Ecuador’s ports are now a major exit point for South American cocaine headed to North America and Europe, the UN says. This ...

Incumbent Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa narrowly led Sunday's election with 44.4 percent of the vote, closely trailed by ...

Ecuador’s center-right President Daniel Noboa fell short of securing an outright majority in the country’s general election, ...

On Ecuador's lawless southwest coast, drug gangs operate with impunity and terrified residents ask if their president's "iron ...

To win outright Sunday, a candidate needs 50% of the vote or at least 40% with a 10-point lead over the closest opponent. If ...

Noboa, first elected in 2023 to finish out his predecessor’s term, says his deployment of the military on the streets and ...

Concerns about the sputtering economy and cartel territorial battles have dominated the campaigns, transforming Ecuador from ...

It has been a year since Shirley Tobar’s husband, a security guard at a mall in Guayaquil, Ecuador, was killed amid an ...

One legislator is pushing for more severe punishment but others in the country blame not the young killers but a state which ...

R unning Ecuador seems an unenviable job. In recent years it has become the most violent state in mainland Latin America.

For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.

Socialist challenger Luisa González did better than forecast in Ecuador’s presidential election, likely forcing President ...