Ecuador
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Middle East
Ecuador’s president-elect Lasso promises ‘better days are coming’ | Coronavirus pandemic News
Ecuador’s new president-elect Guillermo Lasso has promised to unite the country, hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and a related economic…
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Latin America
Banker Lasso wins surprise victory in Ecuador election | Politics News
Ecuadoreans went to the polls with the pandemic pushing a third of people into poverty. Former banker Guillermo Lasso has…
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Africa
Ecuador votes for next president amid COVID and economic crises | Elections News
Quito, Ecuador – More than 13 million eligible Ecuadorian voters are heading to the polls on Sunday as left-wing economist…
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Latin America
Ecuador weighs two very different economic visions in election | Coronavirus pandemic News
Quito, Ecuador — Tanks and barbed wire surround the National Electoral Council as Ecuador prepares to choose a new president…
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Africa
Smugglers drop children over US-Mexico border wall: US police | Latin America News
US Border Patrol has released video showing two children – 3, 5 – being physically dropped into the US by…
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Africa
About 200 baby tortoises found in a suitcase in Galapagos Islands | Crime News
Galapagos giant tortoises are endangered and being trafficked is one of the threats they face. Ecuadorian officials have arrested a…
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Europe
Ecuador’s health minister resigns after just 19 days | Coronavirus pandemic News
Ecuador is one of a few nations in South America embroiled in scandals over coronavirus vaccine queue-jumping. The health minister…
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Latin America
How youth, women could decide Ecuador’s next president | Elections News
Quito, Ecuador – Ecuador’s two final presidential hopefuls are beginning the last stretch of the official election campaign on Tuesday,…
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Africa
Ecuador’s interior minister quits over deadly prison riots | Crime News
Patricio Pazmino says ‘irrevocable resignation’ is a personal decision adding that he has also been diagnosed with COVID-19 for a…
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Europe
Ecuador names new health minister after COVID vaccine scandal | Coronavirus pandemic News
Former health minister stepped down amid questions about irregularities in Ecuador’s coronavirus vaccine programme. Ecuador has named a new health…
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Europe
Ecuador health minister steps down over COVID vaccine roll-out | Coronavirus pandemic News
Juan Carlos Zevallos is latest government official in South America to resign over coronavirus vaccine scandals. Ecuador’s health minister has…
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Latin America
In Pictures: Ecuador prison riots leave dozens dead | Latin America News
Ecuador on Wednesday raised the death toll from riots in four jails to 79, including 18 prisoners who were found…
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Africa
Ecuador increases death toll in prison riots to 79 | Crime News
The number of inmates killed in riots at three separate prisons in Ecuador this week has increased to 79, authorities…
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Asia
In Pictures: Ecuador Indigenous people march against ‘vote fraud’ | Latin America News
Hundreds of Indigenous protesters have descended on the Ecuadorean capital Quito demanding a recount of the February 7 presidential election…
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Asia
Biden to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman about Khashoggi report | Jamal Khashoggi News
Report warns the imminent release of ‘explosive’ US intelligence document could entangle one of the king’s sons. President Joe Biden…
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Africa
Indigenous protesters in Ecuador demand presidential vote recount | Elections News
Hundreds of protesters backing presidential candidate Yaku Perez call for recount outside electoral council offices in Quito. Hundreds of Indigenous…
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Africa
More than 50 dead and dozens injured in prison riots in Ecuador | Crime News
Officials said gun and knife battles between rival gangs erupted on Monday night in three different prisons in the country.…
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Africa
Arauz and Lasso advance to Ecuador’s presidential runoff | Elections News
Socialist Andres Arauz and conservative Guillermo Lasso will compete in the second round of the polls in April. Progressive economist…
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Africa
Ecuador suspends recount in presidential polls | Latin America News
Third-place candidate Yaku Perez requested the recount, saying fraud was committed to keep him out of the runoff. Ecuador’s National…
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Middle East
Ecuador’s Cuenca votes to ban future mining projects | Environment News
Quito, Ecuador – As the results of this month’s presidential elections in Ecuador remain disputed, another important vote was held…
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Latin America
UN calls for ‘transparency’ in Ecuador vote recount | Elections News
The country’s top electoral body said on Friday it plans to conduct a partial recount of last week’s presidential vote.…
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