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President Guillermo Lasso has signed his second urgent economic decree-law after invoking of the cross death that  dissolved the National Assembly. The “Attraction and Promotion of Investments for Productive Development” initiative, which provides for the creation of...

By Sylvan Hardy In his May 24, 1981 speech commemorating the Battle of Pichincha and Ecuador's independence from Spain, President Jaime Roldós claimed that the fight for independence continued for Latin American countries. Ecuador should not become involved in...

A major oil spill earlier this month in the Ecuadorian Amazon has sparked criticism of cleanup efforts and the lack of transparency from the government regarding the spill’s environmental impact. An oil pipeline operated by the state-owned Petroecuador ruptured...

By Aimee Gabay It was a Sunday in late February, and Eduardo Mendúa was doing what he was famous for: organising against the oil drilling that had transformed his ancestral lands in Ecuador. A member of the Indigenous Cofán people, Mendúa had seen pipelines and wells...

With less than weeks weeks remaining for presidential candidates to register for the special cross death election, political experts say three strong contenders – two familiar names and a newcomer – are already known. Cuenca attorney and environmental activist Yaku...

Six people were killed and at least seven were injured Saturday night when gunmen opened fire in a Montañita restaurant. Police are calling the attack a ‘revenge killing’ in which a gang leader of the Los Águilas was confirmed dead. As of late Sunday, only three of...

By Arturo Torres and Samantha Schmidt A day after he dissolved the National Assembly, averting his looming impeachment but triggering new elections this year, Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso said he has no plans to run in them — and doesn’t care who replaces him....

Ecuador’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday night that President Guillermo Lasso’s use of the cross death to close the National Assembly is legal. In a unanimous vote, judges threw out six lawsuits claiming the president’s action was unconstitutional. In its...

Four people were killed and 16 were injured during a funeral Thursday morning in Manta in what police are calling gang-related “revenge killings.” Four of those injured were children. The attack occurred at about 10 a.m. at the Jardines del Edén funeral home in Manta...

By Bernard Condon A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China. An Associated Press...

Almost all of President Guillermo Lasso’s political opponents are claiming his use of the muerte cruzada, or cross death, is illegal and the Constitutional Court has agreed to review the decree. Lasso is basing his decision on one of three constitutional requirements...