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Ecuador: Inmates in prison takeover free 57 hostages after 24-hour standoff

Criminal gangs terrorise country as explosions rip across Ecuador

The Independent UK

An explosion in Ecuador is seen as gangs asserting power after inmates take hostages and free some

Authorities say criminal groups in Ecuador used explosives to damage a bridge in Ecuador after prison inmates took dozens of law enforcement officers hostage less than two days earlier

The Independent UK

Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador's fragile security

The fragile security of Ecuador has been underscored by the explosions of four car bombs and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various detention facilities

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Ecuador rocked by gang-related violence as law enforcement officers taken hostage in prisons

Ecuador's fragile security situation was underscored Thursday by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various prisons, just weeks after the country was shaken by the assassination of a presidential candidate.

France 24

The message from Ecuador is clear: people will vote to keep oil in the ground

People were overwhelmingly in favour of stopping oil drilling in Yasuní national park. Can this success be replicated elsewhere in the world, asks the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jonathan Watts

The Guardian - UK

Ecuador to halt oil drilling in Amazon reserve after historic vote

Ecuadorans have voted to stop an oil drilling project in an Amazon reserve, according to the results of a referendum hailed as an historic example of climate democracy.

Radio France Internationale

A presidential runoff is likely in Ecuador between an ally of ex-president and a banana tycoon’s son

The vote count in Ecuador's special presidential election points to a leftist backed by the country’s fugitive ex-president likely facing a runoff with the son of a banana tycoon

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Ally of former leftist Ecuador president to face tycoon’s son in runoff election

Luisa González, who has pledged to revive Rafael Correa’s social programmes, to run against Daniel Noboa in October

The Guardian - UK

Ecuador's presidential election moves toward a runoff vote in October

No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The vote took place amid thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country.

WEKU

Ecuador votes in presidential poll after a campaign marked by candidate’s murder

Ecuadorians put aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence and voted for a new president Sunday in a special election that was heavily guarded by police and soldiers in part due to the assassination of a presidential candidate this month.

France 24

Ecuadorians choosing a new president amid increasing violence that may scare away voters

More than 100,000 police and soldiers have taken up positions to protect people voting for Ecuador’s next president

The Independent UK

Ecuador prepares for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ vote to stop oil drilling

Referendum alongside presidential election will decide whether to halt extraction in Amazon national park

The Guardian - UK

Watch sloth fight off ocelot in incredibly rare footage from deep in the Amazon rainforest

The footage from a camera trap in Yasuní Biosphere Reserve in eastern Ecuador appears to be the first time a fight between a sloth and an ocelot has been caught on film.

LiveScience

Ecuador election: assassination looms large as voters prepare to go to polls

Winner of Sunday’s vote will face huge public demand to tackle violence after killing of candidate Fernando Villavicencio

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Just stop oil? In Ecuador we have the opportunity to do just that

My country could be the first to vote against fossil fuel extraction through direct democracy, says the co-founder of Ceibo Alliance, Nemonte Nenquimo

The Independent UK

Ecuadorians vote Sunday for president after a campaign dominated by demands for safety

Ecuadorians will choose a new president Sunday, less than two weeks after the South American country was shaken by the assassination of one of the candidates

Radio France Internationale

In a first, Ecuador to vote on oil drilling in the Amazon

To some, Ecuador's jungle is a home and a valuable tool in fighting climate change, to others, it is a vital solution to a struggling economy.

The Conversation

Ecuador: how this 'island of peace' in Latin America has become a hotbed of violence run by criminal gangs and drug cartels

After the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, former president Rafael Correa posted a message on his social media feed: “Ecuador has become a failed state.” It was a stark message as the country prepares to go to the polls on Sunday August 20.

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The Independent UK

Political leader in Ecuador is killed less than a week after presidential candidate's assassination

The unprecedented violence affecting Ecuador has claimed the life of another political leader, bringing the number of politics-related slayings within the last four weeks to three, including that of a presidential candidate

The Hindu

Chelsea sign Caicedo from Brighton for British record fee

Chelsea have broken the British transfer record for the second time in a year after announcing the signing of Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo from Brighton & Hove Albion on an eight-year contract

The Week

What next for Ecuador after Fernando Villavicencio assassination?

“If someone messes with the people, he is messing with my family.”

Evening Standard

Moises Caicedo set for medical as Chelsea close in on spectacular £170m double deal

Romeo Lavia set to join Ecuadorian at Stamford Bridge with Liverpool furious at losing out on both midfield targets

The Independent UK

Ecuador was calm and peaceful. Now hitmen, kidnappers and robbers walk the streets

Ecuador used to be one of Latin America's most peaceful nations

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m not afraid’: Ecuador’s assassinated presidential candidate who fought the cartels

Killing of Fernando Villavicencio ahead of elections comes as country struggles with surge in drug-related violence

The Independent UK

Leader of Ecuadorian crime gang moved to maximum-security prison days after candidate's killing

Ecuador's government has moved the leader of one of the country’s most powerful gangs into a maximum-security prison

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