Ecuador
Is Noboa’s “War on Gangs” working?

Eight months since Ecuador’s president declared an internal armed conflict and began to heavily militarize the country, what has this strategy been able to achieve?

Can Ecuador’s left and progressive forces build the necessary unity to confront Noboa’s neoliberal project?

Last week, diverse parties and organizations from the left and center met in Quito to discuss how to build unity in the upcoming 2025 elections

Daniel Noboa is building an anti-worker economic and political project, says Ecuadorian activist

Natasha Rojas, a leader of the left party Popular Unity, spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the protests against the right-wing government of Daniel Noboa.

Ecuadorians call for an end to Noboa’s austerity measures

Trade unions and social organizations will take to the streets nationwide to demand that the government reinstate the fuel subsidy.

Ecuadorian government orders the deportation of Cuban journalist Alondra Santiago

The Cuban journalist is accused of committing acts against public security, in a measure seen as an act of censorship and authoritarianism

“Jorge Glas is in poor health and is at risk of suicide,” says Andrés Arauz

Vice President under Rafael Correa, Glas was kidnapped from the Mexican embassy by the Noboa government

Activist Ola Bini sentenced to one year in prison after Ecuadorian court overturns acquittal

Arrested on the same day as his friend Julian Assange in 2019, software developer and activist Ola Bini has faced years of persecution in Ecuador. Despite being declared innocent in 2023, an appeals court has now convicted him for “Attempted Non-Consensual Access to a Computer System”.

Latin America responds with unanimous condemnation to Ecuador’s storming of the Mexican Embassy in Quito

Latin American and Caribbean leaders and governments from across the political spectrum have condemned the incursion into Mexico’s embassy as a grave violation of international law

Ecuadorian police break into Mexican Embassy, arrest former Ecuadorian VP Jorge Glas

After the Ecuadorian National Police forcibly entered its embassy in Quito, Mexico announced the suspension of diplomatic relations with the country

US troops will return to Ecuador, decades after removal by Correa

Daniel Noboa is carrying to term plans to bring US troops back to Ecuador over a month after he declared an internal armed conflict against drug trafficking groups

Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador. Why the war on the poor will never solve the problem

Ecuadorian researchers Andrés Tapia Arias and Andrés Madrid Tamayo address some of the root causes to the wave of drug trafficking-related violence and why the government’s response is still missing the mark

Increased violence in Ecuador could lead to a wave of refugees in the region

International Relations professor Fernando Brancoli says neighboring countries are already preparing to receive Ecuadorians