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Published on Feb 15, 2025

Ecuador will become a big headache for U.S. if leftist party wins runoff election

Ecuador’s February 9 election result is bad news for the United States, and for the cause of democracy in Latin America. The leftist populist party of former president Rafael Correa — a close ally of Venezuela’s dictatorship — did better than expected, and …

Source: Buenos Aires Herald - Center-left
Published on Feb 15, 2025

Ecuador hitmen gun down cartel-busting colonel Cedeno

GUAYAQUIL: Hitmen on Friday gunned down an Ecuadoran colonel in charge of anti-drug operations in a city hard-hit by the narco crime that has plunged this once-peaceful South American country into violence. Police said Colonel Porfirio Cedeno, who led an …

Source: Kuwait Times - Pro-Government
Published on Feb 15, 2025

President Daniel Noboa has responded to Ecuador's security crisis by declaring a state of emergency, making high-profile ...

Source: Tioga Publishing - Pennsylvania - Neutral
Published on Feb 15, 2025

Hitmen target anti-drug chief in violence-torn Ecuador

An Ecuadorian colonel in command of anti-drug operations was shot dead by hitmen on Friday in a city severely affected by the drug trade that has sparked bloodshed in this otherwise calm South American nation. According to police, Colonel Porfirio Cedeno, …

Source: Firstpost - Center-right
Published on Feb 14, 2025

Ecuador’s presidential voting moves to second round, with U.S. paying attention

Daniel Noboa and Luisa González will vie for the presidential seat in a runoff election in April. (Wikimedia Commons/Presidencia de la República del Ecuador/CC BY-SA 2.0) Voting took place on February 9 for Ecuador’s next president. With 96% of the …

Source: People's World - Left-wing
Published on Feb 14, 2025

Urgent: 5.0-magnitude quake hits Off Coast of Ecuador -- GFZ

BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Off Coast of Ecuador at 1421 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 1.12 …

Source: Xinhua News Agency - Gov't Propaganda
Published on Feb 14, 2025

¿Cómo afectará la suspensión de USAID a Ecuador y al medio ambiente?

Fuente de imagen: Newsweek. Click here to read the article in English. En una orden ejecutiva firmada por el presidente Donald Trump cuando apenas llegó a la Casa Blanca, suspendió la cooperación de USAID (Agencia de Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo …

Source: Global Americans - Center-left
Published on Feb 14, 2025

Ecuador: Gunmen Assassinate Commander of Armed Forces Special Operations Group

Crime scene of Lieutenant Colonel Porfirio Cedeño, Feb. 14, 2025. X/ @AlmaCede February 14, 2025 Hour: 11:18 am On Friday morning, gunmen killed Lieutenant Colonel Porfirio Cedeño, the commander of the Special Operations Group of the Ecuadorian Armed …

Source: teleSUR - Gov't Propaganda
Published on Feb 14, 2025

Concern About the Criminalization of Environmental and Human Rights Defenders in Bolívar, Ecuador

This open letter was written by Proyecto Dulcepamba and was originally posted in Spanish here. Translation by MiningWatch Canada, who is also a signatory. Three community leaders were sentenced to four years in prison by the Bolívar Criminal Court. The …

Source: MiningWatch Canada - Label Pending
Published on Feb 14, 2025

Like much of once-tranquil Ecuador, Puerto Bolivar has become a battleground for rival cartels fighting to bring record ...

Hood River, OR (97031) Today Cloudy skies this morning will become partly cloudy this afternoon. High 41F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.. Tonight Partly cloudy this evening, then becoming cloudy after midnight. Low 32F. Winds light and variable. Updated: …

Source: Columbia George News - Oregon - Neutral