Vincent Ricci

Demon­stra­tors are un­hap­py at the con­ser­v­a­tive pres­i­dent’s eco­nom­ic poli­cies and want fuel price hikes re­versed.

Rights ad­vo­cates urge Ecuador to ad­dress root caus­es of mi­gra­tion as thou­sands set out on per­ilous jour­neys to­wards US.

Ad­vo­cates say court rul­ing that de­crim­i­nalis­es abor­tion in rape cas­es is an im­por­tant step, but strug­gle con­tin­ues.

Polls open in Ecuador as left-wing econ­o­mist An­dres Arauz and con­ser­v­a­tive ex-banker Guiller­mo Las­so vie for pres­i­den­cy.

Fi­nal two pres­i­den­tial can­di­dates, An­dres Arauz and Guiller­mo Las­so, be­gin fi­nal stretch of cam­paign­ing on Tues­day.

Pro­hi­bi­tion will ap­ply to fu­ture large-scale min­ing ac­tiv­i­ties in Cuen­ca and sur­round­ing area, but ques­tions per­sist.

Soft­ware de­vel­op­er Ola Bini, ac­cused of ac­cess­ing a com­put­er sys­tem il­le­gal­ly, is ex­pect­ed back in court this month.