Editor’s note: Some of the photos, videos and personal accounts below could be upsetting. How Ecuador’s powerful gangs seized a TV station, pushed the country into chaos and led a young president to declare war April 12, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — The investigation was … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Mexico released security camera video Tuesday of the moments when Ecuadorian authorities forced their way into Mexico’s embassy, pushed a Mexican diplomat to the ground and carried out Ecuador’s former vice president who had been holed up there. The action Friday night greatly escalated tensions between the two countries, which had already … Read more
The beloved UNESCO World Heritage site is being pulled into the booming cocaine trade that’s fueling Ecuador’s violence January 13, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST An Ecuadorian Coast Guard crew, tasked with intercepting drug traffickers around the Galápagos Islands, brings the Coast Guard vessel Darwin Island back to San Cristóbal Island. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington … Read more
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — It was a day like any other at the TC Television studio in Ecuador, with its mid-afternoon newscast underway, when masked gunmen burst in, unleashing at least 15 minutes of threats and fear — all broadcast live. First, a man with a pistol appeared in the middle of the public TV station’s … Read more
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Less than 48 hours into his term, Ecuador President Daniel Noboa on Friday repealed controversial guidelines established by the country’s left a decade ago that eliminated penalties for people found carrying illegal drugs under certain amounts. Noboa’s decision fulfilled a campaign promise to fight drug trafficking. Consequences of the illegal trade, … Read more
QUITO, Ecuador — President Guillermo Lasso dissolved Ecuador’s Nationwide Meeting on Wednesday simply because it was forging forward with impeachment proceedings to take away the conservative chief from workplace over alleged mismanagement. In disbanding the meeting, the president, who denies any wrongdoing, made first use of the Ecuador presidency’s nuclear possibility below the structure in … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s beleaguered president, on the verge of impeachment, introduced Wednesday that he would dissolve the nation’s legislature, transfer to rule by decree and maintain a brand new presidential election inside six months. The transfer, an obvious last-ditch effort by Guillermo Lasso to keep away from impeachment over embezzlement … Read more