The Ecuadorian president spoke to EL PAÍS a day after dissolving the country’s National Assembly and calling early elections. He feels he is a victim of political persecution over increased drug confiscations and a battle against corruption
Contrary to expectation, President Lasso’s decision to call new elections did not spark mass protests, or even backlash from opposition political parties
The National Electoral Council now has seven days to call presidential and legislative elections, which must be held within 90 days
As immigration restrictions tighten up across Latin America and Venezuelans face rising xenophobia in other countries, thousands of citizens are returning to a more unequal and expensive nation
Violence and organized crime are on the rise across the region, upending government plans and putting citizens on alert
In Colombia, restrictions on President Gustavo Petro have come from both Congress and the high courts. In the rest of the region, similar dynamics are happening
The two species found in the south of Ecuador catch flies using small hairs on their leaves
The U.S. Department of Justice has built a case against a group of traffickers who transported drugs in small boats along the Pacific, making stops in Mexico and Central America
Associated with ideas of power and immortality, the bird occupies a prominent place in the popular imagination, but its population is at worrying figures. A sanctuary in Ecuador is fighting for the animal’s conservation
Rescuers continue to search for locals buried under the rubble after Sunday’s landslide
‘The Lancet’ has for the first time published a report on the relationship between health and climate change in the region
The 32-year-old comfortably soared to victory despite the questions about her past on the adult content platform
Lasso’s office in a statement said 12 of the victims died in the coastal state of El Oro and two in the highlands state of Azuay
The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 in the country’s coastal Guayas region
As people continue to migrate, mostly to elsewhere in Latin America, there’s an increasing divide between those who stayed and those who left. These are some of their stories
The first trial for human trafficking and labor exploitation in the history of the country has put the Furukawa company and three senior executives in the dock
The first lady will highlight issues around empowering women and young people and food insecurity in the Horn of Africa
Tul Bahadur Gharti died after spending more than 10 hours in sweltering heat on a construction site at the venue for the upcoming World Cup. His wife never received an explanation or compensation. That has to change
A Spanish judge has asked the US House Intelligence Committee to provide information regarding the alleged surveillance of Julian Assange and his visitors during his seven-year-long stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London
The president of Mexico says that he will intercede in favor of the founder of WikiLeaks when he visits his American counterpart Joe Biden on July 12
Only a handful of countries have joined Ecuador in this determined effort to weaken our regional human rights system
