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  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Ecuador’s exporters caught between US and China after debt deal

    Washington had agreed to help Quito pay Beijing to keep Chinese companies out of 5G telecoms network

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Gideon Long
    Ecuador inches closer to an indigenous president

    Yaku Pérez may have narrowly missed his chance this election, but gains by his party are a game-changer

  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Former banker makes second round of Ecuador’s presidential vote

    Guillermo Lasso will take on leftwinger Andrés Arauz but Yaku Pérez supporters dispute result

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Americas politics & policy
    Tensions rise in Ecuador as election results roll in

    Indigenous candidate Yaku Pérez cries fraud as rightwing Guillermo Lasso claims he has edged into second round

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    FT Alphaville
    Ecuador’s presidential front-runner is a CBDC advocate

    If Andrés Arauz takes control of the South American oil exporting country in April there is likely to be much structural monetary experimentation.

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    Ecuador presidential election heads to second round

    Leftwing economist Andrés Arauz leads but fails to meet 40% threshold to win outright

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    News in-depth
    Ecuador’s IMF reforms on the line in presidential poll

    Leading candidate has vowed to scrap debt agreement with fund and bondholders if he wins

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Global InsightMichael Stott
    Investor-friendly economics on trial in Andean elections

    Angry voters turn to populists as pandemic exposes failings of market-friendly model

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Interview
    Wealthy ex-banker campaigns as Ecuador’s ‘change candidate’

    Guillermo Lasso favoured by investors but may struggle to win over voters amid crisis

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  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    US development bank strikes deal to help Ecuador pay China loans

    ‘Novel’ deal comes in exchange for excluding Chinese groups from the country’s telecoms networks

  • Sunday, 3 January, 2021
    News in-depthAmericas politics & policy
    Populists sense opportunity as Latin Americans lose faith in leaders

    With elections due across region, political outsiders are capitalising on distrust of ruling class

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    Ecuador presidential contender hits at IMF deal and pledges reforms

    Andrés Arauz blames austerity for triggering a ‘self-induced’ recession in the country

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Global InsightMichael Stott
    Peru president’s ousting underlines resurgent Latin American populism

    Martín Vizcarra’s impeachment signals more trouble ahead for region’s pragmatists

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    News in-depthGlobal Insight
    It is premature for Latin America’s left to celebrate a new ‘Pink Tide’

    Evo Morales’ party makes a comeback in Bolivia ahead of elections in Ecuador, Peru and Chile

  • Sunday, 6 September, 2020
    News in-depthGlobal Insight
    Ecuador basks in glow of debt-restructuring success

    A non-confrontational approach and beneficial clauses in loan agreements facilitated talks with creditors

  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    IMF agrees to lend Ecuador $6.5bn

    Agreement comes weeks after Latin American country struck debt restructuring deal with investors

  • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
    Ecuador clinches $17.4bn debt deal with bondholders

    Agreement buys country time to stabilise its finances as it deals with coronavirus pandemic

  • Thursday, 16 July, 2020
    Ecuador debt restructuring faces setback after some creditors balk

    Large bondholders back proposed government deal, but counterproposal emerges

  • Monday, 6 July, 2020
    Ecuador reaches provisional debt deal with bondholders

    Latin American country seeks relief as it grapples with pandemic and lower oil prices

  • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
    SolGold PLC
    SolGold looks to consolidate Ecuador copper project

    London-listed miner in takeover offer for Canadian group with stake in Alpala deposit

  • Monday, 15 June, 2020
    News in-depthCoronavirus economic impact
    ‘This is a real world war’: Ecuador’s president on the virus

    Andean nation is worst-hit developing country, as pandemic devastates public finances

  • Wednesday, 20 May, 2020
    Ecuador takes far-reaching measures to save economy

    National airline to be liquidated and embassies closed as coronavirus takes further financial toll

  • Saturday, 18 April, 2020
    Ecuador reaches deal to postpone debt repayments until August

    Latin American country’s finances have been further strained by coronavirus and oil price drop

  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2020
    Ecuador’s ex-president convicted on corruption charges

    Rafael Correa dealt blow to political comeback after being sentenced to 8 years in prison

  • Sunday, 5 April, 2020
    Ecuador’s virus-hit Guayaquil is grim warning for region

    Crumbling institutions in city have failed to cope with spate of coronavirus deaths

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