Opinions

By Fernando Ayala Corruption has taken over the political agenda of several countries, large and small, in Latin America. From the Rio Grande down to the south of the continent, the last decades have been marked more by money than by principles. Presidents prosecuted, fugitives, arrested, serving sentences. And no end in sight, with some...

By Carlos Ortega After months of angry charges and countercharges between President Lasso and the National Assembly, everything has turned eerily quiet in Quito. Even the noisy mouthpiece of the indigenous movement, Leonidas Iza, has dialed down the volume. The fact is, the vast majority of Ecuadorians support Lasso’s declaration of the cross death –...

By Kenny Stancil A report published Monday reveals how multilateral development banks’ financing of factory farms has unleashed significant social and ecological harm in Ecuador, and civil society groups say the banks’ failure to consult or compensate affected Indigenous communities violates Ecuadorian law and their own policies. Over the past 20 years, the International Finance...

By Will Freeman A leader in exile — or, according to the government, on the run from justice. Top cadres in jail or scattered across continents. A society still nursing the wounds of a decade of polarization. These are not exactly the makings of a political comeback. But don’t tell that to Ecuador’s left-populist ex-President...

By Luis Barrios For several years now, the Ecuadorian prison system has suffered from problems of corruption, overcrowding, violence, and poor infrastructure. While available reports indicate that there have been more than 316 deaths in the nation’s prisons since 2021, no one has yet been held responsible. Some accounts ascribe the violence to wars between groups...

By the iFex Alliance Periodistas Sin Cadenas, Voces del Sur, Red Leal and IFEX-ALC strongly condemn the serious press freedom and freedom of expression violations that have taken place recently in Ecuador. As a result of these violations, two journalists have been forced into exile within the first few months of 2023. Fundamedios has documented...