Elections in Ecuador: Between Distrust and Resignation

Ecuador is going through a critical moment marked by growing distrust in the state and its leaders. Elections are no longer considered an opportunity for political renewal but instead generate uncertainty. The instability, reflected in the constant changes …

Ecuador chooses president against backdrop of gang violence

Ione WellsSouth America correspondent Reporting fromGuayaquil, Ecuador Security is a central issue in the presidential election as the country is plagued by gang violence "The entire town feels like it is in a pandemic, locked up without being able to …

Ecuador's presidential candidate for the Citizen Revolution Movement, Luisa Gonzalez, speaks to supporters during her ...

A supporter carries a cardboard cutout of Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa during a campaign rally in Guayaquil

Seeking re-election, President Daniel Noboa centres Ecuador’s crime wave

Noboa has continued to weather controversy about the limits of his authority through the end of his latest campaign. Ecuador’s constitution requires that public officials take a leave of absence to run for re-election. But Noboa instead signed two …

A 50-year Crisis -- Ecuador's Next President Faces A Stern Test

In the throes of a bloody drug war, a shrinking economy and an acute energy crisis, Ecuadorans are remarkably optimistic about their country's future as they prepare to vote in Sunday election. The past few years have been brutal for Ecuador, a scenic …

Ecuador’s Leader Has Had a Year of Chaos. He Is Still Favored to Win Sunday’s Election.

Daniel Noboa was nowhere to be seen. And, yet, he was everywhere. On balconies. In the arms of various supporters. In the back of a truck. Cardboard cutouts of Mr. Noboa, Ecuador’s president, were ubiquitous at an election rally in a suburb of Quito, the …

Ecuador Holds Election With Security Crisis on the Ballot

It has been a year since Shirley Tobar’s husband, a security guard at a mall in Guayaquil, Ecuador, was killed amid an outbreak of violence in the city last January. Tobar, who is a 43-year-old stay-at-home parent, still hasn’t received a response from …

Ecuador’s presidential election: Noboa and González lead in a polarized race

Ecuadorians will vote on February 9 to elect the new President, as well as the 137 members of the National Assembly, and representatives to the Andean Parliament. According to the latest polls, the current president and the candidate representing Correism …

Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement Threatens to Worsen Human Rights Abuses Facing Indigenous Nations and Communities

(Ottawa-Toronto-Quito-Cuenca) The proposed Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement represents a dire threat to Indigenous rights in Ecuador and must be rejected by Canadian lawmakers, a coalition of Canadian civil society organizations said today, amplifying …