Ecuador: from Darwin to drug trafficking

U.S. intelligence report favors incumbent Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa in election

Ahead of the Ecuadorian presidential elections Sunday, CBS News has learned a U.S. intel assessment favors the incumbent president, viewing him as better for U.S. interests.

Ecuador's next president faces rampant drug violence and few resources to combat it

Ecuador's runoff vote pits Trump ally and incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist challenger Luisa González, in an election dominated by the issue of security in a highly polarized political landscape.

More than 456 thousand Ecuadorians are registered to vote from abroad in the second round of the presidential elections on Sunday, April 13. A large part of them reside in the United States, with strong concentrations in New York and New Jersey, where the eligible points are already defined.How is the Ecuadorian community composed in the United States? An analysis of the Pew Research Center, based on the U.S. Community Survey of the Census Burea…

Cradle of violence: How criminal networks are winning Ecuador's youth and threatening Latin America's future

As Ecuadorians vote for their next president on April 13, time is running out for a holistic approach to security that balances suppression with structural transformation.

Analysis: Ecuador will choose its next president on Sunday amid surging violence and crime

Ecuadorians will head to the polls on Sunday in a runoff presidential election, choosing between a conservative incumbent or a leftist lawyer as the country struggles with a cocaine-fueled security crisis.

Ecuador: from Darwin to drug trafficking

Ahead of the presidential runoff on Sunday, here are five key facts about Ecuador, previously among South America's most stable nations, now one of its most violent due to a surge in drug trafficking.