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Volume 10, Issue 28
May 17, 2026
A Maduro insider, millions in transfers and Ecuador’s unfinished scandal
Extradition renews scrutiny of Foglocons, SUCRE payments, jailed judges and political links in Ecuador.
Ecuador’s security alliance and economic pitch take center stage in Washington
The president’s U.S. agenda blended anti-crime cooperation with a pitch for confidence in Ecuador’s financial direction.
Noboa uses Washington visit to push judicial overhaul and defend security strategy
President says courts are infiltrated by crime while rejecting allegations of abuses in anti-gang operations.
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Sinohydro trial brings Moreno and 20 others before court in sprawling bribery case
Prosecutors allege a $76 million network tied to Ecuador’s largest hydroelectric project and years of hidden payments.
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Guayaquil’s downtown core reels as killings, extortion and fear spread
Once considered one of the city’s most protected areas, central Guayaquil is now facing record violence.
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When corruption becomes climate
There are weeks when the news seems scattered, as if Ecuador has dumped the contents of a junk drawer onto the kitchen table and asked us to make sense of it. A former president on trial for bribery. Another former president accused of participating in a pandemic profiteering scheme. A Maduro money man sent back […]
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Noboa tells OAS criminal networks have infiltrated Ecuadorian life
President urges regional governments to recognize organized crime as a shared threat requiring cooperation and resolve.
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Prosecutors seek conviction of Bucaram and son in Covid test trafficking case
Former president and three others are accused of profiting from pandemic-era medical supply sales.
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