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August 16, 2024

The Feud

Ecuador’s government condemned the vice president’s recent court filing to remove President Daniel Noboa from office, labeling it as an attempted “coup,” an announcement that highlighted growing internal divisions as the country grapples with a security crisis and an upcoming presidential election early next year,...

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July 03, 2024

A Declaration of War

Ecuadoran prosecutors recently asked the South American country’s highest court to convict Carlos Angulo, the leader of the drug-trafficking Los Lobos gang, and his associate, Laura Castillo, of hiring hit men on motorcycles to kill presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio last year. The assassination in the capital...

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April 18, 2024

All For One

Venezuela and Honduras took diplomatic actions against Ecuador this week in response to a recent police raid at Mexico’s embassy in the Ecuadorian capital Quito earlier this month, Al Jazeera reported. On Tuesday, Honduran Foreign Relations Minister Enrique Reina announced his country had recalled its charge...

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December 25, 2023

To the Rescue

Editor’s Note: Dear Readers, This holiday week we’re reprising some of our lead stories of the past year, ones that illustrate ongoing trends in their respective regions. DailyChatter reports on more than 150 countries every year in every region of the world, and we feel many...

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November 10, 2023

Young Bloods

Ecuador, just a few years ago, was an oasis of relative prosperity and peace in the region. More recently, however, it’s become overly dependent on oil and, therefore, prey to the dramatic economic swings that often occur in energy commodities. Violence has skyrocketed as the...

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October 17, 2023

Times-a-Changin’

The heir to a banana empire won Ecuador’s presidential election this week, following a poll that was plagued by political assassinations and drug-fueled gang violence, the Washington Post reported. Daniel Noboa defeated his rival, Luisa González, a former leftist lawmaker loyal to former President Rafael Correa,...

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August 22, 2023

A Draw

Ecuador’s presidential elections will head to a runoff in October after Sunday’s first round yielded no clear winner, a vote overshadowed by the rising violence in the country and the assassination of a main contender, the Financial Times reported Monday. Preliminary results showed leftist candidate Luisa...

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July 25, 2023

Targets and Terror

A gunman shot and killed the mayor of Ecuador’s third-largest city this week, the latest attack to rock the country’s political establishment and only a month before general elections, the Associated Press reported. The Mayor of Manta, Agustín Intriago, and another individual were killed Sunday when...

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May 19, 2023

Mutual Destruction

Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso, facing a looming impeachment vote, dissolved parliament this week, a move observers warned could worsen the crisis in the Latin American country that is currently dealing with a deteriorating security situation, CNN reported. The conservative leader invoked a constitutional procedure known as...

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May 11, 2023

Quagmire

Ecuadoran lawmakers voted this week to begin an impeachment trial against conservative President Guillermo Lasso, a move many analysts said could set off a political crisis in the Latin American nation, the Washington Post reported. The vote marks the first time an Ecuadoran president has been...

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