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SITUATION REPORTS
Ecuador: President Declares New State of Emergency Over Security Concerns
May 23, 2024 | 21:12 GMT
U.S.: Government Announces New Process To Expedite Expulsion of Some Asylum Seekers
May 10, 2024 | 17:04 GMT
Ecuador: Government Reaches Staff-Level Agreement With IMF
Apr 26, 2024 | 21:52 GMT
Ecuador: Voters Approve Security Measures in Constitutional Referendum
Apr 22, 2024 | 18:34 GMT
Ecuador: Government Tells Workers To Stay Home for Two Days Due to Power Shortages
Apr 17, 2024 | 19:57 GMT
Ecuador, Mexico: Mexico Files Complaint With ICJ to Remove Ecuador From UN
Apr 12, 2024 | 17:15 GMT
Ecuador, Mexico: Ecuador Declares Mexican Ambassador 'Persona Non Grata'
Apr 5, 2024 | 15:51 GMT
Ecuador: Government Formally Requests IMF Support
Mar 8, 2024 | 20:24 GMT
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AssessmentsApr 20, 2024
The Weekly Rundown: Israel-Iran Conflict, Ecuador's Constitutional Referendum
![Police guard stand outside the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, on April 8, 2024. Police guard stand outside the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, on April 8, 2024.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/square_full/public/Ecuador%20Mexico%20Embassy%20GettyImages-2141949875.jpg?itok=EtZ_y5G0)
AssessmentsApr 8, 2024
Ecuador's Raid on the Mexican Embassy Risks Backfiring on Its President
![Ecuador's flag waves behind rows of coins. Ecuador's flag waves behind rows of coins.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/square_full/public/GettyImages-1191421395.jpg?itok=jULphfL1)
AssessmentsApr 1, 2024
Can Ecuador Escape Its Cycle of Economic Instability?
![Policemen guard the car of Mayor Luis Chonillo after an attack on the official May 15, 2023, in Duran, Ecuador. Governments can take steps to stave off a surge in violence, but for many in the region, such measures will be politically and economically out of reach. Policemen guard the car of Mayor Luis Chonillo after an attack on the official May 15, 2023, in Duran, Ecuador.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/square_full/public/ecuador-1255067821.jpg?itok=AG6G6xWH)
On SecurityFeb 1, 2024
Forecasting Latin America's Next Crime Hotspot After Ecuador
![Police present detainees in the case of TC Television in which armed men broke into the station's live broadcast on Jan. 10, 2024, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Police present detainees in the case of TC Television in which armed men broke into the station's live broadcast on Jan. 10, 2024, in Guayaquil, Ecuador.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/square_full/public/GettyImages-1915015965.jpg?itok=C6dNOb79)
AssessmentsJan 10, 2024
Ecuador Declares 'Internal Armed Conflict' as Gang Violence Escalates
![Israeli army Merkava battle tanks deploy Oct. 13, 2023, with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. An invasion will greatly exacerbate the hardships caused by Israel's total siege of the strip, creating a humanitarian crisis that could cause Egypt to use force to ensure that Palestinian refugees do not enter Sinai. Israeli army Merkava battle tanks deploy Oct. 13, 2023, with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/square_full/public/israel-1722767691.jpg?itok=yF6cOOqf)
AssessmentsOct 14, 2023
The Weekly Rundown: A Gaza Ground Invasion, a Parliamentary Election in Poland
![Ecuadorean presidential candidate Daniel Noboa (center) gives a thumbs up as he rides on top of a truck during a campaign caravan in Quito, Ecuador, on Oct. 11, 2023. Ecuadorean presidential candidate Daniel Noboa (center) gives a thumbs up as he rides on top of a truck during a campaign caravan in Quito, Ecuador, on Oct. 11, 2023.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/square_full/public/GettyImages-1719480132.jpg?itok=MWrHgLaE)
AssessmentsOct 12, 2023
The Challenges That Await Ecuador's Next President
![Soldiers conduct a patrol on July 22, 2023, in the Salvadorean municipality of Colon, where the MS-13 gang reportedly remains active. Soldiers conduct a patrol on July 22, 2023, in the Salvadorean municipality of Colon, where the MS-13 gang reportedly remains active.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/square_full/public/GettyImages-1548120042_0.jpg?itok=Z6QLxMVd)
AssessmentsSep 27, 2023
The Appeal (and Perils) of Crime Crackdowns in Latin America, Part 1
![Supporters of Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo attend a campaign rally in the Central Square in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Aug. 16, 2023. Supporters of Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo attend a campaign rally in the Central Square in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Aug. 16, 2023.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/square_full/public/GettyImages-1603551322.jpg?itok=3GJ6PC0w)
AssessmentsAug 19, 2023
The Weekly Rundown: Lunar Landings, the BRICS Summit and a Host of Elections
![Policemen stand guard while supporters of slain Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio pay their respects at the Quito Exhibition Center in Quito, Ecuador, on Aug. 11, 2023. Policemen stand guard while supporters of slain Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio pay their respects at the Quito Exhibition Center in Quito, Ecuador, on Aug. 11, 2023.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/square_full/public/GettyImages-1592917216.jpg?itok=ODh82jeb)
SnapshotsAug 18, 2023
Ecuador Braces for a High-Stakes Election
![Police officers stand guard at the National Service of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science on Aug. 10, 2023, in Quito, Ecuador, following the assassination of a candidate running in the country's upcoming presidential election. Police officers stand guard at the National Service of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science on Aug. 10, 2023, in Quito, Ecuador, following the assassination of a candidate running in the country's upcoming presidential election.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/square_full/public/GettyImages-1589963970.jpg?itok=40KGSR8f)
SnapshotsAug 10, 2023
A Presidential Candidate's Assassination Deepens Ecuador's Security Crisis
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PodcastsJun 29, 2023
Essential Geopolitics: An Overview of RANE's Q3 Forecast