Category: Ecuador
April 8, 2025 > Emilia Arellano
Ecuador’s 2025 Elections: Caught between Political Polarization and Escalating Violence
The results of Ecuador’s 2025 general elections have revealed deep political divisions. The tight race between incumbent President Daniel Noboa and challenger Luisa González, has set the stage for an […] Read More >
April 8, 2021 > Gabriela Barzallo
Movement Against Mining Gains Ground in Ecuador
In February elections, a referendum to protect water passed and left-wing candidates received strong support. Mining will be a key issue for the next president. This story is republished from NACLA. […] Read More >
August 6, 2020 > vincentr
Families in Guayaquil Seek Answers After Covid-19 Deaths
This story is republished from NACLA. Since the height of the pandemic in Ecuador’s largest coastal city, families have stood outside public hospitals with signs asking for the whereabouts of […] Read More >
April 27, 2020 > juan carlos v
Deaths and Desperation Mount in Ecuador, Epicenter of Coronavirus Pandemic in Latin America
This article was originally publish on The Conversation. By Dennis Altman and Juan Carlos Valarezo. Dead bodies are lying at home and in the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador, a city […] Read More >
September 16, 2019 > Gabriela Barzallo
After 6 Years of Struggle, First LGBT Couple to Request Marriage in Ecuador Says ‘I Do’
QUITO, Ecuador — Pamela Troya was preparing for an interview with a human rights defense organization in Quito in June when a fellow LGBT activist burst into the studio screaming. […] Read More >
March 27, 2019 > Gabriela Barzallo
‘Todos Somos Martha’: Ecuadorians Protest Gender Violence, Femicide and Xenophobia
QUITO — For two days in January, thousands of people mobilized on the main avenues of Quito, Guayaquil and several other cities in Ecuador, protesting sexual violence, femicide and xenophobia. […] Read More >
August 24, 2018 > Staff
All nine judges of Ecuador’s highest court were dismissed in what former president called “a true coup”
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ECUADOR: The transitory Citizens Participation and Social Control Council dismissed all nine justices of the nation’s highest court on the argument that there had been a […] Read More >
August 20, 2018 > Staff
Venezuelan migrants attacked in Brazil and stopped from reaching Ecuador
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA-BRAZIL-ECUADOR-PERU: The residents of a Brazilian border town with Venezuela, in the northern state of Roraima, attacked squatter camps of Venezuelan migrants over the weekend. […] Read More >
July 12, 2018 > Staff
Ecuador upholds sentence against Chevron, New York state disbars representing lawyer for bribery
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ECUADOR: Thehighest court upheld a sentence that requires U.S. oil giant Chevron to pay $9.5 billion in damages for decades polluting the rainforest. Oil operations […] Read More >
July 10, 2018 > Staff
The U.S. menaced Ecuador into backing off U.N. breast-milk resolution
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ECUADOR-UNITED STATES: The United States strong-armed Ecuador into backing off from proposing a resolution to promote breast-feeding during the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly at […] Read More >