Kirchner, Uribe, Morales, Fujimori… The past weighs heavily on today’s Latin America
An anchor keeps Latin America stuck in its most recent past. A retrospective look highlights how difficult it is for...
April 19, 2021Topic
Ecuador
Ecuador will show if there is room for liberalism in Latin America
Latin American countries have flirted with economic liberalism in recent decades. Much of the time the liberal pledges have remained...
April 16, 2021
Presidential election Ecuador: results of exit polls very close to a technical tie
Correa's presidential candidate, Andres Arauz, valued this Sunday the results offered by two pollsters that pointed to a technical tie...
April 11, 2021
Interpol operations in 13 Latin American countries seized 200,000 weapons, made 4,000 arrests and dismantled drug labs
Interpol dealt a "major blow" to arms trafficking in Latin America in an operation that led to the seizure of...
April 6, 2021
Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia maintain their electoral “super Sunday” despite pandemic
Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia will hold next Sunday, April 11, an atypical mega electoral day, marked by the urgency of...
April 5, 2021
Ecuador decrees state of exception in eight provinces due to COVID-19
The president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, declared a state of emergency (estado de excepción) due to public calamity due to...
April 2, 2021
Ecuador’s economy to contract by 7.8% in 2020 due to pandemic
Ecuador's economy contracted 7.8% in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic's effects, which hit hard household and government consumption, investment,...
April 1, 2021
Ecuador’s Emergency Committee recommends “state of exception” by zones
The National Emergency Operations Committee (COE-N) recommended on Thursday, April 1, to the president of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, to declare...
April 1, 2021
Hospitals in Ecuador’s capital overwhelmed by Covid-19 infections, doctors say
Ecuador’s health system is under severe strain from a spike in coronavirus infections, doctors in the country’s capital said on...
March 31, 2021