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2025
"Ecuador’s deadly crime wave threatens to bring down president"
The Financial Times 08/04/2025
"Ecuador: Ein Land versinkt in Gewalt"
SRF 01/03/2025
"Ecuador’s Presidential Election Is Inflaming Its Polarization Problem"
World Politics Review 14/02/2025
"REACTION: Ecuador’s Presidential Election Heads to a Runoff"
Americas Quarterly 10/02/2025
"Seeking re-election, President Daniel Noboa centres Ecuador’s crime wave"
Al Jazeera 08/02/2025
"Rising crime and insecurity on Ecuadorian voters’ minds"
The World 07/02/2025
"Ecuador chooses a leader amid murder, blackouts and stagnation"
The Economist 07/02/2025
"Ecuador returns to the Polls"
35 West 06/02/2025
"Ecuador's Noboa touts law and order progress as he seeks reelection"
Reuters 04/02/2025
"Noboa stretches lead over González as Ecuador’s elections approach"
BNamericas 01/02/2025
"Ecuador’s High-Stakes Elections"
Americas Quarterly 29/01/2025
"AQ Podcast | A Critical Election in Ecuador"
Americas Quarterly 23/01/2025
"Ecuador’s vice-president accuses head of state of ‘taking power by force"
The Financial Times 19/01/2025
"Mucho en juego y gran incertidumbre en Ecuador en la antesala de las elecciones"
BNamericas 14/01/2025
"Sebastián Hurtado: “Los presupuestos de los últimos tres gobiernos casi no tienen diferencia con los de los gobiernos correístas"
La Hora 07/01/2025
"Ecuador election campaign kicks off as political leaders feud"
BNamericas 06/01/2025
2024
"La expansión depredadora de China en Ecuador"
Diálogo Américas 28/10/2024
"Todos contra Daniel Noboa: la estrategia que marca la precampaña del resto de candidatos presidenciales"
El Universo 21/10/2024
"Ecuador Goes Dark in a Power Crisis That Punishes Economy"
Bloomberg 12/10/2024
"Ecuadoran power struggle: Energy crisis and political fires line the road to February election"
BNamericas 11/10/2024
"In Ecuador, Mounting Challenges Threaten Noboa’s Reelection"
Americas Quarterly 08/10/2024
"Ecuador impone estado de excepción por incendios y violencia"
BNamericas 04/10/2024
"Ecuador convoca oficialmente a elecciones en medio de temor por escalada de violencia"
BNamericas 17/09/2024
"Los 6 riesgos políticos que desafían a la minería en Ecuador"
BNamericas 08/08/2024
"AQ Podcast | Ecuador’s Difficult Battle with Organized Crime"
Americas Quarterly 25/07/2024
"A test of leadership: Can Ecuador's president rise to the challenge of reelection?"
BNamericas 04/07/2024
"Una prueba de liderazgo: ¿podrá el presidente de Ecuador superar el reto de la reelección?"
BNamericas 04/07/2024
"Nubes negras se ciernen sobre reelección de presidente de Ecuador"
BNamericas 01/07/2024
"Referendo fortalece capital político de Noboa, pero socava sus reformas económicas"
BNamericas 22/04/2024
"Ecuador Gives President More Powers to Fight Drug Gangs"
The Wall Street Journal 22/04/2024
"Ecuadoreans approve tough security measures in referendum"
Financial Times 22/04/2024
"Racionamiento eléctrico en Ecuador pone en jaque apoyo a Noboa de cara a referéndum"
BNamericas 19/04/2024
"“La percepción internacional del Ecuador es la de un país en donde los líderes políticos están dispuestos a hacer casi cualquier cosa”: Sebastián Hurtado"
La Hora 15/04/204
"Crisis diplomática: qué significa para Daniel Noboa el asalto a la embajada mexicana en Quito"
La Nación 09/04/2024
"Ecuador facing fallout from Mexican embassy raid "
BNamericas 09/04/2024
"Ecuador’s president displays strongman credentials with Mexico embassy raid"
Financial Times 08/04/2024
"What Ecuador’s Embassy Drama Means for Noboa"
Americas Quarterly 08/04/2024
"Referéndum en Ecuador podría fortalecer a Noboa"
BNamericas 04/04/2024
“FMI ve probable que Ecuador tenga dos programas de crédito "a la par”
Primicias 06/03/2024
“Noboa cumple 100 días al mando de Ecuador, con “mano dura” al crimen y reformas económicas”
“Presidente Daniel Noba lidera impulso hacia el futuro minero del país en Canadá”
Cámara de Minería del Ecuador 27/03/24
“Ecuador’s Crisis: A Long Road Ahead”
“Ecuador Is at War With Drug Gangs, President Says”
The Wall Street Journal 10/01/2024
“How Ecuador became mired in a ‘state of war’ with drug gangs”
“Narcotráfico en Latinoamérica: un "ecosistema" criminal”
“Ecuador fights the drug gangs for control of the country. Talking with Sebastian Hurtado, President and CEO of Profitas”
2023
“Millennial Leader Takes Over Broke and Crime-Wracked Ecuador”
“Millennial leader takes over broke and crime-wracked Ecuador”
“El rumbo democrático: A New President in Ecuador”
“Daniel Noboa: Ecuador's newly elected, 35 year old President. Talking with Sebastian Hurtado”
The San Francisco Experience 21/10/2023
“Daniel Noboa elected Ecuador's youngest president”
“REACTION: Daniel Noboa Wins Presidency in Ecuador”
“Las cinco claves que explican el sorpresivo triunfo del outsider Noboa y la nueva frustración de Correa”
“Right-wing Ecuadorian President Noboa continues economic liberalization policy - Nihon Keizai Shimbun”
“Ecuador elects centre-right business heir Daniel Noboa as president”
Financial Times 15/10/2023
“El riesgo país sube a puertas de la segunda vuelta en Ecuador”
“Battle for banana fortune rattles Ecuador presidential frontrunner”
Financial Times 8/10/2023
“Explainer: Who Are the Two Candidates Competing in Ecuador's Presidential Runoff?”
“El rumbo democrático: Ecuador’s First-Round Presidential Elections”
“REACTION: González, Noboa to Square off in Ecuador’s Presidential Runoff”
“La reacción de los analistas al enfrentamiento entre González y Noboa en la segunda vuelta presidencial de Ecuador”
“Political violence in Ecuador damages socialists’ chances of regaining power”
Financial Times 18/08/2023
“Élection sous haute tension en Équateur”
“Friend of Assassinated Presidential Candidate in Ecuador Replaces Him in Race”
The Wall Street Journal 13/08/2023
“Ecuador is becoming a narco-state”
“After the assassination of a candidate who took on drug cartels, Ecuador is in shock”
“Ecuador Assassination Reflects Rapid Rise of Violent Cocaine Trade”
The Wall Street Journal 11/08/2023
“REACTION: Ecuador Presidential Candidate Assassinated”
“Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated”
Financial Times 10/08/2023
“Una muerte que deja mal parado al correísmo y puede cambiar la dinámica de la campaña en Ecuador”
“Correa ally seeks swing back to socialism in Ecuador vote”
Financial Times 27/06/2023
“La meteórica carrera política de la carte del correísmo para disputar la presidencia de Ecuador”
El Mercurio 17/06/2023
“Ecuador’s president Lasso bows out of August election”
Financial Times 2/06/2023
“Ecuador’s president triggers ‘mutual death’ clause to hold elections”
Financial Times 17/05/2023
“Ecuador’s congress votes to press ahead with impeaching president”
Financial Times 9/05/2023
“Ecuador’s president vows to dissolve congress if it tries to impeach him”
Financial Times 18/04/2023
“Dégainer pour survivre”
“Ecuador’s president faces impeachment trial over corruption charge”
Financial Times 30/03/2023
“AQ Podcast | Ecuador: President Lasso in Trouble?”
“Cambios en el gabinete de Guillermo Lasso serían para ‘refrescar’ y superar el revés de la consulta popular, pero no son suficientes, según analistas políticos”
2022
“Guillermo Lasso Searches for a Breakthrough”
“Situación Política del Ecuador los próximos meses”
“Crisis Política en Perú”
“Ecuador reaches $1.4bn debt restructuring deal with China”
“Ecuador Protests Weaken a Struggling Guillermo Lasso”
“Ecuador’s president has little chance of implementing reforms”
“Aumentan los problemas para Lasso en Ecuador”
“Problems Mount for Ecuador’s Lasso”
“Latin American leaders target economic prizes during Beijing Winter Olympics”
2021
“Ecuador’s president Guillermo Lasso in tight spot as honeymoon ends”
“Guillermo Lasso’s battle against populism in Ecuador”
“The Ups and Downs of Guillermo Lasso”
“Ecuador’s new president makes an emphatic start in first 100 days”
“Where does correísmo go from here?”
The Global Americans 08/06/2021
“Ecuador’s new president strikes sombre note at his swearing-in”
“Ecuador’s Guillermo Lasso Has His Work Cut Out for Him”
“Ecuador’s Guillermo Lasso Wins Presidential Election”
The Wall Street Journal 11/04/2021
“Ecuador vota entre dos modelos de país”
“Ecuador's President Called a Woman a ‘Fatty’ After She Said Her Family Was Hungry”
“Ecuador’s Yaku Pérez: ‘A triumph even if we don’t get to the second round’”
“Is Ecuador About to Return to Correa’s Fiery Brand of Populism?”
World Politics Review 02/02/2021
“AQ Podcast: What to Know About Ecuador’s Election”
2020
“Riesgo político: La estabilidad del régimen no está en peligro”
“Costos sociales de la pandemia se acumulan y reaparecen las protestas”
“El Gobierno prevé que el descontento social suba y se prepara”
"Cualquier candidato tendrá dificultades para impulsar reformas clave"
“La recaudación de impuestos cayó casi un 35% en un año”
Before 2020
“Mastermind or scapegoat? Besieged South American leaders blame Venezuela’s Maduro for historic wave of unrest”
The Wall Street Journal 31/10/2019
“General Strike Paralyzes Ecuador as President Stands by Austerity Measures”
The Wall Street Journal 09/10/2019
“Ecuador Jilted Assange as It Sought to Build Ties With U.S.”
The Wall Street Journal 12/04/2019
“WikiLeaks’ Assange arrested in London, accused by U.S. of conspiring in 2010 computer hacking attempt”
The Washington Post 11/04/2019
“Ecuador’s Correa blocked from return to presidency”
“Ecuador’s ruling party candidate takes lead ahead of presidential vote”
“Las empresas pueden optar por afianzar su valor compartido”
“La Ley Minera provoca análisis sobre atracción de inversión extranjera”
“Leftists set to redraft Ecuador constitution”
PUBLICATIONS
Our experts have published multiple research material over the years.
2024
"Can Free Trade Zones Create Safer Environments for Doing Business in Ecuador?"
Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG) 02/05/2024
2023
2022
2021
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