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

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

Ecuadorian voters are preparing to cast their ballots for a new president for the second time in 18 months amid an ...

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

Polls opened Sunday across Ecuador in a presidential election amid a rise in cartel turf wars and soaring murder rates. The ...

Noboa, first elected in 2023 to finish out his predecessor’s term, says his deployment of the military on the streets and within prisons has helped reduce violent deaths by 15 percent, led to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some 14 million Ecuadorans began voting under tight security Sunday, choosing who will lead their violence-wracked Andean ...