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Daniel Noboa, heir to banana dynasty, wins Ecuador's presidential election

Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and an heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, won Ecuador’s presidential runoff election Sunday held amid unprecedented violence that even claimed the life of a candidate.

France 24

Ecuadorians electing new president, choosing between an heir to a banana empire and an attorney

Frightened by unprecedented violence on the streets and within prisons, Ecuadorians have a universal demand for their next president — safety

The Independent UK

‘People are dying in the street’: Ecuador election overshadowed by violent crime

The country goes to the polls this weekend after a campaign marked by bloodshed and the assassination of a candidate

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AP PHOTOS: Surge in gang violence upends life in Ecuador

Dismembered limbs lie on the street next to playing children. Prisons are arenas of gang warfare. Bloodshed keeps schools shut down. And a presidential candidate is assassinated in broad daylight.

The Independent UK

Ecuadorians are picking a new president, but their demands for safety will be hard to meet

Voters in Ecuador are getting ready to pick a new president

The Independent UK

A 7th man accused of killing an Ecuador presidential candidate is slain in prison

The killing of the seven suspects happened a little more than a week before Ecuador holds a presidential runoff election and as officials struggle to explain how this was possible.

WEKU

A seventh man accused in killing of an Ecuador presidential candidate is slain inside prison

Ecuadorian authorities say a seventh man accused in the assassination of a presidential candidate in August has been killed inside a prison

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Six suspects in assassination of Ecuador candidate are found dead in prison cell

Alleged assassins found dead in notorious Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil

The Independent UK

Colombians held over Ecuador presidential candidate’s murder slain in jail

Ecuador’s president pledges to get to bottom of killings in prison of six Colombian suspects in high-profile murder.

Al Jazeera

New York City mayor heads to Latin America with message for asylum-seekers: ‘We are at capacity’

New York’s Eric Adams will travel to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia in a four-day trip this week. Chicago is sending a delegation to Mexico to warn migrants of the city’s winters.

Chicago Sun-Times

US offers $5m reward for insight into Ecuador election assassination

US Secretary of State Blinken announced the reward as part of an ongoing probe into Fernando Villavicencio’s death.

Al Jazeera

A month after Ecuador's historic vote to end oil extraction in Yasuní National Park, its lessons are as vital as ever to Canadians

One month ago, on Aug. 20, Ecuador voted to end all oil extraction in Yasuní National Park, marking a historic decision in the global effort to halt fossil fuel extraction in ecologically important regions. As climate emergencies rise globally, Ecuador has set a global precedent by protecting one of the…

The Conversation

Junior Roldán: Body of infamous Ecuadorian gangster stolen from cemetery

Junior Roldán was a member of the infamous Los Choneros prison gang

Evening Standard

Liverpool sent Darwin Nunez fitness update after half-time substitution on Uruguay duty

Marcelo Bielsa admits the Reds striker has been experiencing “muscular difficulties” after his early exit from the defeat by Ecuador

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The Hindu

World Cup qualifiers | Messi misses Argentina's 3-0 win in Bolivia; Brazil beats Peru

Argentina beats Bolivia 3-0 in La Paz, despite Lionel Messi's absence. Brazil wins 1-0 at Peru, Ecuador defeats Uruguay 2-1 and Venezuela beats Paraguay 1-0. Argentina, Brazil lead South American standings with 6 pts, Colombia in 3rd with 4 pts.

The Guardian - US

‘We should treat it as a war’: Ecuador’s descent into drug gang violence

Successive governments have been unable to rein in violence as South American country became cocaine superhighway

The Independent UK

UN report on Ecuador links crime with poverty, faults government for not ending bonded labor

A U.N. envoy is urging urged Ecuador’s leaders to boost enforcement of labor laws and end popular fuel subsidies

Evening Standard

Lionel Messi believes Tottenham have one of the best players in world football

Inter Miami star scored again as world champions beat Ecuador

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Messi’s free-kick goal gives Argentina 1-0 win over Ecuador in World Cup qualifier

Lionel Messi scored from a free kick in the 78th minute to give Argentina a 1-0 win against Ecuador in the first round of South American World Cup qualifying on September 7.

Evening Standard

Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni confirms Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez is doubt with foot injury

The defender is a doubt for Argentina’s opening World Cup qualifier against Ecuador

The Guardian - UK

Ecuador’s presidential candidates should listen to its people on Amazon drilling

Letter: Ecuadorians have voted for a ban but could be disappointed given the power of vested interests, writes Frank Brouwer

The Independent UK

Drug cartels: How cocaine and bananas fuel violence in once-peaceful Ecuador

Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine

The Independent UK

Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine

Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine

The Independent UK

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

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