The FBI’s Return to Ecuador Is Nothing New

The FBI’s Return to Ecuador Is Nothing New

The announcement of a permanent FBI office in Quito is the latest iteration of the U.S. using security cooperation to ...
El presidente ecuatoriano Daniel Noboa, el 11 de febrero de 2025. (Isaac Castillo / Flickr / Presidencia de la República)

Ecuador rechaza el giro derechista de Noboa

Los ecuatorianos votaron en contra de una agenda de gobierno alineada con Estados Unidos, defendieron las protecciones constitucionales progresistas y ...
El presidente ecuatoriano Daniel Noboa, el 11 de febrero de 2025. (Isaac Castillo / Flickr / Presidencia de la República)

Ecuador Rejects Noboa’s Rightward Turn

Ecuadorians vote against the government’s U.S.-aligned agenda, defending progressive constitutional protections and opposing foreign military bases ...
In a Polarized Political Climate, Ecuador Heads to a Presidential Runoff

In a Polarized Political Climate, Ecuador Heads to a Presidential Runoff

Ecuador held its general election on February 9. Defying the polls, Ecuadorians will be heading to a runoff race in ...
Ecuador Heads to Presidential Runoff with Opposing Visions on the Ballot

Ecuador Heads to Presidential Runoff with Opposing Visions on the Ballot

Ecuadorian voters will now choose between two very distinct paths forward: a revival of social programs or more neoliberal economic ...
Ecuador's Divided Electoral Landscape

Ecuador’s Divided Electoral Landscape

Ecuador's failed rightwing government provides a narrow opportunity for the left and environmental movements to regroup ahead of snap elections ...
In Ecuador, Indigenous-led National Strike Intensifies

In Ecuador, Indigenous-led National Strike Intensifies

Ten days into the strongest challenge yet to President Guillermo Lasso's government, the protests only appear to be growing ...
Moving Forward: The Fourth Continental Summit of Indigenous Peoples

Moving Forward: The Fourth Continental Summit of Indigenous Peoples

Five thousand Indigenous peoples from across the Americas gathered in the Peruvian highland city of Puno during the last week ...
Snubbing Davos: The Presidents at the World Social Forum

Snubbing Davos: The Presidents at the World Social Forum

Five of Latin America’s presidents skipped this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, instead making appearances at the World ...
Report from Venezuela Solidarity Symposium

Report from Venezuela Solidarity Symposium

Leading academic scholars and grassroots activists gathered at historic Howard University in Washington, DC, from April 18-20 for the national ...
Ecuador: Opposition to wider trade pact grows

Ecuador: Opposition to wider trade pact grows

QUITO—Foreign ministers from 34 countries in the Americas gathered here in Ecuador’s capital the last week of October for the ...
Ecuador: International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases

Ecuador: International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases

Activists gathered in Quito, Ecuador the first week of March in an International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military ...