Ecuador’s inconclusive election: Victory for Noboa or grotesque electoral fraud?
Noboa triumphed comfortably in a surprising second electoral round. Correa’s supporters demand a recount of the votes.
Ecuador: The stakes in the April 2025 election run-off
Ecuador’s election heads to a run-off amid crisis, repression, and militarization. The outcome will decide between neoliberal rule or a Citizen Revolution comeback.
Bipartisanism wins in Ecuador: Noboa and González head to presidential run-off
In an unprecedented election, the candidate of the ruling party and the candidate of the Citizen Revolution party monopolized more than 88% of the valid votes, even though there were almost 16 candidates.
Indigenous leader Leonidas Iza wants to be Ecuador’s next president
Indigenous leader Leonidas Iza Salazar is one of the 16 candidates contesting the February 9 presidential elections in Ecuador
Ecuador elects new right-wing president linked to big banana business
In the second round of the anticipated elections in Ecuador, Daniel Noboa defeated progressive candidate Luisa González
Two weeks out from Ecuador’s runoff election, candidates debate on key issues
Leftist lawyer Luisa González and businessman Daniel Noboa outlined their government plans, debating on the matters of economy, security, social policies and political issues
Ecuador’s leftist presidential candidate Luisa González denounces attempt on her life, files complaint
González is the winner of the first round of presidential elections in Ecuador. She said that with the complaint, she not only intends to safeguard her life and shed light on the plan aimed at physically eliminating her, but also draw attention to the impunity in the country
Progressive Luisa González and millionaire Daniel Noboa head to run off elections in Ecuador
González of the left-wing Citizens Revolution Movement won the first round with 33.31% of the votes, while Noboa of the right-wing National Democratic Action Alliance secured 23.66% of the votes
The escalation of violence in Ecuador shines a light on country’s broader crisis
The early elections in the Andean country are taking place in a context of increased violence against political candidates and in society generally
Security and economy are the key issues in Ecuador’s early general elections
All seven presidential candidates advocated strengthening of the security in the country and promised improvements as they stood next to fellow hopeful Fernando Villavicencio’s empty podium, who was assassinated last week
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated following campaign rally
The former member of Ecuador’s National Assembly Villavicencio had previously denounced receiving threats from members of criminal groups
Director of Ecuador’s penitentiary system resigns amid increasing prison crisis
The resignation of Guillermo Rodríguez from the SNAI comes a week after the last prison massacre, which claimed the lives of 31 inmates in the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil city
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- Demonstrations planned across the globe on April 25 in solidarity with Gaza
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- The People’s Forum condemns right-wing attempts to silence dissent and solidarity with Palestine
- Palestine solidarity protests in Morocco delay Maersk ship
