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A view of part of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second most populated city and main port, which is now dominated by violence as a hub for shipping drugs out of the country to the United States and Europe. CREDIT: Carolina Loza León / IPS by Carolina Loza (guayaquil, ecuador) Monday, February 12, 2024 …

Ecuador descended into chaos this week as a powerful gang leader disappeared from jail, uprisings broke out in several prisons, and guards were kidnapped and threatened by inmates in what has quickly escalated into a major crisis for the South American country. The unrest continued on Tuesday afternoon, when masked …

A state of emergency has been declared in Ecuador after one of the country’s most-notorious drug gang bosses escaped from prison.  Adolfo Macias – also known as Fito – was first reported missing from his cell on Sunday, Jan. 7.  Ecuador’s prosecutors then filed charges against two prison guards as …

One candidate seeking to become Ecuador’s president is Daniel Noboa, a center-right scion of a banana empire who was lifted to a surprising second-place finish in a runoff in August by an electorate hungry for change in a country suffering from violence and an ailing economy. Mr. Noboa is facing …

Presidential elections will be held in Ecuador on Sunday at a tumultuous moment for the country. President Guillermo Lasso called snap elections in May amid impeachment proceedings against him over accusations of embezzlement. This month, the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated on the campaign trail. All this has unfolded …

Francisco Tamariz, Mayor of Ecuadorian coastal town of La Libertad on Saturday, August 19, claimed that he was a victim of an attempted assassination, a day before the country begins its general elections.   Addressing his supporters on social media, Tamariz said he escaped unharmed after gunmen fired 30 shots …

Ecuador has dispatched 4,000 elite personnel from its armed forces and police to the Zonal 8 Detention Center in Guayas province, two days after declaring a state of emergency in the wake of the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.   Villavicencio was fatally shot as he was leaving a …

A presidential candidate in Ecuador who had been outspoken about the link between organized crime and government officials was assassinated Wednesday evening at a political rally in the capital, just days before voting begins in an election that has been dominated by concerns over drug-related violence. The candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, …

Ecuador presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, 59, has been assassinated less than two weeks before the country’s general election.   Villavicencio was shot dead at a Movimiento Construye political rally at a school north of the capital Quito Wednesday night, August 9. He was gunned down 10 days before the first …

Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has been left encouraged by a “great lesson” after seeing his side beaten by Ecuador in a friendly. After beating the South American side handily last week, the Socceroos let an early lead slip as Ecuador ran out 2-1 winners courtesy of a second-half double. The …