Ecuador

Conservative Guillermo Lasso will take office as an isolated president with a weak mandate, tasked with restoring faith in the country's institutions.

“None of the above” is a popular vote in Ecuador and Peru, spelling legitimacy troubles.

After this week’s election, the country’s oil-fueled model of growth is facing a reckoning.

Massively in debt to Beijing, countries in the region can’t stand up to China to protect their coasts.

The pope is reaching out to indigenous people, and the right aren’t happy.

The popular uprisings in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Haiti have many different causes and one thing in common: If history is any indicator, the outlook for genuine, lasting change is grim.

Here’s why now can be different from the 1980s.

Who lit the match, and who can put out the blaze?

The Ecuadorian president is seeking to broadly reverse Rafael Correa’s legacy.

The country's pioneering surveillance and response system is entirely Chinese-built and funded.

Indigenous people, not environmentalists, are the key to protecting the world’s most precious ecosystems.

The Swedish arrest warrant is gone, but WikiLeaks founder is far from being free.

A leading presidential candidate has vowed to end Assange’s asylum if elected.

Cratering oil prices and the collapse of 21st century socialism has left Quito vulnerable.

Ecuador’s president has been nibbling away at democracy for years — now he’s going for broke.

Homecoming is still a long way off, for those who even want to return.

The U.N. has condemned Ecuador's shutdown of a media watchdog group amid concerns the government is increasingly threatening freedom of speech.