MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2024, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Murder of 27-year-old female mayor adds to Ecuador's long crime list]]> García and Loor were found lifeless inside a car Ecuador's youngest mayor and another occupant of her car were found dead with wounds consistent with those stemming from firearms in the coastal city of San Vicente, in the province of Manabi, despite the state of emergency in force, it was reported Sunday.

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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 07:11:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Ecuador: Presidential candidate unharmed after gunshots]]> Interior Minister Zapata said the shots were not against Noboa and argued gunfights were commonplace in the area Ecuadorian presidential candidate Daniel Noboa escaped unharmed after a shooting took place in his campaign closing rally ahead of the Aug. elections, it was reported in Quito.

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Fri, 18 Aug 2023 09:32:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Another Ecuadorian politician shot dead]]> Briones belonged to Revolución Ciudadana of former President Rafael Correa Ecuadorian politician Pedro Briones of former President Rafael Correa's Revolución Ciudadana (RC) party, was shot dead just days after the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio of the Movimiento Construye.

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Tue, 15 Aug 2023 10:02:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Hitmen assassinate Presidential candidate in Ecuador]]> A former journalist and assemblyman, the 59-year-old Villavicencio was said to be very close to President Lasso Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio died after being attacked by hitmen on his way out of a campaign rally in downtown Quito ahead of the upcoming Aug. 20 elections, Interior Minister Juan Zapata confirmed in the Ecuadorian capital. Other people were wounded, it was reported.

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Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:25:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Quito, Buenos Aires expel ambassadors over convicted minister's escape]]> Argentina regretted the “incomprehensible decision of the Government” of Quito to request the recall of Gabriel Fuks Quito expelled Argentina's Ambassador Gabriel Fuks and Buenos Aires retaliated by giving Xavier Monge his marching orders after a former official of the Rafael Correa administration fled to Caracas where she expects to complete her asylum process with the government of Alberto Fernández.

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Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:09:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Argentina grants political asylum to former Ecuadorian Minister convicted of corruption]]> Duarte was sentenced to 8 years in prison for taking bribes in a case linked to the Odeqbrecht scandal while she was Transport Minister under then-President Correa Citing humanitarian grounds, the Government of Argentina has granted diplomatic asylum to the Ecuadorian national Maria de los Angeles Duarte Pesantes, a former official under former President Rafael Correa.

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Fri, 02 Dec 2022 19:06:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Conservative Guillermo Lasso is sworn in as Ecuador's new president]]> “The will of the government will be the will of the people,” Lasso promised. Businessman, banker and centre-right conservative politician Guillermo Lasso has been sworn in as Ecuador's new President Monday for the next four years, in a ceremony held at the National Assembly in Quito.

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Tue, 25 May 2021 09:06:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Third-time lucky: Lasso becomes Ecuador's president-elect]]> Lasso was economy minister when Ecuador adopted the US dollar as its official currency in the late 1990s Contrary to expectations, Guillermo Lasso Sunday surprisingly beat Andrés Arauz to become Ecuador's next president. Lasso, a conservative, was a sure winner in the evening as 97.91% of the votes were counted.

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Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:45:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Next president of Ecuador will have to govern with a fragmented legislature]]> With more than 90% of the votes counted and two seats still to be defined, former President Correa's party will obtain 48 seats The recent general elections in Ecuador defined a legislative panorama radically different from the previous one, with two forces that will hold more than 50% of the total of 137 seats, the Correista alliance Union for Hope (UNES) and the indigenous party Pachakutik (PK), and the disappearance of Alianza PAIS, the force founded by former president Rafael Correa and taken over four years ago by outgoing president Lenín Moreno.

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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:17:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Ecuadorean presidential runoff in April between a populist and a conservative banker]]> A first exit poll by local pollster Clima Social showed Arauz with 36.2% of the vote compared with 21.7% for Lasso and 16.7% for Perez Ecuadorean presidential candidate Andres Arauz, and protegé of ex populist president Rafael Correa claimed victory in Sunday's election, although exit polls indicate he will face a runoff on 11 April, according to primary results.

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Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:42:00 GMT