Campaign comments

First day of the rest of the year

At Michael Soltys

Ecuador election 2025

Noboa declared winner of Ecuador run-off, González demands recount

Ecuador election 2025

Ecuador imposes state of emergency before razor-close election

TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY

AI chatbot helps victims of digital sexual violence in Latin America

At Lucero Mendez & Ana Espinosa, AFP

SIZEABLE BLACK ECONOMY

US$30 billion a year – Ecuador reveals size of local cartel trade

Ecuador election 2025

Ecuador heads to election run-off between Noboa and González

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Leftist leaders are failing their promises across Latin America

At Peter Millard, Manuela Tobias & Robert Jameson, Bloomberg

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Argentina joins 10 other nations in rejecting Maduro vote certification

Copa América 2024

'Dibu' Martínez recreates penalty heroics for Argentina against Ecuador

Copa América 2024

Argentina set sights on semis as Copa América knockout stage begins

International football

Di María on target as Argentina down Ecuador 1-0

Science & Nature

In Darwin's footsteps: scientists recreate historic 1830s expedition

At Carlos Espinosa & Paola López in Quito, AFP

DIPLOMATIC ROW

Ecuador in diplomatic storm after raid at Mexican Embassy

Archaeology

Roads, farming threaten Ecuador 'lost city' complex

At Paola López, AFP

Ecuador drug war

Ecuador nabs wanted narco-trafficker, president says crackdown bearing fruit

Drug war crisis

Relatives of Ecuador drug boss 'Fito' arrested and deported from Argentina

Ecuador drug war

Soldiers enter key Ecuador prison as 'war' on narcos deepens

Narco-violence terrorises Ecuador

Ecuador’s ‘armed conflict’ against drug cartels explodes into violence

NARCO-VIOLENCE IN ECUADOR

Ecuador's 'armed conflict' with drug gangs – what we know

ARMED ATTACK

Gunmen burst into Ecuador television studio live on air

Profile: Ecuador's next president

Daniel Noboa, banana empire heir to Ecuador's youngest president

Election in Ecuador

Daniel Noboa, Ecuador's youngest-ever president, vows to 'restore peace'

At Santiago Piedra Silva, AFP

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Do-or-die mentality ensures La Scaloneta retains necessary intensity

At Dan Edwards

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Milei should dollarise Argentina at once, says man who did it in Ecuador

At Scott Squires, Bloomberg

Election in Ecuador

Polar opposite candidates set to vie for Ecuador presidency

At Paola López, AFP

Election in Ecuador

Ecuador heads to presidential run-off pitting left against right

At Lina Vanegas, AFP

IN FOCUS

Murder, cocaine and tears: Ecuador confronts a perilous descent

At Stephan Kueffner & Marcelo Rochabrun, Bloomberg

ECUADOR

Fernando Villavicencio: fierce opponent of corruption

ASSASSINATION IN ECUADOR

Ecuador presidential candidate shot dead after rally

Political crisis in Ecuador

Facing impeachment, Ecuador President Lasso dissolves Congress