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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ecuador, the only dollarized country in South America, holds elections this Sunday in a complex economic situation, marked by ...

a nationwide energy crisis and international relations. “Security is the biggest problem the government has had, but in a country with huge social inequalities like Ecuador, I believe that among ...