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New York City mayor heads to Latin America with message for asylum-seekers: ‘We are at capacity’

New York’s Eric Adams will travel to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia in a four-day trip this week. Chicago is sending a delegation to Mexico to warn migrants of the city’s winters.

Chicago Sun-Times

US offers $5m reward for insight into Ecuador election assassination

US Secretary of State Blinken announced the reward as part of an ongoing probe into Fernando Villavicencio’s death.

Al Jazeera

A month after Ecuador's historic vote to end oil extraction in Yasuní National Park, its lessons are as vital as ever to Canadians

One month ago, on Aug. 20, Ecuador voted to end all oil extraction in Yasuní National Park, marking a historic decision in the global effort to halt fossil fuel extraction in ecologically important regions. As climate emergencies rise globally, Ecuador has set a global precedent by protecting one of the…

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Junior Roldán: Body of infamous Ecuadorian gangster stolen from cemetery

Junior Roldán was a member of the infamous Los Choneros prison gang

Evening Standard

Liverpool sent Darwin Nunez fitness update after half-time substitution on Uruguay duty

Marcelo Bielsa admits the Reds striker has been experiencing “muscular difficulties” after his early exit from the defeat by Ecuador

Evening Standard

World Cup qualifiers | Messi misses Argentina's 3-0 win in Bolivia; Brazil beats Peru

Argentina beats Bolivia 3-0 in La Paz, despite Lionel Messi's absence. Brazil wins 1-0 at Peru, Ecuador defeats Uruguay 2-1 and Venezuela beats Paraguay 1-0. Argentina, Brazil lead South American standings with 6 pts, Colombia in 3rd with 4 pts.

The Hindu

‘We should treat it as a war’: Ecuador’s descent into drug gang violence

Successive governments have been unable to rein in violence as South American country became cocaine superhighway

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UN report on Ecuador links crime with poverty, faults government for not ending bonded labor

A U.N. envoy is urging urged Ecuador’s leaders to boost enforcement of labor laws and end popular fuel subsidies

The Independent UK

Lionel Messi believes Tottenham have one of the best players in world football

Inter Miami star scored again as world champions beat Ecuador

Evening Standard

Messi’s free-kick goal gives Argentina 1-0 win over Ecuador in World Cup qualifier

Lionel Messi scored from a free kick in the 78th minute to give Argentina a 1-0 win against Ecuador in the first round of South American World Cup qualifying on September 7.

The Hindu

Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni confirms Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez is doubt with foot injury

The defender is a doubt for Argentina’s opening World Cup qualifier against Ecuador

Evening Standard

Ecuador’s presidential candidates should listen to its people on Amazon drilling

Letter: Ecuadorians have voted for a ban but could be disappointed given the power of vested interests, writes Frank Brouwer

The Guardian - UK

Drug cartels: How cocaine and bananas fuel violence in once-peaceful Ecuador

Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine

The Independent UK

Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine

Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine

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Ecuador: Inmates in prison takeover free 57 hostages after 24-hour standoff

Criminal gangs terrorise country as explosions rip across Ecuador

The Independent UK

An explosion in Ecuador is seen as gangs asserting power after inmates take hostages and free some

Authorities say criminal groups in Ecuador used explosives to damage a bridge in Ecuador after prison inmates took dozens of law enforcement officers hostage less than two days earlier

The Independent UK

Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador's fragile security

The fragile security of Ecuador has been underscored by the explosions of four car bombs and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various detention facilities

France 24

Ecuador rocked by gang-related violence as law enforcement officers taken hostage in prisons

Ecuador's fragile security situation was underscored Thursday by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various prisons, just weeks after the country was shaken by the assassination of a presidential candidate.

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The Guardian - UK

The message from Ecuador is clear: people will vote to keep oil in the ground

People were overwhelmingly in favour of stopping oil drilling in Yasuní national park. Can this success be replicated elsewhere in the world, asks the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jonathan Watts

Radio France Internationale

Ecuador to halt oil drilling in Amazon reserve after historic vote

Ecuadorans have voted to stop an oil drilling project in an Amazon reserve, according to the results of a referendum hailed as an historic example of climate democracy.

The Independent UK

A presidential runoff is likely in Ecuador between an ally of ex-president and a banana tycoon’s son

The vote count in Ecuador's special presidential election points to a leftist backed by the country’s fugitive ex-president likely facing a runoff with the son of a banana tycoon

The Guardian - UK

Ally of former leftist Ecuador president to face tycoon’s son in runoff election

Luisa González, who has pledged to revive Rafael Correa’s social programmes, to run against Daniel Noboa in October

WEKU

Ecuador's presidential election moves toward a runoff vote in October

No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The vote took place amid thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country.

France 24

Ecuador votes in presidential poll after a campaign marked by candidate’s murder

Ecuadorians put aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence and voted for a new president Sunday in a special election that was heavily guarded by police and soldiers in part due to the assassination of a presidential candidate this month.

The Independent UK

Ecuadorians choosing a new president amid increasing violence that may scare away voters

More than 100,000 police and soldiers have taken up positions to protect people voting for Ecuador’s next president

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