Feed MRSS-S daniel_noboa_azin_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Sun, 17 May 2026 04:05:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-17/ecuadors-new-normal-a-country-in-a-state-of-emergency.html Sun, 17 May 2026 04:05:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-17/ecuadors-new-normal-a-country-in-a-state-of-emergency.html Carolina Mella Happe Over two years of violence and seven curfews have turned fear into routine. In Guayaquil, residents live amid shootouts, restrictions, and the constant threat of escalating crime Over two years of violence and seven curfews have turned fear into routine. In Guayaquil, residents live amid shootouts, restrictions, and the constant threat of escalating crime Ecuador Daniel Noboa Washington D.C. JOSÉ JÁCOME (EFE) Curfew in Quito, Ecuador, on May 4. Curfew in Quito, Ecuador, on May 4. <p>In two and a half years, Ecuador has spent 846 days under a state of emergency, almost the same amount of time that <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-08/attack-on-daniel-noboas-convoy-reveals-the-mix-of-discontent-and-violence-gripping-ecuadors-rural-areas.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-08/attack-on-daniel-noboas-convoy-reveals-the-mix-of-discontent-and-violence-gripping-ecuadors-rural-areas.html">Daniel Noboa</a> has been in power. During this period, the president has restricted people’s free movement for 272 days, decreeing seven curfews, which the government has maintained as its main strategy for combating violence. For the authorities, the supposed success of the initiative is measured by the number of people arrested: during the 15 days of the curfew last March, 1,283 people were apprehended for violating the measure, and homicides were reduced by almost 30% during the early morning hours.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-17/ecuadors-new-normal-a-country-in-a-state-of-emergency.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-14/the-paradox-of-ecuador-an-oil-producing-country-where-people-wait-in-line-for-up-to-72-hours-to-buy-gasoline.html Thu, 14 May 2026 13:04:22 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-14/the-paradox-of-ecuador-an-oil-producing-country-where-people-wait-in-line-for-up-to-72-hours-to-buy-gasoline.html Carolina Mella Happe Fuel shortages in major cities expose the deterioration of the national industry. While the government blames hoarding, distributors denounce serious import problems Fuel shortages in major cities expose the deterioration of the national industry. While the government blames hoarding, distributors denounce serious import problems Ecuador Daniel Noboa Quito América Jonathan Miranda (EFE) Ecuador Lines to refuel in Guayaquil (Ecuador), this Wednesday. Lines to refuel in Guayaquil (Ecuador), this Wednesday. <p>The scene has been repeating itself for 72 hours in Ecuador’s main cities: lines of vehicles snaking around corners, drivers waiting for hours in the sun, and gas pumps only allowing customers to fill up with $15 or $20 worth of gasoline. In Quito <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-05/this-is-how-eze-and-385-other-children-were-killed-in-ecuador.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-05/this-is-how-eze-and-385-other-children-were-killed-in-ecuador.html">and Guayaquil</a>, two cities accustomed to endless traffic, now there’s also a fight over fuel. “I’m frantically looking for fuel because my tank is practically empty,” says Darwin Medina, a taxi driver in Guayaquil. He visited three stations before finding one with gasoline available. On his fourth attempt, he managed to fill up with just five gallons of Ecopaís, a blend of gasoline and ethanol used by a large portion of Ecuador’s vehicles because it’s the cheapest.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-14/the-paradox-of-ecuador-an-oil-producing-country-where-people-wait-in-line-for-up-to-72-hours-to-buy-gasoline.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-05-13/us-lawmakers-demand-the-pentagon-suspend-its-anti-drug-operations-in-ecuador.html Wed, 13 May 2026 18:45:43 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-05-13/us-lawmakers-demand-the-pentagon-suspend-its-anti-drug-operations-in-ecuador.html Macarena Vidal Liy A group of Democrats has written a letter expressing their concern about possible human rights violations during the mission A group of Democrats has written a letter expressing their concern about possible human rights violations during the mission Ecuador Donald Trump Daniel Noboa Pete Hegseth Washington D.C. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Mauricio Torres (EFE) El Golfo de Guayaquil, campo de batalla de narcotraficantes para sacar droga desde Ecuador Members of the Special Mobile Anti-Narcotics Group of Ecuador (GEMA) carry out anti-drug control operations in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 10. Members of the Special Mobile Anti-Narcotics Group of Ecuador (GEMA) carry out anti-drug control operations in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 10. <p>A group of U.S. lawmakers has called on the Pentagon to immediately suspend joint military operations with <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-03/crime-is-shifting-from-the-coasts-to-the-interior-of-ecuador-turning-quiet-cities-into-hotbeds-of-violence.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-03/crime-is-shifting-from-the-coasts-to-the-interior-of-ecuador-turning-quiet-cities-into-hotbeds-of-violence.html">Ecuadorian forces</a> in the north of the country, targeting drug trafficking “terrorist organizations” active in the area. In a letter sent to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and seen by EL PAÍS, the legislators demand that the mission be halted pending an investigation into the incidents and ask for clarification of the legal basis for U.S. involvement, which has not been authorized by Congress.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-05-13/us-lawmakers-demand-the-pentagon-suspend-its-anti-drug-operations-in-ecuador.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-05/drones-carrying-explosives-and-a-mysterious-blue-merchant-ship-the-terror-stalking-ecuadorian-fishermen.html Tue, 05 May 2026 13:38:39 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-05/drones-carrying-explosives-and-a-mysterious-blue-merchant-ship-the-terror-stalking-ecuadorian-fishermen.html Carolina Mella Happe A nearly identical modus operandi staged attacks at sea resulting in injuries, eight missing persons, and allegations of abuses in the fight against drugs A nearly identical modus operandi staged attacks at sea resulting in injuries, eight missing persons, and allegations of abuses in the fight against drugs Ecuador San Salvador Washington D.C. Donald Trump Pete Hegseth Daniel Noboa Dolores Ochoa (AP) ECUADOR PESCADORES Fishermen in the port of San Mateo (Ecuador), in an archive image. Fishermen in the port of San Mateo (Ecuador), in an archive image. <p>The 20 crew members of the <i>Don Maca</i> were sailing near the Galapagos Islands, in Ecuadorian waters, when they spotted a gray drone flying low, with a small tube pointed at them. They waved, assuming they were being filmed. They never imagined that the small device was carrying explosives.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-05/drones-carrying-explosives-and-a-mysterious-blue-merchant-ship-the-terror-stalking-ecuadorian-fishermen.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/FYTIYMTBIVHFDLWAQ2F2O67G2E.jpg?auth=470d5e51c6f4cb59f1d9cad405c52370dd0ade6540adac4326e9ffb4d96f796f" width="3000" height="2000" alt="Some of the 16 crew members of the 'Negra Francisca Duarte II' in San Mateo, Manabí, on March 18."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/V6EHGVSWDVBCPHDI7KPOPXMZYY.jpg?auth=d9395c6254fa5b316b819f94ad1c73406df4d5392c71494c5d836c482349bf93" width="3000" height="2000" alt="María, mother of Jefferson Mero Cueva, a fisherman who disappeared on January 20, in Jaramijó, Manabí, on March 18."></img> https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-04-10/ecuador-raises-tariffs-on-colombia-to-100-and-deepens-the-trade-war.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:31:04 GMT https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-04-10/ecuador-raises-tariffs-on-colombia-to-100-and-deepens-the-trade-war.html Carolina Mella Happe The decision by Daniel Noboa’s government comes after statements by Colombian president Gustavo Petro, who called former Ecuadorian VP Jorge Glas a ‘political prisoner’ The decision by Daniel Noboa’s government comes after statements by Colombian president Gustavo Petro, who called former Ecuadorian VP Jorge Glas a ‘political prisoner’ Ecuador Colombia Gustavo Petro Daniel Noboa Jorge Glas Matias Delacroix (AP) Ecuador Colombia Daniel Noboa and Gustavo Petro in Panama, on January 28, 2026. Daniel Noboa and Gustavo Petro in Panama, on January 28, 2026. <p>Ecuador has dealt another surprising blow to bilateral trade with Colombia. The government of Daniel Noboa announced that, starting May 1, the security tax on imports from the neighboring country will be raised from 50% to 100%. The decision is again based on national security criteria, “after observing the lack of implementation of concrete and effective measures regarding border security by Colombia,” according to a statement from the Ministry of Production. The executive branch claims the measure aims to strengthen shared responsibility <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-19/the-criminal-underworlds-of-mexico-colombia-and-ecuador-converge-in-the-murder-of-fernando-villavicencio.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-19/the-criminal-underworlds-of-mexico-colombia-and-ecuador-converge-in-the-murder-of-fernando-villavicencio.html">in the fight against drug trafficking</a>, a challenge they assert must be addressed jointly.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-04-10/ecuador-raises-tariffs-on-colombia-to-100-and-deepens-the-trade-war.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-18/petro-accuses-ecuador-of-bombing-colombia-sparking-a-new-diplomatic-crisis.html Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:49:02 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-18/petro-accuses-ecuador-of-bombing-colombia-sparking-a-new-diplomatic-crisis.html María Martín The Colombian president claimed there were 27 charred bodies on the border, drawing a denial from Daniel Noboa, who said narco-terrorist groups were being targeted The Colombian president claimed there were 27 charred bodies on the border, drawing a denial from Daniel Noboa, who said narco-terrorist groups were being targeted Colombia Gustavo Petro Ecuador Daniel Noboa Donald Trump Presidencia de Colombia. Petro accuses Ecuador of bombing Colombia Gustavo Petro in Vienna, March 9. Gustavo Petro in Vienna, March 9. <p>The diplomatic crisis between Ecuador and Colombia, which has been simmering since January, has escalated dramatically following an unprecedented exchange of accusations between the presidents of the two countries. Colombian leader <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-09/gustavo-petro-trump-told-me-he-was-thinking-of-doing-bad-things-in-colombia-a-military-operation.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-09/gustavo-petro-trump-told-me-he-was-thinking-of-doing-bad-things-in-colombia-a-military-operation.html">Gustavo Petro</a> denounced on Monday that his country is being bombed from the neighboring country. “They are bombing us from Ecuador, and it’s not illegal armed groups,” he stated during a televised cabinet meeting. Ecuadorian President <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-08/attack-on-daniel-noboas-convoy-reveals-the-mix-of-discontent-and-violence-gripping-ecuadors-rural-areas.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-08/attack-on-daniel-noboas-convoy-reveals-the-mix-of-discontent-and-violence-gripping-ecuadors-rural-areas.html">Daniel Noboa</a>’s response was almost immediate. “False. We are attacking narco-terrorist structures in Ecuadorian territory, which Petro’s government allows to operate freely in the area,” he told <i>Semana</i> magazine. Far from toning things down, Petro escalated the accusation, claiming that there were 27 charred bodies on the border, without specifying the location or date. With both leaders launching public attacks against each other, diplomatic channels are not only broken: they have completely collapsed.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-18/petro-accuses-ecuador-of-bombing-colombia-sparking-a-new-diplomatic-crisis.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-03/crime-is-shifting-from-the-coasts-to-the-interior-of-ecuador-turning-quiet-cities-into-hotbeds-of-violence.html Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:14:43 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-03/crime-is-shifting-from-the-coasts-to-the-interior-of-ecuador-turning-quiet-cities-into-hotbeds-of-violence.html Carolina Mella Happe Drug trafficking is transforming the Los Ríos and El Oro regions into zones of homicides, kidnappings, and extortion Drug trafficking is transforming the Los Ríos and El Oro regions into zones of homicides, kidnappings, and extortion Ecuador Daniel Noboa Carlos Arias (Agencia Press South/Getty Images) Crime in Ecuador Military deployment in Babahoyo, Los Ríos, February 2024. Military deployment in Babahoyo, Los Ríos, February 2024. <p>Luis — who asked that his real name not be published — had 20 minutes to decide whether or not to flee his captors. Twenty minutes that separate his former life from the one that came afterward. Beside him, two other kidnapping victims remained motionless, paralyzed by fear, unable even to undo the ropes that bound their hands and feet. They had been abandoned by the side of a river after their bank accounts and credit cards had been cleaned out. As he walked away, still dazed, Luis thought about the warning he had received 15 days earlier: not to go out at night, that they already had him “marked.” That day, work required him to travel the so-called ecological route, a seven-kilometer stretch of road between Babahoyo and Quevedo, in west-central Ecuador. Today, both cities are among the most dangerous in the world.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-03/crime-is-shifting-from-the-coasts-to-the-interior-of-ecuador-turning-quiet-cities-into-hotbeds-of-violence.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-02-14/liam-and-the-other-ecuadorian-children-trapped-between-trumps-immigration-crusade-and-noboas-silence.html Sat, 14 Feb 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-02-14/liam-and-the-other-ecuadorian-children-trapped-between-trumps-immigration-crusade-and-noboas-silence.html Carolina Mella Happe Nearly 30,000 minors have crossed into the U.S. in the last decade, pushed by violence and faced with an increasingly hostile migratory policy Nearly 30,000 minors have crossed into the U.S. in the last decade, pushed by violence and faced with an increasingly hostile migratory policy Ecuador Daniel Noboa Donald Trump Minneapolis Joaquin Castro (AP) Immigration Enforcement Boy Detained Adrian Conejo Arias and his son Liam in San Antonio, Texas on January 31. Adrian Conejo Arias and his son Liam in San Antonio, Texas on January 31. <p>January 20 began like any other day for the Conejo family in Minnesota. Five-year-old Liam got into the car, shouldering his Spider-Man backpack, and went to school. A few hours later, his dad picked him up. When they arrived at their home, everything changed. It was at that moment that <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-01-27/liam-conejo-ramos-the-face-of-the-hundreds-of-minors-in-immigration-custody-under-the-trump-administration.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-01-27/liam-conejo-ramos-the-face-of-the-hundreds-of-minors-in-immigration-custody-under-the-trump-administration.html">ICE agents detained both father and son</a>. When he was released, after 11 days of detention, Adrián Conejo recalled in interviews with several media outlets how, “The agents ordered Liam to ring the doorbell of our house, so that the people inside would come out.” On the other side of the door, Adrián’s wife, who was four months pregnant, screamed desperately, helplessly, in response to her husband’s request that she stay in the house. Although the family is together once again, they remain in hiding, afraid.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-02-14/liam-and-the-other-ecuadorian-children-trapped-between-trumps-immigration-crusade-and-noboas-silence.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-29/latin-america-seeks-its-own-voice-in-a-turbulent-world.html Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:35:17 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-29/latin-america-seeks-its-own-voice-in-a-turbulent-world.html Federico Rivas Molina The Latin America and Caribbean International Economic Forum 2026, organized by CAF in collaboration with Grupo Prisa, brings together seven heads of state in an informal ‘Latin American Davos’ The Latin America and Caribbean International Economic Forum 2026, organized by CAF in collaboration with Grupo Prisa, brings together seven heads of state in an informal ‘Latin American Davos’ Donald Trump Grupo Prisa El País Lula da Silva Celac Gustavo Petro Nicolás Maduro Hugo Chávez Néstor Kirchner George W. Bush José Raúl Mulino Daniel Noboa José Antonio Kast Evo Morales Rodrigo Paz Pereira Bernardo Arévalo Jan Martínez Ahrens CAF Inauguración del Foro Económico Internacional América Latina y el Caribe 2026 Bernardo Arévalo, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, José Raúl Mulino, Sergio Díaz-Granados, Rodrigo Paz, Daniel Noboa y Andrew Holness, en Panamá. CAF Bernardo Arévalo, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, José Raúl Mulino, Sergio Díaz-Granados, Rodrigo Paz, Daniel Noboa y Andrew Holness, en Panamá. CAF <p>You have to go back to September 2017 to find seven Latin American heads of state gathered in the same place. And it was away from home, during the UN General Assembly in New York. <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-27/global-opposition-to-trump-gains-momentum.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-27/global-opposition-to-trump-gains-momentum.html">Donald Trump</a> had been in the White House for nine months, at the helm of a presidency that at that time barely hinted at what was to come. Eight years have passed, Trump is back in power for a second term, and the world is in turmoil. The far right is gaining ground in the region, left-wing governments are struggling to survive the trade war and Trump’s military threat (<a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-01-05/venezuela-is-foreshadowing-the-new-world-order-that-trump-wants-to-impose.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-01-05/venezuela-is-foreshadowing-the-new-world-order-that-trump-wants-to-impose.html">he has already intervened in Venezuela</a>), and the rules that governed the world since the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-08/80th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-world-war-ii-how-does-a-country-fall-into-the-abyss-of-hatred.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-08/80th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-world-war-ii-how-does-a-country-fall-into-the-abyss-of-hatred.html">end of World War II</a> have been torn up. This scenario gives an idea of ​​the geopolitical dimension of the Latin America and Caribbean International Economic Forum 2026, which began Wednesday in Panama, organized by CAF — Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean with the support of Grupo Prisa (publisher of EL PAÍS) through the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-10-14/world-in-progress-a-forum-to-understand-and-improve-a-rapidly-changing-world.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-10-14/world-in-progress-a-forum-to-understand-and-improve-a-rapidly-changing-world.html">World in Progress (WIP) forum</a>. A meeting primarily intended to strengthen trade ties has transformed into a highly political, multilateral regional summit — a much-needed Latin American Davos. Seven heads of state, a president-elect, and 6,000 guests discussed Latin America’s role in the new world.</p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/DZ2MWWFZNVBCPKPLQKN5TPFCU4.jpg?auth=82846a4c127dcd68614fd487620b6e829dcfb37b452ed52cc3d417ef373f76c9" width="5276" height="3517" alt="Speech by Sergio Díaz Granados, Executive President of CAF."></img><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-29/latin-america-seeks-its-own-voice-in-a-turbulent-world.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/LG3NZGL6MVEKLGL3GQZPAVG4WQ.jpg?auth=cd55b65d29ad62783c4e6f7c67fd911880e806a03232bec1fda9de48c85f4099" width="3994" height="2663" alt="President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/732IMNAIJ5BVDFRLAOHJ2Y76AM.jpg?auth=cc35252dcca76cf6810d1ebb0a8c7fc80b9e0582abdf05d2b87271505c48b530" width="4535" height="3023" alt="President of Panama José Raúl Mulino. "></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/OLVBMDYJUBGB5PM7HZZXOJ27KI.jpg?auth=0c2e4fab0483fe270644bd4aaa97349f5d75dd3cab0b96f7db6ae72982248eec" width="4412" height="2941" alt="Colombian President Gustavo Petro."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-13/gabriel-boric-a-moment-of-reflection-the-left-that-only-blames-its-adversary-is-doomed-to-fade-away.html Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:39:43 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-13/gabriel-boric-a-moment-of-reflection-the-left-that-only-blames-its-adversary-is-doomed-to-fade-away.html Javier Lafuente ,Rocío Montes The president of Chile, who will leave office on March 11, is an unusual figure in his political sphere. EL PAÍS spoke with him in three meetings. He will work from the opposition and could run again in four years The president of Chile, who will leave office on March 11, is an unusual figure in his political sphere. EL PAÍS spoke with him in three meetings. He will work from the opposition and could run again in four years Gabriel Boric Chile Leonard Cohen Salvador Allende José Antonio Kast Sebastián Piñera Albert Camus Daniel Noboa Jair Bolsonaro Jon Lee Anderson Venezuela Nicaragua Chavismo Cuba Tomás Munita (EL PAÍS) Gabriel Boric, pictured in October in a café in the Yungay neighborhood of Santiago, Chile. Gabriel Boric, pictured in October in a café in the Yungay neighborhood of Santiago, Chile. Tomás Munita Gabriel Boric, at La Moneda, in Santiago, Chile, during the first of three meetings with EL PAÍS. Gabriel Boric, at La Moneda, in Santiago, Chile, during the first of three meetings with EL PAÍS. Tomás Munita Gabriel Boric reads a document in his office at La Moneda, in Santiago, Chile. Gabriel Boric reads a document in his office at La Moneda, in Santiago, Chile. Tomás Munita (EL PAÍS) Boric is an avid reader and music lover. His office is filled with vinyl records and books. Boric is an avid reader and music lover. His office is filled with vinyl records and books. <p>The paper-thin walls <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-03-07/secrets-million-dollar-fees-and-forgeries-the-all-out-legal-fight-over-leonard-cohens-legacy.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-03-07/secrets-million-dollar-fees-and-forgeries-the-all-out-legal-fight-over-leonard-cohens-legacy.html">Leonard Cohen</a> sings about in <i>Paper Thin Hotel</i> have nothing to do with these walls, which today are listening to the sound of one of the Canadian genius’s most chaotic albums. The vinyl of <i>Death of a Ladies’ Man</i> is spinning in an office at Chile’s La Moneda Palace, just a few meters from the spot where, on September 11, 1973, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-09-09/salvador-allende-according-to-biographer-mario-amoros-an-elegant-freemason-far-from-the-typical-image-of-a-socialist-revolutionary.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-09-09/salvador-allende-according-to-biographer-mario-amoros-an-elegant-freemason-far-from-the-typical-image-of-a-socialist-revolutionary.html">Salvador Allende</a> addressed the Chilean people for the last time to announce that the great avenues would open again, before taking his own life amid the military coup that marked the beginning of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-12/all-the-horror-of-pinochets-dictatorship-fits-on-a-mother-of-pearl-button.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-12/all-the-horror-of-pinochets-dictatorship-fits-on-a-mother-of-pearl-button.html">Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship</a>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-13/gabriel-boric-a-moment-of-reflection-the-left-that-only-blames-its-adversary-is-doomed-to-fade-away.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/spain/2026-01-08/major-ecuadorian-organized-crime-leader-set-free-in-spain.html Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:13:11 GMT https://english.elpais.com/spain/2026-01-08/major-ecuadorian-organized-crime-leader-set-free-in-spain.html Carolina Mella Happe,Nacho Sánchez William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, head of Los Tiguerones, was released from prison after a deadline to file pre-extradition safeguards expired. ‘The legal authority decided to set a terrorist free in Spanish territory,’ said Ecuador’s interior minister William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, head of Los Tiguerones, was released from prison after a deadline to file pre-extradition safeguards expired. ‘The legal authority decided to set a terrorist free in Spanish territory,’ said Ecuador’s interior minister Ecuador Madrid Daniel Noboa Borja Sánchez-Trillo (EFE) En libertad un líder de la banda Los Tiguerones al vencer el plazo para que Ecuador presente garantías William Joffre Alcívar Bautista on June 2, 2025 in Madrid. William Joffre Alcívar Bautista on June 2, 2025 in Madrid. <p>On January 9, 2024, 13 armed men forcibly took over the TC Televisión station in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-11/tv-studio-hostages-recall-terror-of-on-air-attack-it-is-very-easy-to-kill-journalists-in-ecuador-too-easy.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-11/tv-studio-hostages-recall-terror-of-on-air-attack-it-is-very-easy-to-kill-journalists-in-ecuador-too-easy.html">took its news program crew hostage</a> on air, as cameras rolled. Stunned, viewers sat in their homes watching the violence unroll. While pointing their guns at journalists, one of the masked assailants spoke on a cell phone. On the other end of the line, according to later reports from Ecuadorian police, was William Joffre Alcívar Bautista a.k.a. Black Willy or Commander Willy, who was running the operation from Spain. Months afterwards, a collaborative investigation led to his arrest in a house in Calafell, in northeastern Spain. On December 29, Spanish authorities released him after the expiration of the deadline for officials from the South American country to file pre-extradition safeguards.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/spain/2026-01-08/major-ecuadorian-organized-crime-leader-set-free-in-spain.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-23/the-impact-of-ecuadors-mega-prison-a-polluted-river-cleared-forests-and-military-checkpoints.html Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:07:59 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-23/the-impact-of-ecuadors-mega-prison-a-polluted-river-cleared-forests-and-military-checkpoints.html Carolina Mella Happe Community leaders denounce environmental damage, restricted movement, and militarization following the launch of one of the Ecuadorian government’s flagship projects Community leaders denounce environmental damage, restricted movement, and militarization following the launch of one of the Ecuadorian government’s flagship projects Ecuador Daniel Noboa Vicente Gaibor (EL PAÍS) ECUADOR-PRISION-CARCEL-NOBOA-SANTA ELENA Daniel Noboa at the ceremony for the Santa Elena prison, on June 21, 2024. Daniel Noboa at the ceremony for the Santa Elena prison, on June 21, 2024. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/QVH5DWKYVJFJJA5TD5WQ4BPZEA.JPG?auth=06767ebee5e87a3ddc84884c09eacdeb76c84233770d5bdc1c1c50512bc0077f" width="6192" height="4128" alt="Daniel Noboa at the ceremony for the Santa Elena prison, on June 21, 2024."></img><p>The military patrol tasked with guarding the mega-prison known as Encuentro — one of Ecuadorian President <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-16/indigenous-fury-against-daniel-noboas-plans-for-a-mega-prison-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-16/indigenous-fury-against-daniel-noboas-plans-for-a-mega-prison-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon.html">Daniel Noboa’s most ambitious projects</a> in the coastal province of Santa Elena — skidded along the dusty road. At least six soldiers and police officers got out of the truck; their boots kicked up clouds of dust as they intercepted a group of local villagers who, accompanied by a lawyer from the Guayaquil Human Rights Committee (CDH) and several journalists, were attempting to document the environmental impact the prison has had on the river that winds just a few meters away, alongside the stone wall surrounding the penitentiary complex. “I’m a member of the Don Lucas community,” said Donald Cabrera, sounding annoyed. Since learning about the government’s plans to build the prison on their land, Cabrera has protested relentlessly, outraged by the damage to biodiversity.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-23/the-impact-of-ecuadors-mega-prison-a-polluted-river-cleared-forests-and-military-checkpoints.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/RTBJYX4H65ECBGMUOUI4LU6GME.JPG?auth=701fbd67bba3ad9f20eaa173e22665a60ce4c7d51d5aef471dcbb5f2acf8b5b9" width="6192" height="4128" alt="Community members protest the construction of a prison in Santa Elena on June 21, 2024."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-10/one-year-on-since-four-children-were-disappeared-by-ecuadors-military-they-ripped-out-my-soul.html Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:16:45 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-10/one-year-on-since-four-children-were-disappeared-by-ecuadors-military-they-ripped-out-my-soul.html Carolina Mella Happe The first anniversary of the forced disappearance of Nehemiah, Steven, Ismael, and Joshua brought together family members and neighbors, who are anxiously awaiting a verdict in the case The first anniversary of the forced disappearance of Nehemiah, Steven, Ismael, and Joshua brought together family members and neighbors, who are anxiously awaiting a verdict in the case Ecuador Daniel Noboa VICENTE GAIBOR Children were disappeared by Ecuador’s military Memorial for the four murdered children on Monday in Guayaquil. Memorial for the four murdered children on Monday in Guayaquil. <p>In Las Malvinas, a cramped and forgotten neighborhood in the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-10/the-mafias-that-control-ecuador-from-inside-their-prison-cells.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-10/the-mafias-that-control-ecuador-from-inside-their-prison-cells.html">Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil</a>, time has stood still since December 8. Since then, locals have talked about only one topic, a litany they repeat as if saying the names could bring them back: Nehemías, Steven, Ismael, and Josué. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-10/one-year-on-since-four-children-were-disappeared-by-ecuadors-military-they-ripped-out-my-soul.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-11/perus-interim-president-jose-jeri-is-on-a-campaign-to-save-his-image.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:56:53 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-11/perus-interim-president-jose-jeri-is-on-a-campaign-to-save-his-image.html Renzo Gómez Vega The leader has completed one month in office after the removal of his predecessor, and he enjoys a 55.9% approval rating thanks to his mastery of social media platforms The leader has completed one month in office after the removal of his predecessor, and he enjoys a 55.9% approval rating thanks to his mastery of social media platforms Perú Lima José Jerí Dina Boluarte América Gabriel Boric Nayib Bukele Daniel Noboa John Reyes Mejía (EFE) Peru’s interim president, José Jerí The interim president of Peru, José Jerí. The interim president of Peru, José Jerí. <p>Three days after a protester was shot dead by a policeman <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-14/the-pulse-of-perus-youth-threatens-entrenched-power.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-14/the-pulse-of-perus-youth-threatens-entrenched-power.html">at a street demonstration</a>, Peru’s interim president, José Jerí, carried the platform bearing the image of the Lord of Miracles through the streets of Lima. Clad in a purple robe and wearing a religious medal, Jerí was one of the devotees who bore the 900-kilogram image of the crucified Jesus Christ on their shoulders. This procession dates back to the 17th century, when an earthquake struck the country and the mural—painted by a slave—remained standing. This miracle is commemorated every October in the largest religious gathering in Peruvian Catholicism.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-11/perus-interim-president-jose-jeri-is-on-a-campaign-to-save-his-image.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-12/twelve-newborns-die-in-a-public-hospital-in-ecuador-they-took-him-away-like-trash.html Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:07:02 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-12/twelve-newborns-die-in-a-public-hospital-in-ecuador-they-took-him-away-like-trash.html Carolina Mella Happe Doctors report that the health system is experiencing one of its worst crises due to budget cuts and a lack of supplies Doctors report that the health system is experiencing one of its worst crises due to budget cuts and a lack of supplies Ecuador Daniel Noboa VICENTE GAIBOR (EL PAÍS) The General University Hospital of Guayaquil on Monday. The General University Hospital of Guayaquil on Monday. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/JWM2Q6FBCJAT3NGVCWS7QILACQ.jpg?auth=a8e999ff5427e17ba6762fc4f968e9e9d8864a410c0beac61cbdcb5e18c80c65" width="8256" height="5504" alt="The General University Hospital of Guayaquil on Monday."></img><p>Twelve babies have died at Guayaquil University Hospital since July 23, when the hospital’s authorities issued an epidemiological alert. The Ecuadorian Ministry of Health attributed the deaths to “multifactorial” causes. According to the institution, most of the deaths were premature newborns in complicated clinical condition. However, it admitted that two of them contracted a hospital-acquired infection caused by the carbapenemase-producing bacterium <a href="https://english.elpais.com/health/2024-05-10/new-antibiotic-buys-medicine-time-in-the-never-ending-fight-against-superbugs.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/health/2024-05-10/new-antibiotic-buys-medicine-time-in-the-never-ending-fight-against-superbugs.html"><i>Klebsiellapneumoniae</i></a>, whose increasing resistance to antibiotics makes it a serious threat and which spreads easily in hospitals with inadequate biosafety protocols.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-12/twelve-newborns-die-in-a-public-hospital-in-ecuador-they-took-him-away-like-trash.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/WT4R3NI3E5HY7MWGWAJ724QTL4.jpg?auth=65891e611636ddb282c30ca3d3300cae5d325c5f8c5adf30c95c4780a688bff6" width="8256" height="5504" alt="Gloves used by Joselyn's son."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/T553PWRWOJEC3FAHWKIK72WDQA.jpg?auth=f1790a35f4a92f60345a07b278aaa19b23c8ca5be548e9b7bb4e9db7181abe3f" width="8256" height="5504" alt="The medical history for Joselyn's son."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-08/350-per-body-mafias-take-over-a-public-cemetery-in-ecuador.html Fri, 08 Aug 2025 12:19:05 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-08/350-per-body-mafias-take-over-a-public-cemetery-in-ecuador.html Carolina Mella Happe What was once a free municipal procedure in the city of Guayaquil is now a shadow business without state control What was once a free municipal procedure in the city of Guayaquil is now a shadow business without state control Ecuador Daniel Noboa Quito MUNICIPALIDAD DE GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR- CEMENTERIO ANGEL MARIA CANALS - Guayaquil Ángel María Canals Cemetery on November 2, 2024. Ángel María Canals Cemetery on November 2, 2024. <p>When Luis, 80, died this past April after a long illness, his daughter Mariana went to the offices of the María Canals Cemetery, one of the five public cemeteries in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At the counter, she was informed that the burial would be free for four years, but that she would have to build a cement mound. They explained, without offering much detail, that there are people at the cemetery who build the cement burial vaults where coffins are placed. And they didn’t tell her how much it would cost; they only told her that the people there “made a living” doing this work. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-08/350-per-body-mafias-take-over-a-public-cemetery-in-ecuador.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-22/notorious-ecuadorian-drug-lord-fito-pleads-not-guilty-in-us-federal-court.html Tue, 22 Jul 2025 08:43:17 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-22/notorious-ecuadorian-drug-lord-fito-pleads-not-guilty-in-us-federal-court.html Carolina Mella Happe His extradition is being viewed as a victory by the Daniel Noboa administration, but it also evidences a lack of confidence in the local justice system His extradition is being viewed as a victory by the Daniel Noboa administration, but it also evidences a lack of confidence in the local justice system Ecuador Daniel Noboa Donald Trump Quito Sinaloa Mauricio Torres (EFE) Ecuadorian drug lord ‘Fito’ Drug trafficker José Adolfo 'Fito' Macías is transferred from La Roca prison to Simón Boíivar Air Base in Guayaquil on July 21. Drug trafficker José Adolfo 'Fito' Macías is transferred from La Roca prison to Simón Boíivar Air Base in Guayaquil on July 21. <p>José Adolfo Macías, better known as Fito and as the feared leader of the Ecuadorian criminal organization Los Choneros, on Monday was arraigned in federal court in the Eastern District of New York, where he pleaded not guilty to the seven charges brought against him by the U.S. justice system, all related to international drug and arms trafficking. Judge Vera M. Scanlon ordered him held without bail at the Brooklyn Municipal Detention Center, in compliance with the request of the District Attorney’s Office, which considers him a high-risk individual <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-26/ecuador-arrests-its-most-wanted-criminal-the-drug-lord-known-as-fito.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-26/ecuador-arrests-its-most-wanted-criminal-the-drug-lord-known-as-fito.html">with a history of escape</a>. Fito was <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-21/ecuador-extradites-notorious-drug-lord-fito-to-the-united-states.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-21/ecuador-extradites-notorious-drug-lord-fito-to-the-united-states.html">flown to the U.S. on Sunday</a> following an extradition deal with Ecuador.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-22/notorious-ecuadorian-drug-lord-fito-pleads-not-guilty-in-us-federal-court.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-21/ecuador-extradites-notorious-drug-lord-fito-to-the-united-states.html Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:01:53 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-21/ecuador-extradites-notorious-drug-lord-fito-to-the-united-states.html Carolina Mella Happe José Adolfo Macías, leader of the feared gang Los Choneros, is the first local drug kingpin to be handed over. His trial is raising expectations in Ecuador over the potential revelations that could emerge in the courtroom José Adolfo Macías, leader of the feared gang Los Choneros, is the first local drug kingpin to be handed over. His trial is raising expectations in Ecuador over the potential revelations that could emerge in the courtroom Ecuador Quito Daniel Noboa Donald Trump Joaquín Guzmán Loera "El Chapo" Sinaloa Mauricio Torres (EFE) Drug lord ‘Fito’ José Adolfo Macías, aka Fito, at the Guayaquil Air Base after being captured in Manta on June 25, 2025. José Adolfo Macías, aka Fito, at the Guayaquil Air Base after being captured in Manta on June 25, 2025. <p>José Adolfo Macías, better known as Fito, didn’t spend even a full month locked up in La Roca, the maximum-security prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Twenty-five days <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-26/ecuador-arrests-its-most-wanted-criminal-the-drug-lord-known-as-fito.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-26/ecuador-arrests-its-most-wanted-criminal-the-drug-lord-known-as-fito.html">after being transferred there</a>, a joint police and military operation went into his cell on Sunday, July 20, handcuffed him and put him on a U.S. Department of Justice plane. At 2:00 p.m., the flight took off for the United States with one of Ecuador’s most feared drug traffickers on board.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-21/ecuador-extradites-notorious-drug-lord-fito-to-the-united-states.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-26/ecuador-arrests-its-most-wanted-criminal-the-drug-lord-known-as-fito.html Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:17:19 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-26/ecuador-arrests-its-most-wanted-criminal-the-drug-lord-known-as-fito.html Carolina Mella Happe President Daniel Noboa announces the end of a 17-month manhunt that exposed the vulnerability of the country’s security and prisons system President Daniel Noboa announces the end of a 17-month manhunt that exposed the vulnerability of the country’s security and prisons system Ecuador Daniel Noboa Quito Sinaloa Fuerzas Armadas de Ecuador Fito NARCO José Adolfo Macías Villamar, aka 'Fito', following his arrest. José Adolfo Macías Villamar, aka 'Fito', following his arrest. <p>—Sing out your full name!</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-26/ecuador-arrests-its-most-wanted-criminal-the-drug-lord-known-as-fito.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-10/ernesto-samper-latin-americas-right-wing-drift-could-end-in-a-new-kind-of-fascism.html Sat, 10 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-10/ernesto-samper-latin-americas-right-wing-drift-could-end-in-a-new-kind-of-fascism.html Javier Lafuente The former Colombian president analyzes the challenges facing the left in the region following Trump’s return: ‘Wokeism has reduced us to a kind of minority tribalism’ The former Colombian president analyzes the challenges facing the left in the region following Trump’s return: ‘Wokeism has reduced us to a kind of minority tribalism’ Ernesto Samper Colombia Donald Trump Gustavo Petro Cartel de Cali Claudia Sheinbaum Lula da Silva Nicolás Maduro Javier Milei Daniel Noboa Nayib Bukele Aggi Garduño (EL PAÍS) Ernesto Samper in Mexico City, April 30, 2025. Ernesto Samper in Mexico City, April 30, 2025. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/VUAXPHWOZNFYNMQBKHCKPU3Q5Y.jpg?auth=d9a860f597ba1bc2ff84d564d683e6aaab137dbdacbdbaa335ae01c44d4e4953" width="4216" height="2372" alt="Ernesto Samper in Mexico City, April 30, 2025."></img><p>Many consider Ernesto Samper, 74, to be the first leftist president that Colombia has had in its recent history… a recognition typically attributed only to the current president, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-08/gustavo-petro-suggested-legalizing-cocaine-during-us-secretary-of-homeland-securitys-visit.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-08/gustavo-petro-suggested-legalizing-cocaine-during-us-secretary-of-homeland-securitys-visit.html">Gustavo Petro</a>. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-10/ernesto-samper-latin-americas-right-wing-drift-could-end-in-a-new-kind-of-fascism.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/J4RUCEOH3BEBNGAWJRDWDYQRXE.jpg?auth=5bc9da8f1c722da78674da34fce257bedd6667cf8676a50adcfa2851a212847c" width="4680" height="3120" alt="Ernesto Samper, during the interview in Mexico City."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-05/they-were-tortured-ecuadorian-soldiers-confess-to-beating-four-murdered-children-in-guayaquil.html Mon, 05 May 2025 08:13:38 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-05/they-were-tortured-ecuadorian-soldiers-confess-to-beating-four-murdered-children-in-guayaquil.html Ana Cristina Basantes Four of the 16 detained soldiers claim they left the minors ‘alive’ after staging a mock execution Four of the 16 detained soldiers claim they left the minors ‘alive’ after staging a mock execution Ecuador Daniel Noboa América Cortesía ECUADOR-NIÑOS DESAPARECIDOS GUAYAQUIL Surveillance camera footage implicating the Ecuadorian Armed Forces in the disappearance of four children in Guayaquil. Surveillance camera footage implicating the Ecuadorian Armed Forces in the disappearance of four children in Guayaquil. <p>Four months have passed since the murder of the four children in Las Malvinas, Guayaquil, was confirmed, and one thing is certain: they were tortured by members of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE). Four of the 16 soldiers prosecuted in the case admitted that their victims were beaten, punched, and subjected to a mock execution before being abandoned naked in Taura, a rural parish south of Guayaquil, taken over, like so many others, by <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-30/a-childhood-amid-bullets-homicide-rate-of-minors-soars-in-ecuador.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-30/a-childhood-amid-bullets-homicide-rate-of-minors-soars-in-ecuador.html">organized crime</a>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-05/they-were-tortured-ecuadorian-soldiers-confess-to-beating-four-murdered-children-in-guayaquil.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/TE3DP7XLC5GERMERADVMM5S5TI.jpg?auth=e5f58441d6ae1a7b20f52229af8a7383df56e17fd410874c7265c5aadb534b53" width="8268" height="5512" alt="People attend the funeral of four minors found dead in the Las Malvinas neighborhood in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jan. 1, 2025."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-15/the-trump-effect-and-the-mistakes-of-correismo-hand-daniel-noboa-victory-in-ecuador.html Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:56:22 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-15/the-trump-effect-and-the-mistakes-of-correismo-hand-daniel-noboa-victory-in-ecuador.html Federico Rivas Molina The conservative president won re-election in a run-off against the leftist Luisa González by almost 12 points, a margin that no poll had anticipated The conservative president won re-election in a run-off against the leftist Luisa González by almost 12 points, a margin that no poll had anticipated Ecuador Daniel Noboa Luisa González Guillermo Lasso Rafael Correa Quito Cartel Donald Trump Políticos Política David Diaz Arcos (REUTERS) The Trump effect and the mistakes of Correismo hand Daniel Noboa victory in Ecuador Daniel Noboa gives a speech after the election results were announced Sunday in Santa Elena, Ecuador. Daniel Noboa gives a speech after the election results were announced Sunday in Santa Elena, Ecuador. <p>Ecuadorians woke up Monday in a state of disarray. President Daniel Noboa, a conservative, tied with leftist <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-02-10/in-ecuador-noboa-and-gonzalez-will-compete-for-the-presidency-after-a-tight-first-round.html">Luisa González</a> until the final day of the campaign, had won reelection in the second round the day before with a 12-point lead, equivalent to nearly 1.2 million votes. Still in a state of shock, González, the candidate of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-10-04/rafael-correa-the-ecuadorian-government-is-infiltrated-by-organized-crime.html">former president Rafael Correa</a>, faced the disaster with a claim of “grotesque electoral fraud,” which she failed to back with evidence and which was not endorsed by international observers. Even within her own party, Revolución Ciudadana, top leaders, including prominent governors and mayors who had supported the candidate on Sunday in the face of her defeat, were quick to acknowledge Noboa’s victory (with 55.6% of the vote to 44.3%). The wide margin has multiple causes, as varied as self-inflicted errors on the part of Correa’s party, the commitment to “a new way,” and, above all, an unexpected “Trump effect.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-15/the-trump-effect-and-the-mistakes-of-correismo-hand-daniel-noboa-victory-in-ecuador.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-02-10/in-ecuador-noboa-and-gonzalez-will-compete-for-the-presidency-after-a-tight-first-round.html Mon, 10 Feb 2025 08:44:35 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-02-10/in-ecuador-noboa-and-gonzalez-will-compete-for-the-presidency-after-a-tight-first-round.html Juan Diego Quesada ,Carolina Mella Happe The conservative president and the left-wing candidate were almost tied and a runoff is scheduled for April 13. The winner will have to contend with a security crisis fueled by local gangs and Mexican drug cartels The conservative president and the left-wing candidate were almost tied and a runoff is scheduled for April 13. The winner will have to contend with a security crisis fueled by local gangs and Mexican drug cartels Ecuador Daniel Noboa Rafael Correa Quito Reuters elecciones ecuador Luisa González and Daniel Noboa in Ecuador, on February 9, 2025. Luisa González and Daniel Noboa in Ecuador, on February 9, 2025. <p>The first round of the presidential elections in Ecuador ended in a technical tie between the two main candidates, but the left is viewing it as a victory because the outcome was unexpected. Daniel Noboa and Luisa González will face each other on April 13, in a runoff vote that will be definitive. With 78% of the ballots counted, President Noboa has 44.5% of votes, compared to Luisa González’s 44.1%.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-02-10/in-ecuador-noboa-and-gonzalez-will-compete-for-the-presidency-after-a-tight-first-round.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-16/indigenous-fury-against-daniel-noboas-plans-for-a-mega-prison-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon.html Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:20:26 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-16/indigenous-fury-against-daniel-noboas-plans-for-a-mega-prison-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon.html Carolina Mella Happe The residents of this jungle region have been protesting for 12 days. They have cut off the main roads of the province and surrounded the governor’s building in a bid to get authorities to drop the project The residents of this jungle region have been protesting for 12 days. They have cut off the main roads of the province and surrounded the governor’s building in a bid to get authorities to drop the project Ecuador Daniel Noboa Nayib Bukele El Salvador Iván Izurieta (EFE) Aumentan protestas en la Amazonía de Ecuador contra construcción de cárcel 'modelo Bukele' Social and indigenous organizations in Archidona, Ecuador, on December 12, 2024. Social and indigenous organizations in Archidona, Ecuador, on December 12, 2024. <p>President Daniel Noboa’s announcement of a plan to build a mega-prison in Archidona, a small town located in the Ecuadorian Amazon, has triggered a wave of protests that has already lasted 12 days. The mobilization has caused the closure of a main road that connects the province with other regions of the country, and has generated shortages of products in various localities. However, it was on Thursday night when the demonstrations took a more radical turn. Hundreds of protesters, mostly Amazonian Kichwa indigenous people, gathered outside the Governor’s building, carrying traditional spears. Defying security measures, they removed the metal fences that the police had installed to protect the building. In the moments that followed, there was a direct confrontation with law enforcement officers, who tried to disperse the protesters using tear gas. Despite attempts to contain them, the protesters managed to take control of the facilities.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-16/indigenous-fury-against-daniel-noboas-plans-for-a-mega-prison-in-the-ecuadorian-amazon.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-17/veronica-abad-vice-president-of-ecuador-president-noboa-has-lost-his-moral-compass-he-is-a-totalitarian.html Sun, 17 Nov 2024 04:15:15 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-17/veronica-abad-vice-president-of-ecuador-president-noboa-has-lost-his-moral-compass-he-is-a-totalitarian.html Carolina Mella Happe In an interview with EL PAÍS, the politician analyzes the appeals she has filed against her suspension, which was ordered by the government. Authorities have accused her of ‘unjustified abandonment’ of her duties In an interview with EL PAÍS, the politician analyzes the appeals she has filed against her suspension, which was ordered by the government. Authorities have accused her of ‘unjustified abandonment’ of her duties Ecuador Daniel Noboa Israel Diego Alban (dpa/picture alliance via Getty I) ECUADOR - VICEPRESIDENTA - ABAD Ecuadorian Vice President Verónica Abad, pictured in 2023. Ecuadorian Vice President Verónica Abad, pictured in 2023. <p>Ecuador’s Vice President Verónica Abad is packing her bags to return to her country. This comes after almost a year of being kept abroad as a “peace ambassador,” with the vague mission of “mediating” in <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-14/no-region-in-lebanon-is-safe-from-israeli-bombing.html">the conflict between Israel and Palestine</a>. And, just four days ago, she was removed from the government through an unprecedented political and legal move.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-17/veronica-abad-vice-president-of-ecuador-president-noboa-has-lost-his-moral-compass-he-is-a-totalitarian.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p>