Ecuador

The young businessman, who is the son of the richest man in Ecuador, will lead a country devastated by violence and drug trafficking

President Guillermo Lasso dismissed the commander general of the National Police and the director of prisons

Latin America and the Caribbean have an enormous educational setback, and those who carry the burden are poorly paid, technologically challenged teachers with pandemic fatigue

From humble street-side taco stands to Michelin-starred restaurants, the love of this food only continues to grow in the U.S.

According to a source, the six men — who were being held in Guayaquil’s Litoral prison — were hanged in a cellblock

The former president argues that his opponents will not be able to defeat his candidate, Luisa González, in the presidential runoff on October 15

More than 30,000 students from 34 schools in the city have been left without in-person classes, due to a wave of violence that the government is unable to contain

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, the leader of the Los Choneros gang, released a video from inside the Guayaquil penitentiary where he is serving a 34-year sentence

Hundreds of people are sleeping next to the Northern Bus Station in Mexico City, after the rail border crossing into the United States was shut down

The mayor of the coastal municipality does not stay in the same place for more than one night after an assassination attempt and authorities cannot safeguard the lives of schoolchildren amid a gang turf war

Poverty, exclusion and violence: this is the story behind Johan David Castillo and the other assassins who were hired to kill Fernando Villavicencio

The number of planted hectares went from 204,000 to 230,000 during 2022, while the tonnage of drugs that has been produced reached 1,738, the highest figures ever recorded

Facundo Farias added the third goal for Miami (8-14-4), which remains 14th in the Eastern Conference table

More than 83,000 fans at the nearly full Monumental de Nuñez Stadium were getting jittery until Messi scored

The latest CAF report proposes global measures on how to mitigate warming and seek solutions in nature

Drug traffickers’ infiltration of the industry that is responsible for about 30% of the world’s bananas has contributed to unprecedented violence across this once-peaceful nation

Authorities attribute the country’s spike in violence over the past three years to a power vacuum triggered by the killing in 2020 of Jorge Zambrano, alias ‘Rasquiña’ or ‘JL,’ the leader of the local Los Choneros gang

An executive of Swiss energy giant Vitol admitted paying $600,000 in bribes to Mexican oil company officials

Rising violence in Ecuador and the lack of a police presence in many areas of the capital has led residents to form vigilante groups to tackle criminals

The candidate for the Citizen Revolution Movement won 33% of the vote in the first round, while the businessman came in second place with 24%

The presidential election campaign has been marked by violence and the assassination of one of the candidates amid a wave of organized crime-related terror

A wave of violence in the run-up to Sunday’s ballot led candidates to end their campaigns screened by police escorts following the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio

Ecuador’s unprecedented violence has left people fearful of leaving their homes. Although voting is mandatory for most adults, people may stay home and pay the fine rather than risk going to the polls

Violent deaths quadrupled from 2019 in the lead-up to the assassination of a presidential candidate, locals are afraid to leave their homes and school classes have been suspended

More than 3,600 officers took part in the operation to transfer the inmate, who is the leader of the criminal gang Los Choneros, which has links with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel