At least twelve members of Ecuador’s LGBTI+ community have been murdered so far in 2026, according to a manifesto released by the advocacy organization Silueta X, which warned of escalating violence and
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has authorized the deployment of foreign military personnel with criminal and civil immunity as part of expanded security operations against organized crime, according to a government decree issued
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At least twelve members of Ecuador’s LGBTI+ community have been murdered so far in 2026, according to a manifesto released by the advocacy organization Silueta X, which warned of escalating violence and
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A sharp diplomatic dispute has emerged between Colombia and Ecuador after Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced plans to file a criminal lawsuit against Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa over alleged defamation. The announcement,
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Ecuador has entered a heightened state of alert following President Daniel Noboa’s declaration of a 60-day state of emergency affecting nine provinces and four cantons, including the country’s largest cities, Quito and
More Ecuadorians have decisively rejected a proposal to allow U.S. military bases back in the country, according to preliminary results from a national referendum held on Sunday. With approximately 95% of ballots counted,
More Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa revealed on Thursday that an unknown assailant had allegedly tried to poison him with chocolate and jam laced with toxic chemicals, gifts he received at a public event.
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On August 20, over 13 million Ecuadorians took part in the early general elections to elect the country’s next president, vice president, and 137 members of the National Assembly amid a wave of violence
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Fernando Villavicencio, Ecuador’s candidate for the presidential election later this month, was killed on Wednesday in an armed attack following a political rally held in Quito, the country’s capital, Ecuadorian President Guillermo
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On Wednesday, May 17, Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso decreed the dissolution of the National Assembly, the country’s unicameral parliament, using the “cross-death” constitutional mechanism. Lasso argued that there was a “serious political crisis and
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Ecuador’s attorney general’s office, on April 19, requested the preventive detention of former president Lenín Moreno after he failed to appear before the court as mandated in the Sinohydro case. Moreno is
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