The leftist party of former leader Rafael Correa, a Venezuelan ally, could return to power. Here’s what’s at stake ...

With more than 90% of the ballots counted, incumbent President Daniel Noboa has 44.3% and rival Luisa González 43.8%, with a ...

There are dozens of communes, or ancestral community organizations, along the coast of Ecuador, and more than 60 in the province of Santa Elena alone, all with roots in precolonial Indigenous ...

The campaigns have been dominated by concerns about the moribund economy and cartel turf wars that have transformed Ecuador from ... station in Olon, Santa Elena province, on February 9, 2025 ...

One prison has been under construction in the coastal province of Santa Elena since June 2024, for which 30 hectares (74 acres) of tropical dry forest, one of Ecuador’s most threatened ...