People were calling and texting to ask if I was OK. Rafael Correa, the former president of Ecuador, had just posted on the social media platform X criticizing an interview I gave to El País in ...

Ecuadorean voters have reelected President Daniel Noboa, a conservative young millionaire with a divisive no-holds-barred ...

Daniel Noboa wins despite failing to stop the country’s transformation into one of Latin America’s most violent places.

González’s defeat marks the third consecutive time that the party of Rafael Correa, the country’s most influential president this century, failed to return to the presidency. She told supporters that ...

He will be running against Luisa González, the protégé of Ecuador’s left-wing former President Rafael Correa. The first round of voting in February ended with a near tie between both candidates.

In the election’s first round, in February, he ran neck-and-neck with Ms González, a lawyer widely seen as a proxy for Rafael Correa, a once-powerful president now living in exile to avoid a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ecuador’s market-friendly President Daniel Noboa faces the protégée of socialist ex-leader Rafael ...

Although not offering names, the statement appears to accuse the Citizen Revolution Movement (RC5) of which Gonzalez is leader and that is linked to former President Rafael Correa, of planning the ...

He is hoping to change the constitution to allow foreign military bases in the country again, which were banned under the presidency of Rafael Correa - the mentor of González. Homicides have ...

Ecuadoreans vote on Sunday in what is expected to be a close presidential race between incumbent Daniel Noboa, who says he needs more time to combat drug gangs and boost the economy, and leftist Luisa ...

González is best known as a close ally of leftist ex-president Rafael Correa, a fiery nationalist with an authoritarian streak whose decade in office saw heavy social spending underwritten by ...

More than 13 million people eligible to vote With concerns of election fraud high, both candidates, and Gonzalez's mentor, former President Rafael Correa, have urged observers to be vigilant.