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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.

International Business Times

Campaigning Ends As Violence-weary Ecuadorans Eye Sunday Vote

Ecuador's dueling presidential campaigns fell silent Friday, as a ban entered into force ahead of Sunday's keenly fought election.

International Business Times

Ecuador Presidential Candidates Sprint To Campaign Finish

Incumbent President Daniel Noboa and his leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez crisscrossed their equator-hugging Andean nation, holding final rallies ahead of a midnight deadline to halt campaigning.

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Wildfire Forces Evacuations In Quito, Ecuador

Devastating wildfire in Quito displaces residents, prompting President's return. Efforts underway to contain flames and support affected families.

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USCIS will open the first ever field office in South America

Quito, Ecuador, will become only the sixth city in Latin America to host a USCIS office after Guatemala City, Mexico City, Havana, San Salvador and Tegucigalpa

Latin Times

Mexico Asks For Jailed Ecuador Ex-VP's Relocation Over Health Concerns

Glas, 54, had sought refuge in the Mexican embassy in Quito when Ecuadoran security forces raided the building on April 5 and held him on corruption charges, prompting a break in diplomatic ties between the two nations.

Latin Times

Five jailed over assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio

Villavicencio was killed last year and a man and woman, described as instigators, have each been sentenced to more than 34 years in prison

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Ecuador struck by power outage leaving 18 million in the dark

Power was restored on Wednesday afternoon, after the outage caused confusion on the streets of Quito as traffic lights ceased working

The Guardian - AU

‘More profitable than farming’: how Ecuador’s birding boom is benefiting wildlife

With hundreds of highly prized species, bird tourism is thriving in the country – and farmers are increasingly turning their land into nature reserves

The Guardian - UK

We found over 300 million young people had experienced online sexual abuse and exploitation over the course of our meta-study

It takes a lot to shock Kelvin Lay. My friend and colleague was responsible for setting up Africa’s first dedicated child exploitation and human trafficking units, and for many years he was a senior investigating officer for the Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre at the UK’s National Crime Agency, specialising…

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Top UN Court Rejects Emergency Steps After Mexico Embassy Raid

The UN's top court Thursday rejected a request by Mexico for emergency measures over a raid on its embassy in Quito last month, ruling that Ecuador had given sufficient assurances that the diplomatic mission will be protected.

International Business Times

Top UN court to give preliminary ruling in dispute between Mexico, Ecuador over Quito embassy raid

The top United Nations court is set to rule on an urgent request by Mexico to order Ecuador to protect Mexican diplomatic property in the aftermath of the storming of the embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president

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Venezuela orders the closure of its embassy in Ecuador

Venezuela's president ordered the closure of his country's embassy in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito.

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Venezuela Shuts Ecuador Diplomatic Missions Over Raid

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday he had ordered the closure of his country's diplomatic missions in Ecuador after a raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito.

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Mexico Takes Ecuador To International Court Over Embassy Raid

Mexico filed a lawsuit against Ecuador Thursday at the International Court of Justice over the storming of its embassy in Quito, saying it wanted the South American country "suspended" from the United Nations.

France 24

Mexico calls on UN to expel Ecuador over embassy raid as tensions soar

Mexico's president said Thursday his country is demanding that the United Nations expel Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top U.N. court over Ecuador’s police raid last week on the Mexican embassy in Quito.

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Ecuador Copa America 2024 squad: Felix Sanchez's full team

The Ecuador Copa America 2024 squad has been confirmed

International Business Times

Ecuador's Ex-VP Back In Prison After Hospitalization

Ecuador's ex-vice president Jorge Glas, whose capture in a dramatic raid on Mexico's embassy in Quito sparked a global outcry, was back in prison Tuesday after a short hospital stay, officials said.

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Mexico releases footage of Ecuador police storming its embassy in Quito

The raid spurred criticism as being violation of international law as Ecuador sought to arrest a former vice president.

Latin Times

Former Ecuadorian VP Jorge Glas Hospitalized Days After Arrest in Mexican Embassy

Opposition lawmakers are also seeking to impeach foreign and interior ministers over Jorge Glas's arrest inside the Mexican embassy

International Business Times

Ecuador's Ex-VP Hospitalised After Capture In Embassy Raid

Ecuador's ex-vice president Jorge Glas, arrested in a raid on Mexico's embassy in Quito, has been hospitalized after refusing to eat, the prison authority said Monday as a diplomatic spat over his capture spiraled.

Latin Times

Mexico Plans to Bring Ecuador Embassy Raid to the International Court of Justice

The Ecuadorian police raided Mexico's embassy in Quito on Friday to arrest former VP Jorge Glas

International Business Times

Mexico Says Diplomatic Staff Leave Ecuador After Embassy Raid

Mexico's diplomatic personnel were leaving Ecuador on Sunday, its foreign minister said, as the two countries severed ties after Quito's security forces stormed the Mexican embassy in a raid that prompted searing international rebukes.

France 24

Storming of Mexican embassy in Quito ‘an invasion’, Ecuador’s ex-president Correa tells FRANCE 24

Following Ecuadorian authorities' storming of Mexico's embassy in Quito and arrest of the country’s former vice president Jorge Glas on corruption charges, Ecuador’s exiled former president, Rafael Correa, told FRANCE 24 on Saturday that his ex-deputy Glas “is an honest man” subject to “political persecution”. He also likened the raid…

Latin Times

Mexico Cuts Diplomatic Relations with Ecuador After Assault on Embassy in Quito to Arrest Former VP Glas

Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena reported that several members of the Mexican diplomatic delegation sustained injuries during the raid

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