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Ecuador votes for a new president after years of violence and blackouts
In 2020, the former president was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for aggravated bribery, a charge he has ...
In Ecuador's highlands, an Indigenous community faces choice between 2 candidates they don't trust
The two candidates vying for Ecuador’s presidency in a second-round run-off never campaigned in Cochapamba. Their faces are ...
Ecuador’s tough on crime approach is popular, but major challenges remain
Under President Daniel Noboa, the prisons have been declared “security zones” and are under the direct control of the police ...
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Indigenous communities rise up against prison projects in Ecuador
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 ...
Ecuador Court Doles Out Prison Terms in $43 Million Albanian Mafia Scheme
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 ...
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Ecuador chooses a leader amid murder, blackouts and stagnation
R unning Ecuador seems an unenviable job. In recent years it has become the most violent state in mainland Latin America.
U.S. claims migrants held at Guantanamo are “worst of the worst.” Their families say otherwise.
The Trump administration has flown about 100 immigrants from El Paso to Guantanamo Bay. ProPublica and The Texas Tribune ...
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Ecuador's Presidential Election Is Inflaming Its Polarization Problem
Incumbent President Daniel Noboa will face Luisa Gonzalez in Ecuador's April runoff election. Their agendas are polar opposites. The post Ecuador's Presidential Election Is Inflaming Its Polarization ...
Polls open in Ecuador with conservative incumbent and leftist lawyer leading the presidential race
Polls opened Sunday in a presidential election in Ecuador that is shaped up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when voters ...
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Ecuador votes for a new president after years of violence and blackouts
In 2020, the former president was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for aggravated bribery ... Why has violence spiked in the country? Ecuador has become a cocaine trafficking ...