That “mano dura” approach has shown limited results. The homicide rate in 2024 dropped nearly 20 percent — but figures remain ...

Ecuador’s center-right President Daniel Noboa is likely to fall short of securing an outright majority in the country’s general election, according to preliminary results Sunday, setting the stage for ...

President Daniel Noboa is favored to win Sunday’s presidential election as many voters embrace his heavy-handed tactics to ...

Ecuadorian voters are preparing to cast their ballots for a new president for the second time in 18 months amid an ...

Under President Daniel Noboa, the prisons have been declared “security zones” and are under the direct control of the police ...

QUITO (Reuters) -An Ecuadorean anti-corruption court sentenced eight people to prison and sanctioned three companies for their role in a money laundering scheme linked to the Albanian mafia, the ...

R unning Ecuador seems an unenviable job. In recent years it has become the most violent state in mainland Latin America.

Ecuador’s presidential election Sunday is shaping up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when voters chose a conservative young ...

One prison has been under construction in the coastal province of Santa Elena since June 2024, for which 30 hectares (74 acres) of tropical dry forest, one of Ecuador’s most threatened ...