Ecuador approves controversial surveillance law
The law allows the collection of information from citizens without a court order or prior notice. It also allows intelligence agencies to hide information about their expenditures from the public.
Ecuador’s Noboa on the back foot amid protests and diplomatic flops
While thousands of demonstrators came out to oppose Noboa’s government, the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State hosted by Ecuador did not achieve the desired prestige.
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?
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
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
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
Crisis in Ecuador following spurt of violence and rumors of a government deal with gangs
The announcement of a peace agreement among criminal gangs came days after a prison riot at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil claimed the lives of 31 inmates, and the murder of the mayor of the city of Manta, which forced the Lasso government to declare two states of emergency in two days
Daily Round-up | US president pardons federal convictions for marijuana possession & other stories
In today’s episode, we take a look at US President Joe Biden’s pardon for those convicted of marijuana possession, another migrant boat tragedy off the Greek coast, the plight of children in flood-hit Pakistan, and the UN expressing concern over prison violence in Ecuador






