Ecuador Navy Launches Campaign to Expel Chinese Illegal Fishing Ships
Ecuador’s Navy announced the start of a campaign to protect the Galápagos Islands from Chinese illegal fishing vessels.
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Ecuador Rejects Socialists, Elects 35-Year-Old Outsider Daniel Noboa as President
Daniel Noboa, the 35-year-old heir to one of the world’s most lucrative banana companies, will become the next leader of Ecuador after winning Sunday’s presidential election, one marred by widespread political violence and the assassination of a then-frontrunner in the race.
Ecuador Asks World for ‘Valuable Support’ to Afford Housing Venezuelan Migrants During U.N. Address
Outgoing conservative President Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador used his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to ask the world to help his country house Venezuelan migrants.
‘I Don’t Need a Bulletproof Vest’: Ecuadorian Presidential Hopeful Taunted Assassins Before His Death
Fernando Villavicencio, the presidential candidate in Ecuador assassinated on Wednesday, had denounced death threats for months.
Anti-China Presidential Candidate Shot Dead in Ecuador
Unknown gunmen killed presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio – running on a strong-on-crime, anti-corruption, anti-China platform – on Wednesday night before a massive crowd outside of a campaign event in Quito, Ecuador.
Ecuador: President Dissolves Congress to Rule by Decree, Citing Left’s ‘Irrational’ Impeachment Attempts
Conservative President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso announced on Wednesday morning that he would dissolve the National Assembly, the country’s federal legislative body, in response to over a year of impeachment attempts against himself and his cabinet members.
Ecuador’s President Authorizes Armed Civilians to Fight Crime
The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, announced an authorization this weekend that allows civilians to carry and use guns amid surging crime in the country.
