In the space of just a few years, drug trafficking and insecurity have exploded in Ecuador, with homicides rising by 800 percent between 2018 and 2023. President Daniel Noboa, who has been in power ...

Belgian authorities seized almost two-thirds less cocaine at the port of Antwerp last year than in 2023 -- a dramatic drop ...

IN November 2023, with 52% of the vote, Daniel Noboa became the youngest president in Ecuador’s history, after being elected to finish the 18-month term of Guillermo Lasso, who resigned in the midst ...

Machado, a former lawmaker who has spearheaded the opposition to President Nicolas Maduro in recent years, was detained by ...