of Manuel Mora y Araujo.
- He has advised Mexican president Felipe Calderón and Ecuadorian politician Álvaro Noboa.
- In October 2011, the Front for Victory's attorney, Juan Manuel Olmos, denounced him before the federal electoral judge of Buenos Aires, María Servini, for an alleged electoral crime consisting of a covert campaign against the candidate of that front, Daniel Filmus.
- In September 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that, due to a matter of competences, the case must be brought before the justice system of the City of Buenos Aires.
Jaime Rolando Durán Barba (born December 5, 1947) is an Ecuadorian political consultant.
Career
He formed his political consulting firm Informe confidencial (Confidential report) in the late 1970s. He studied sociology under the guidance of Manuel Mora y Araujo.
From 1998 to 2000, he was Secretary of Public Administration in Ecuador under the presidency of Jamil Mahuad, who months later was dismissed from his duties in January 2000 and is currently a fugitive from justice in his country for embezzlement.
He has advised Mexican president Felipe Calderón and Ecuadorian politician Álvaro Noboa. Since 2005, he ran successive campaigns for Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri.
In October 2011, the Front for Victory's attorney, Juan Manuel Olmos, denounced him before the federal electoral judge of Buenos Aires, María Servini, for an alleged electoral crime consisting of a covert campaign against the candidate of that front, Daniel Filmus. The campaign would have consisted of automatic telephone calls with a message falsely linking Filmus's father to Sergio Schoklender. In September 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that, due to a matter of competences, the case must be brought before the justice system of the City of Buenos Aires. Duran Barba and his associates were investigated and prosecuted in the case. Tag Continental, Connectic SRL and Opinión Confidencial, the company created at the end of 2008 by Rodrigo Lugones and Guillermo Garat, the two favorite students of the star consultant of the PRO, were searched for that investigation.
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