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Trial begins in Ecuador over murder of presidential candidate Villavicencio
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 week agoEcuador’s highest court put five suspects on trial Tuesday for last year’s murder of presidential...
Killing of Ecuador candidate deepens country's sense of vulnerability to crime
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe brazen assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio at a crowded...
Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated ahead of elections
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoEcuador’s presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead as he was leaving a political...
Fico assassination attempt exposes risks for politicians in a polarized Europe
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe horrific scenes in Slovakia following the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico...
Ecuadorians head to polls for referendum as Noboa seeks backing for war on crime
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMore than 13 million Ecuadorians head to the polls Sunday for a referendum focused on security that...
What’s behind the chaos in Ecuador?
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEcuador’s worsening security situation deteriorated further in spectacular fashion this week, with criminal groups seizing symbolic locations including a...
Where is Fito? Ecuador's notorious drug lord who escaped the prison in which he lived like a king
Sky News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn his prison cell, drug lord Adolfo 'Fito' Macias lived like a king. A state of emergency in...
Ecuador’s raid on Mexico’s embassy shocked Latin America. Here’s why it may still pay off for Daniel...
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe dramatic scenes in Quito point to a new approach to crime in the region and underline how the...
Daniel Noboa, heir to banana fortune, wins Ecuador’s presidential runoff election
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDaniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and an heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, won...
Armed men storm an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast as attacks in the country escalate
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMasked men broke onto the set of a public television channel in Ecuador waving guns and explosives...