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    • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
      Violent protests over food and fuel prices bring Ecuador to a standstill

      Two weeks of demonstrations by indigenous Ecuadoreans pose serious threat to President Guillermo Lasso

    • Friday, 25 February, 2022
      Personal Finance
      Is there a new supercycle in metals and minerals?

      Low-carbon policies stoke demand for lithium, cobalt and copper, but investors must judge whether the boom will last

    • Friday, 4 February, 2022
      News in-depthLatin America
      Latin American leaders target economic prizes during Beijing Winter Olympics

      Argentina and Ecuador’s presidents to meet Xi Jinping to discuss debt and investments

    • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
      News in-depth
      Ecuador’s president vows indigenous groups will not block mining projects

      Guillermo Lasso dismisses environmental concerns about new ventures

    • Saturday, 13 November, 2021
      At least 68 dead in latest prison violence in Ecuador

      Massacre increases pressure on government to clean up overcrowded and unsanitary prisons

    • Monday, 8 November, 2021
      Global InsightGideon Long
      Ecuador’s president Guillermo Lasso in tight spot as honeymoon ends

      Former banker’s ratings crashed after his appearance in the Pandora papers and a surge in crime

    • Friday, 1 October, 2021
      US lawyer who battled Chevron in Ecuador sentenced for contempt

      Judge gives Steven Donziger six-month jail term for ‘thumbing his nose at the US judicial system’

    • Sunday, 12 September, 2021
      Ecuador’s new president makes an emphatic start in first 100 days

      Guillermo Lasso fulfils Covid vaccine goal and agrees new IMF deal but economic challenges lie ahead

    • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
      FT AlphavilleAndrés Arauz
      Why SDRs should be used by states not central banks

      Ecuador’s Andrés Arauz argues there’s no legal basis for central banks to appropriate the IMF’s fresh SDR allocation.

    • Saturday, 24 July, 2021
      Tokyo Olympics
      Tokyo Olympics: Carapaz takes cycling gold for Ecuador

      ‘La Locomotora’ wins brutal mountainous course in sweltering conditions just a week after third place in Tour de France

    • Monday, 24 May, 2021
      Ecuador’s new president strikes sombre note at his swearing-in

      Conservative banker Guillermo Lasso faces enormous economic and social challenges

    • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
      News in-depth
      Ecuador’s president-elect faces ‘titanic challenges’

      Dire economy and deep political divisions complicate task for incoming leader Guillermo Lasso

    • Monday, 12 April, 2021
      Millionaire businessman Guillermo Lasso elected Ecuador’s president

      Government bonds surge as former banker pulls off remarkable win over leftist Andrés Arauz

    • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
      Ecuadorians face stark choice in presidential election

      Winner will have to revive economy of state indebted to IMF, bondholders and Chinese banks

    • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
      Ecuador’s presidential race tightens as campaign enters homestretch

      Latest polls suggest rightwing Guillermo Lasso is catching up to frontrunner Andrés Arauz ahead of Sunday’s vote

    • Sunday, 7 March, 2021
      Ecuador’s Yaku Pérez: ‘A triumph even if we don’t get to the second round’

      Indigenous candidate’s party will wield influence in congress despite likely disappointment in presidential run-off

    • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
      Ecuador’s exporters caught between US and China after debt deal

      Washington had agreed to help Quito pay Beijing to keep Chinese companies out of 5G telecoms network

    • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
      Gideon Long
      Ecuador inches closer to an indigenous president

      Yaku Pérez may have narrowly missed his chance this election, but gains by his party are a game-changer

    • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
      Former banker makes second round of Ecuador’s presidential vote

      Guillermo Lasso will take on leftwinger Andrés Arauz but Yaku Pérez supporters dispute result

    • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
      Americas politics & policy
      Tensions rise in Ecuador as election results roll in

      Indigenous candidate Yaku Pérez cries fraud as rightwing Guillermo Lasso claims he has edged into second round

    • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
      FT Alphaville
      Ecuador’s presidential front-runner is a CBDC advocate

      If Andrés Arauz takes control of the South American oil exporting country in April there is likely to be much structural monetary experimentation.

    • Monday, 8 February, 2021
      Ecuador presidential election heads to second round

      Leftwing economist Andrés Arauz leads but fails to meet 40% threshold to win outright

    • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
      News in-depth
      Ecuador’s IMF reforms on the line in presidential poll

      Leading candidate has vowed to scrap debt agreement with fund and bondholders if he wins

    • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
      Global InsightMichael Stott
      Investor-friendly economics on trial in Andean elections

      Angry voters turn to populists as pandemic exposes failings of market-friendly model

    • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
      Interview
      Wealthy ex-banker campaigns as Ecuador’s ‘change candidate’

      Guillermo Lasso favoured by investors but may struggle to win over voters amid crisis

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