Ecuador and the New Pacific Trade Arc
Ecuador’s diversified export profile and relationships with the EU, U.S. and China can be solidified with strategic policy implementation.
Chiara Perotti Correa
September 4, 2025
¿Cómo afectará la suspensión de USAID a Ecuador y al medio ambiente?
En momentos de profunda incertidumbre global, nunca ha sido más crucial defender y fortalecer instituciones como USAID, que representan los valores y principios de la política exterior estadounidense.
Verónica Arias
February 14, 2025
How Will the USAID Suspension Impact Ecuador and the Environment?
In times of deep global uncertainty, defending and strengthening institutions like USAID – which embody the values and principles of U.S. foreign policy – has never been more important.
Verónica Arias
February 13, 2025
Explaining and Predicting: Why Ecuador Flouted International Norms to Arrest Its Former Vice President
Should Noboa be successful, we are likely to see more such leaderships emerge in the region, and a public willing to sacrifice some liberties in favor of a sense of increased security.
Global Americans Staff
April 9, 2024
Ecuador’s Challenge: Security, Trade, and Growth
Ecuador is at an inflection point, poised to harness comparative advantages in mining, agriculture, and tourism as catalysts for sustainable economic growth. But these require enhanced security and a more tranquil social environment.
Estefanny Pérez Duque
March 6, 2024
Explaining and Predicting Ecuador’s Security Crisis
As the violence spirals out of control, we analyze the implications for Ecuador, its government, and narco-trafficking across the region.
Global Americans Staff
January 12, 2024
Lessons from Ecuador on Emigrant Engagement
The incorporation of emigrants into the legislative bodies of their country of origin represents a significant advancement in the ways that governments define their borders and interact with their non-resident citizens.
Salome Valdivieso
November 27, 2023
Fernando Villavicencio and the Self-Destructive Collaboration Between China and Populist Regimes
Fernando thus had a plausible path to the Ecuadoran presidency, creating a risk of him working from a position of authority to dismantle webs of corruption involving not only Rafael Correa, his cronies, and the Chinese companies he built his presidential administration around but also the broader penetration of the Ecuadoran economy and political system by international criminal organizations.
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August 15, 2023
Ecuador: The Next Domino to Fall to Autocracy?
The U.S. and other like-minded democracies have an obligation to assist Ecuador in combatting criminality while preserving essential civil liberties. Enduring democratic leadership in Ecuador and the world will have to bring both effective law enforcement and civil liberties to douse the fire.
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July 20, 2023
Muerte Cruzada and Ecuadorian Democracy
Despite its novelty, the act did not plunge the country into crisis as some critics warned, nor did it mark a death knell for Ecuadorian democracy, as others argued. To the contrary, muerte cruzada acted as a constitutional release valve, helping dissipate popular discontent and providing a democratic exit for an unpopular president who was facing his second impeachment trial and third motion for impeachment in two years.
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June 7, 2023