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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.

France 24

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

The Ecuador Copa America 2024 squad has been confirmed

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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.

International Business Times

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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.

Al Jazeera

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

Latin 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.

International Business 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

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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.

International Business Times

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…

France 24

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

Latin Times

Mexico Cuts Ties With Ecuador After Embassy Storming In Quito

Ecuadoran authorities stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito on Friday to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas, who was taking refuge there, prompting Mexico to sever diplomatic ties after the "violation of international law".

International Business Times

Mexico's president says country will break diplomatic ties with Ecuador

The announcement came after Ecuadorian police officers forcibly broke into the Mexican embassy in Quito, detaining former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who was seeking political asylum there.

WEKU

Mexico suspends diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police raid embassy

Ecuadorian police forcibly enter the embassy in Quito to detain former vice-president Jorge Glas

The Guardian - AU

Mexico Gives Ecuadoran Ex-VP Asylum Amid Diplomatic Row

Mexico on Friday granted political asylum to Ecuador's former vice president Jorge Glas, who is sheltering at the Mexican embassy in Quito, deepening a diplomatic dispute between the two Latin American nations.

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EPIQ's ‘vertical neighbourhood’ is a dynamic design centred on green space and heritage

In Quito, Ecuador, EPIQ by developer Uribe Schwarzkopf and architect Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is a dynamic contemporary build that slots into the cityscape

International Business Times

Ecuador Mulls Sending Russian Military 'Scrap' To Ukraine

Ecuador is weighing up sending its old Russian military equipment to the United States so that it can be transferred to Ukraine, a US official said in Quito Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

‘Me and my menopause’: a view from women around the world

Millions of women are being let down by lack of support during and after menopause. We asked six, from Brazil to Bangladesh, to share their stories of fighting stigma, dealing with symptoms and supporting others

The Conversation

‘Legal animism’: when a river or even nature itself goes to court

On 30 March 2011, a truly unprecedented event took place at a provincial court in Loja, Equator, located some 270 miles from the capital of Quito. The Vilcabamba River, a plaintiff in a trial there, convinced the tribunal that its own rights were being undermined by a road development project. The…

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Armed men are arrested after storming an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast

The men armed with pistols and what looked like sticks of dynamite entered the set of the TC Television network. Prosecutors say the 13 arrested will be charged with terrorism.

International Business Times

Ecuador Gangsters Hold Police Hostage In Crisis For New President

Ecuador's new president grappled Tuesday with a security nightmare as gangsters held four police officers hostage after he declared a state of emergency in response to a drug kingpin's escape from prison.

The Independent UK

7 of the best places to visit in Ecuador

From bustling metropolises surrounded by dramatic mountain backdrops to islands teeming with biodiversity, these are the top places to head in Ecuador on your 2025 trip

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

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

France 24

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

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