Ecuador News News Ecuador » Politics: Ecuador opposition leader Luisa Gonzalez arrested in campaign finance probe
Gonzalez’s Citizen Revolution Movement has denounced the arrest as politically motivated, calling for her release.
News Ecuador » Politics: Ecuador's next president faces rampant drug violence and few resources to combat it
Once one of the most peaceful countries in the region, Ecuador has become a major transportation hub for cocaine trafficking to the U.S. and Europe. Sunday's vote is a repeat of the 2023 race between ...
News Ecuador » Politics: Ecuador's Trump? Daniel Noboa's Rise Could Reshape Latin American Politics
When Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa attended Donald Trump's inauguration in January, the symbolism was not lost on many inside his country. With Ecuador set to hold national elections soon after, ...
News Ecuador » Politics: The Ecuador reader : history, culture, politics / edited by Carlos de la Torre and Steve Striffler
1. Conquest And Colonial Rule: Ecuador's pre-columbian past / Tamara Bray -- Ancestors, grave robbers, and the possible antecedents of canari "inca-ism" / Frank Salomon -- Building a life in colonial ...
News Ecuador » Politics: Political risk and the cost of capital: Venezuela, Ecuador and Uruguay
Feb. 19 (UPI) --Part 6 of a series examining structural barriers to growth and competitiveness in Latin America. In previous installments of this series, we examined how inflation functions as a ...
News Ecuador » Politics: Ecuador's conflicts of power: Was there an ‘attempted coup d'état’ or ‘political gender violence'?
On the night of August 14, 2024, the government of Daniel Noboa shared content under the hashtag “#IntentoDeGolpeDeEstado” (#AttemptedCoup) to defend his position as the president of the Republic of ...
News Ecuador » Politics: Ecuador Dissolves Two Political Parties Ahead of Local Elections
Ecuador dissolved two opposition political parties ahead of local elections in November, a move critics decried as another sign of the South American country’s democratic backsliding under President ...
News Ecuador » Politics: Ecuador accuses ‘bad losers’ of assassination plot against President Noboa
Ecuador has declared a state of “maximum alert” over an assassination plot against President Daniel Noboa. In a statement entitled “The revenge of the bad losers” issued early on Saturday, the ...
News Ecuador » Politics: Noboa’s Plan for Foreign Troops in Ecuador Is a Political Gamble
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News Ecuador » Politics: Ecuador suspends vice president Veronica Abad for ‘abandoning duties’ amid ongoing political tensions
Ecuador’s Vice President Veronica Abad has been suspended for 150 days following accusations of “unjustified abandonment” of her duties. This action, effective from midnight on Saturday, represents a ...
News Ecuador » Politics: Ecuador’s Presidential Election Is Inflaming Its Polarization Problem
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