As voters head to the polls on Sunday, violence, unemployment and the country’s ongoing energy crisis will be top of mind.

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 ...

Noboa's blend of populist bravado, aggressive security policies and alignment with Trumpian politics has positioned him, at 37, as a formidable figure in a changing Latin America.

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

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

Some 14 million Ecuadorans began voting under tight security Sunday, choosing who will lead their violence-wracked Andean ...

On 7 February, 2025 Ecuador deposited an instrument of ratification of ICSANT. The country will become the 127 th State party ...

Polls opened Sunday across Ecuador in a presidential election amid a rise in cartel turf wars and soaring murder rates. The ...

For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.

The march was the latest show of defiance by supporters of immigrants in the face of a crackdown by the U.S. Immigration and ...

Ecuador exported 1.2 million metric tons of shrimp worth roughly $6.1 billion in 2024, nearly flat on volume year-on-year but ...