Ecuador

The assassination of candidate Fernando Villavicencio has deepened the security crisis and shaken up the political landscape just days before the first round on August 20

The assassination of the Ecuadorian presidential candidate has revealed the scope of the criminal network gripping the country, where Mexican cartels and Colombian hitmen have gained a foothold

The Ecuadorian police have arrested six Colombians suspected of participating in the attack against the presidential candidate, during which the gunman was shot dead

More cocaine moves through Ecuador than any other country in the world, meaning cartels like Sinaloa and the CJNG need local criminal organizations to handle transport and logistics

The presidential candidate was assassinated while traveling in a state-provided vehicle that lacked armor despite the multiple threats he had received from organized crime

The killer fired at least 40 shots, injuring other people who accompanied the politician

As Mexican criminal groups battle over control of the territory, the country has been plunged into a deep security crisis

The politician claimed in a video that Los Choneros, a local arm of the Mexican organization, would attack him if he continued to refer to them during his presidential campaign

The politician, who was close to President Guillermo Lasso, was shot three times in the head after a campaign rally in Quito

Leaders and ministers from eight Amazon nations signed a declaration Tuesday that laid out plans to drive economic development in their countries while preventing the Amazon’s ongoing demise ‘from reaching a point of no return’

While fewer trees are being chopped down in Brazil and Colombia, the rest of the region continues to spiral. The environmental summit will be a key event for the leaders of Peru and Venezuela, who will face each other on the international stage for the first time

Relatives of the victims of the latest massacre at the Guayaquil penitentiary have been waiting for days to identify the bodies of their loved ones

The city of Manta’s local leader Agustín Intriago was shot during a tour of a construction site, while riots have broken out in at least four prisons in the country

The owner of UC Global, which held a security contract at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, also kept intimate images of a diplomat in his safe for alleged blackmail attempt

The organization, which is involved in crimes such as human trafficking, sexual exploitation and drug trafficking, is extending its tentacles in eight countries in the region

In the country’s central mountain range, mothers and wives are challenging domestic machismo and defending vital water resources

The vice president of Luminate talks about the crisis of representation, legitimacy and information affecting democracy in the region, but expresses optimism for the future

The petroleum industry has provided little benefit for local communities, who are now driving an ecological transition by sustainably tapping the wealth of the jungle

In a crime-afflicted area of Quito, locals stood up to a violent crew operating in their midst by throwing stones and setting fire to the home of the alleged ringleader, a woman known as ‘La Pastora’

Chinese are now the fourth-largest nationality crossing the dangerous jungle route through Panama. The number of Afghans, Indians and Bangladeshis is also increasing

The candidate for the August presidential elections defines himself as an ‘outsider,’ claiming his position is neither left, right nor center

One out of every 74 people in the world have been forced to leave their homes due to violence, persecution and natural disasters, according to UNHCR

A doctor declared the patient dead last Friday, hours before she regained consciousness. The cause of death was cardiorespiratory arrest, according to the death certificate

The former Ecuadorian president is not ruling out convening a Constituent Assembly to invalidate the 2018 referendum that prevents him from running for reelection

In a recent document dump delivered to the presiding judge, more than 250 extra gigabytes of files related to the surveillance of the founder of WikiLeaks were included — far more than what was initially presented by police

On May 17, the Ecuadorian leader invoked article 148 of the constitution, ‘mutual death,’ a measure by which he dissolved the National Assembly and called snap elections

The meeting has given Nicolás Maduro a diplomatic boost, but Chile and Uruguay were quick to distance themselves from Lula’s comments about the crisis in the country