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 ...

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

Noboa's blend of populist bravado, aggressive security policies and alignment with Trumpian politics has positioned him, at ...

The Latin American country’s incumbent center-right leader Daniel Noboa faces an April run-off vote against left-wing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Ecuadorians will choose their next president in a runoff vote in April after the first round produced no clear winner.

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 ...