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    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      News in-depth
      Ecuador extraction bans to cost it billions in lost export revenue

      Next president faces tough choices after votes to halt oil drilling and preserve region rich in gold, silver and copper

      Gas flares from a refinery are seen in the Waorani Community of Bameno, Ecuador
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Ecuador endures car bombs in latest wave of violence ahead of run-off vote

      Violence has become one of the defining issues on the presidential campaign trail in Latin American country

      Police investigate the remains of a car bomb that exploded in Quito, Ecuador
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      Correa protégé and centrist to contest Ecuador election run-off

      After poll marred by a candidate’s murder, second-round campaign will focus on former socialist president’s legacy

      Ecuadorean presidential candidate Luisa González speaks in Quito on Sunday
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      Ecuadoreans head to polls in election marked by violence

      Run-up to snap vote has been marred by candidate’s assassination and wider drug cartel crisis

    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      News in-depth
      Political violence in Ecuador damages socialists’ chances of regaining power

      Voters look for tough pledges on security as blame game continues over assassination of centre-right candidate

      Christian Zurita, second from left, who replaces slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavencencio, gives a press conference in Guayaquil, Ecuador
    • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
      News in-depth
      Ecuador gripped by fear after presidential candidate killing

      Fernando Villavicencio’s assassination deepens country’s descent into drug-fuelled violence ahead of elections

      Police stand guard outside the cemetery during the funeral of Fernando Villavicencio in Quito, Ecuador
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Ecuador holds Colombians over presidential candidate’s assassination

      Police probe gun killing of Fernando Villavicencio ahead of election as FBI sends agents to help

      Six men stand against a wall with hands behind their backs
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Ecuador presidential candidate assassinated

      Former journalist and ally of outgoing leader Guillermo Lasso gunned down as gang violence soars

      Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio waves an Ecuadorian flag at a rally in Quito on Wednesday
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      News in-depthAmericas economy
      South America braced for economic hit from return of El Niño

      Extreme weather phenomenon could spark inflationary surge due to food and energy shortages

      People try to salvage belongings in flooded part of Ecuador
    • Tuesday, 27 June, 2023
      Correa ally seeks swing back to socialism in Ecuador vote

      Leftist former president seeks to regain power through party candidate in election dominated by drug-fuelled crime wave

      Supporters of the Citizen Revolution Movement party hold a banner with an image of former president Rafael Correa
    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      Ecuador’s president Lasso bows out of August election

      Latin American country’s leader had dissolved congress and called snap poll after facing impeachment charges

      Guillermo Lasso
    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      Drug wars threaten Ecuador’s stability ahead of election

      Violence has exploded in past two years, terrifying Andean nation’s citizens and dominating politics

      Ecuadorean soldiers and police take part in a security operation in Esmeraldas
    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Sovereign debt
      UK fund giant L&G bets on Ecuador’s Galápagos debt experiment

      Britain’s biggest asset manager buys $250mn of bonds in a sign of growing investor interest in debt-for-nature swaps

      A turtle swims next to a tourist in San Cristobal Island at Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador
    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      Ecuador’s president triggers ‘mutual death’ clause to hold elections

      Centre-right leader Guillermo Lasso dissolves congress after facing impeachment trial

      Police forces stand guard outside the National Assembly
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Ecuador’s president launches his defence as impeachment trial begins

      Guillermo Lasso has been accused of embezzlement in the latest challenge to his presidency of Andean nation

      Guillermo Lasso
    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      Moral Money
      Rare good news from Credit Suisse with debt-for-nature swap deal Premium content

      Plus, US pension fund Calpers takes aim at ‘greenwashing’

      A view of mountains and beaches in the Galapagos Islands
    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      China deepens ties in Latin America with Ecuador free trade agreement

      Beijing is a major financial backer in Andean nation despite US efforts to counter its influence

      Ecuador’s trade minister Julio José Prado
    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Ecuador’s congress votes to press ahead with impeaching president

      Guillermo Lasso says corruption charges laid by opposition lawmakers are politically motivated

      An opposition lawmaker wears a banner reading ‘No Lasso No
    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      Interview
      Ecuador’s president vows to dissolve congress if it tries to impeach him

      Conservative leader Guillermo Lasso insists he will not allow opposition-dominated legislature to sack him

      Guillermo Lasso has fought off repeated attempts by the leftwing-dominated congress to remove him
    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Ecuador’s president faces impeachment trial over corruption charge

      Court allows hostile congress to proceed with case against unpopular conservative leader Guillermo Lasso

      Guillermo Lasso
    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Referendum gamble backfires for Ecuador’s centre-right leader

      Guillermo Lasso’s defeat over reforms and mayoral contests prompts call for early election

      A woman walks past a poster in Quito
    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Ecuador reaches $1.4bn debt restructuring deal with China

      Beijing is increasingly offering bailouts to countries at risk of financial crises

      Guillermo Lasso, Ecuador’s president, speaks holding a microphone
    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      Global InsightMichael Stott
      Booming cocaine trade now stains most of Latin America

      Drug violence reaches well beyond Mexico and Colombia into region’s quieter corners

      A man holds coca paste, a crude extract of the coca leaf, in Catatumbo, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia
    • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
      Violent protests over food and fuel prices bring Ecuador to a standstill

      Two weeks of demonstrations by indigenous Ecuadoreans pose serious threat to President Guillermo Lasso

      Indigenous protesters in Ecuador’s capital Quito on Friday
    • Friday, 25 February, 2022
      Personal Finance
      Is there a new supercycle in metals and minerals?

      Low-carbon policies stoke demand for lithium, cobalt and copper, but investors must judge whether the boom will last

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