by Rebeca Mendoza | Apr 6, 2026 | Volume 10, Issue 22
Court challenges, party suspensions and institutional fatigue deepen doubts over the road to November 2026. Ecuador’s decision to move its next local elections from February 14th, 2027, to November 29th, 2026, has triggered a legal and political fight that now reaches...
by Rebeca Mendoza | Apr 6, 2026 | Volume 10, Issue 22
Washington agreement expands energy cooperation as Quito tries to balance security ties with broader global trade relationships. A new strategic opening Ecuador has taken another step in tightening its relationship with the United States, signing a civil nuclear...
by Rebeca Mendoza | Apr 6, 2026 | Volume 10, Issue 22
Ecuador’s most underappreciated national skill may be its ability to domesticate the abnormal. Not solve it. Not confront it head-on. Certainly not eliminate it. Domesticate it. That is different. A country solves a problem when it removes the cause. It domesticates a...
by Rebeca Mendoza | Apr 6, 2026 | Volume 10, Issue 22
Health authorities move quickly as a more transmissible strain of mpox is confirmed in the country. Ecuador’s public health system has activated a nationwide epidemiological alert after confirming the country’s first imported case of the Clade Ib variant of mpox...
by Rebeca Mendoza | Apr 6, 2026 | Volume 10, Issue 22
Higher crude prices have brought little relief as fuel imports, subsidies and investor anxiety push risk upward. Ecuador’s country risk climbed to 500 points on March 30th, its highest level so far this year, signaling that international markets remain uneasy about...
