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

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

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

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

In the throes of a bloody drug war, a shrinking economy and an acute energy crisis, Ecuadorans are remarkably optimistic ...

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 ...

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

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

Surge in support sees left-wing challenger Luisa Gonzalez neck and neck with incumbent President Daniel Noboa.

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

Alongside crime, drought from the El Niño weather phenomenon has crippled Ecuador’s hydroelectric plants and thrown the country into an energy crisis. To conserve electricity, the government ...