A 50-year crisis -- Ecuador's next president faces a stern test
In the throes of a bloody drug war, a shrinking economy and an acute energy crisis, Ecuadorans are remarkably optimistic ...
Judge blocks part of Trump's USAID freeze
A US judge says he'll halt parts of Trump's attempt to dismantle USAID - the world's largest aid agency. Also; Ecuador chooses president against backdrop of gang violence, and the quest to map the ...
Pivotal elections in Ecuador could impact migration to U.S.
NBC News’ David Noriega reports on how Ecuador’s presidential election could shape Latin American in the era of Trump.
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Ecuador Holds Election With Security Crisis on the Ballot
It has been a year since Shirley Tobar’s husband, a security guard at a mall in Guayaquil, Ecuador, was killed amid an ...
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‘Yes, of course!’: Postulator remembers Sister Clare Crockett for her obedience, pure joy
They were novices together, sharing joys and hardships of religious vocations. Now, American Sister Kristen Gardner took on a ...
Ecuador chooses president against backdrop of gang violence
A person is killed every two hours in Ecuador and seven are kidnapped daily, according to government figures. That's why ...
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Facing Crime Surge, Ecuador Votes in High-Stakes Election
Just 18 months after the last general elections, Ecuadorians are once again heading to the polls for a high-stakes vote in ...
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Niger becomes first African country to eliminate onchocerciasis
The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...
Ecuador’s President Has Had a Year of Chaos. Why Is He Still So Popular?
President Daniel Noboa is favored to win Sunday’s presidential election as many voters embrace his heavy-handed tactics to ...
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Rising crime and insecurity on Ecuadorian voters’ minds
Voters in Ecuador will head to the polls for general elections this weekend. The next president will face the enormous task of dismantling well-funded and powerful organized crime groups in the ...
Ecuadorian voters, many of them crime victims, head to the polls for presidential election
People on the streets of Ecuador can rattle off the places they have encountered criminals. And they can just as easily list ...
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Ecuador: Ecuador's electoral dilemma: either in favor of the US or anti-imperialism
With the United States as its main international support in the face of the security crisis, Ecuador will vote this Sunday whether or not to reelect President Daniel Noboa, whose mandate in foreign ...