The Isaias Group ("Grupo Isaías") is an Ecuadorian pan regional entrepreneurial conglomerate with an interest in a vast range of sectors, the key industries being media, telecommunications and banking.
For decades, the group owned companies across several industries, including commercial, real estate, agroindustry, oil, and media.
[3] The Isaias Group also controlled a company dedicated to stem cell research, Da Vinci Biosciences, LLC and DV Biologics.
[4] The Isaias Group owned a number of Ecuadorian television and other media companies until the Correa regime began seizing control of them in 2008.
[3] Facing allegations after being sentenced for embezzlement in Ecuador, brothers William and Roberto Isaias took refuge in Miami, Florida, where they continued running other businesses.
The brothers properties and are partners and investors in MIA TV and other media channels in New York, Orlando, and Tampa Bay.
[9] A year after the Isaías brothers’ relatives made campaign contributions to members of the U.S. Congress, including $90,000 to help re-elect President Obama, the U.S. Department of Justice rejected Ecuador’s extradition request.
After seizing their businesses, Correa passed an amendment to the country’s constitution that related to the situation involving the Isaias brothers.
The National Court of Justice (CNJ) restored the "constitutional state of innocence" of the brothers Roberto and William Isaías Dassum.