The Noboa administration claims that these are joint military operations against “drug trafficking and illegal mining.”

The new mining law contradicts what the Ecuadorian people expressed in recent referendums, but the government decided to push ahead with radical mining exploitation and energy privatization anyway. The decision sparked protests in Quito.

The attackers, shouting xenophobic insults, beat the occupants of the center, who were praying during Ramadan, with sticks, stones, and tear gas.

Aquiles Álvarez, mayor of Ecuador’s largest city, was arrested by the police. The prosecutor’s office requested preventive detention. Álvarez’s supporters denounce political persecution amid a scandal in the judiciary.

Two years after declaring an internal armed conflict, the results of Noboa’s government have not been as expected. Faced with this reality, the executive branch promises a new plan to alleviate violence in the country.

A year after the murder and torture of the children, the testimonies of those involved have horrified the country, although the full truth of this tragedy that shocked Ecuador remains unknown.

The government has suffered a harsh and resounding defeat to its political and economic plans. In this article, we present the results and offer some explanations for the outcome of November 16.

Ecuadorians will vote on whether to convene a constituent assembly, accept foreign military bases, stop funding political parties, and reduce the number of legislators. The process has been promoted by President Noboa and seeks to bring the country closer to a neoliberal model.

In this article, we explore the impact of drug trafficking in Latin America and how it has been used by economic elites to justify neoliberal adjustment and their political dispute against the Latin American left.

Según el presidente de la CONAIE, la decisión se toma ante la arremetida de las fuerzas del orden. El número de muertos asciende a tres y existen centenares de heridos tras casi 30 días de protestas.

According to the president of CONAIE, the decision was made in response to the crackdown by law enforcement. The death toll stands at three, with hundreds injured after nearly 30 days of protests.

CONAIE reports that at least two people have been killed so far and more than a hundred have been injured. The government defends the actions of the security forces and promises to end the national strike in a few days.