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

Ecuador is set to choose its next president in an April runoff election after both incumbent President Daniel Noboa and ...

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.

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

Incumbent president Daniel Noboa, one of the youngest leaders in the world, has promised to continue to crack down on drug ...

Photo by Romina Duarte/Agencia Press South/Getty Images In Ecuador, the results of ... and on the changing political dynamics of Latin America. Noboa's trajectory suggests he could become a ...

Ecuador will choose its next president in a runoff election after conservative incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González garnered enough votes Sunday to beat 14 other candidates ...

Ecuador’s conservative president says that he is raising tariffs on Mexican imports in a move that echoes the trade barriers ...

Ecuador holds the first round of a Presidential election dominated by the issues of economic insecurity and rising drug gang violence.

Ecuador was once seen as a country that was safer and more stable than other parts of South America. It gained a reputation as an “island of peace” in a region otherwise known for cocaine ...

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

I wrote about the first week of the Ohio State University Extension Master Gardener Volunteer international outreach trip to Otavalo, Ecuador, South America with the Tandana Foundation.