Opposing them too openly can prove fatal: In 2023, the right-wing politician Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated by ...

Supporters holding cardboard cutouts of President Daniel Noboa during a campaign event on Wednesday in Quito, Ecuador.Credit ... And, yet, polls show, Mr. Noboa, a center-right politician ...

QUITO, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's presidential election will proceed to a second round of voting, as more than 90 percent of the votes counted so far indicate that no candidate meets the ...

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

The campaigns have been dominated by concerns about the moribund economy and cartel turf wars that have transformed Ecuador from one of the safest countries in the world into one of the most ...

From funding drag shows in Ecuador to providing cash vouchers for ... The funding helped sustain one of the world’s largest opium networks, undermining US counter-narcotics efforts.

Most polls show Noboa in the lead ... the scale of corruption.” Ecuador sits on the Pacific coast between Colombia and Peru, the world’s largest producers of cocaine.

QUITO - Drug-related violence that has rocked Ecuador in recent years is once again ... "The president wants to show that despite the short time he has had, he has made gains in security and ...

If you listen to American politicians you might think that every migrant in Latin America is heading for the United States.

Ecuador, a nation of 18 million people, is situated between Colombia in the north and Peru in the east and south. Colombia and Peru are the two top producers of cocaine in the world. Further ...

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.

Divided Ecuador Presidential Polls Show Likely Win for Noboa After Runoff QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa looks set to win a full four-year term in the Feb. 9 election ...