Political interference, criminal infiltration and institutional paralysis are eroding Ecuador’s justice system from within. Ecuador’s justice system is facing a deepening institutional collapse, with judges and prosecutors caught between political pressure, organized crime and an administrative structure that appears increasingly unable to defend its own independence. A new report by the Citizenship and Development Foundation […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

Transit agency reopens much of its national system after corruption case shutdown, while testing delays some of the most-used services. After more than a month of disruption triggered by a sweeping corruption investigation, Ecuador’s National Transit Agency will resume most of its public attention and administrative operations on March 9th, reopening a broad range of […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

Miami summit deepens Ecuador’s military cooperation with Washington while widening the government’s internal political crackdown. A new regional front President Daniel Noboa used his appearance at the Shield of the Americas summit in Miami to place Ecuador firmly inside a new U.S.-backed regional security bloc, presenting the country as both a frontline partner against organized […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

Opposition movement says suspension is aimed at crippling its ability to compete in next year’s local races. A judge of Ecuador’s Electoral Disputes Tribunal has ordered the provisional suspension of the Citizen Revolution movement for nine months, a decision that immediately deepened political tensions and raised new questions about how far criminal investigations can reach […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

Social media, cash offers and coercion are pulling vulnerable teenagers into Ecuador’s growing criminal networks The arrests of two teenage suspects in Quito have exposed a disturbing pattern in Ecuador’s security crisis: criminal groups are not only using minors, they are actively grooming them for increasingly violent roles. Police say the two youths, ages 16 […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.