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The raid was carried out to arrest the former vice president of Ecuador, Jorge Glas, who had been sentenced for corruption and had been living in the embassy since 17 December 2023. [76] A few hours before the attack, he had been granted political asylum. [75] [b] The assault led to Mexico severing its relations with Ecuador. [78]
The president of Ecuador (Spanish: Presidente del Ecuador), officially called the constitutional president of the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: Presidente Constitucional de la República del Ecuador), [2] serves as the head of state and head of government of Ecuador. It is the highest political office in the country as the head of the executive ...
On 9 August 2023, eleven days before the 2023 Ecuadorian general election, presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated after leaving a campaign rally in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. One assailant was killed during the attack. Several bystanders, including security personnel and a legislative candidate, were injured. [11]
The unprecedented violence shaking Ecuador claimed the life of another political leader Monday, bringing the number of politics-related slayings within the last four weeks to three, including that ...
Verónica Abad Rojas (born 14 November 1976) is an Ecuadorian business coach and politician who is the vice president of Ecuador since 2023, serving in the Daniel Noboa administration. Prior, she was also an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Cuenca in 2023 and previously worked on international projects to support entrepreneurship for young ...
QUITO (Reuters) -Business scion Daniel Noboa will fulfill a long-held family ambition when he takes office as Ecuador's president, after winning election on Sunday on promises to create jobs and ...
Authorities say over 3,000 law enforcement personnel are now searching for the notorious gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, or “Fito.” Ecuador’s ‘Most Wanted’ Criminal Has ...
The crew of Soyuz 11 died after undocking from space station Salyut 1 after a three-week stay. A cabin vent valve construction defect caused it to open at service module separation. The recovery team found the crew dead. These three are, as of 2025, the only human fatalities in space (above 100 kilometers (330,000 ft)). [4] [5]