Diosdado Cabello, a U.S.-sanctioned drug trafficker and one of Venezuela’s most powerful socialist henchmen, took credit for the violent riots that have consumed Ecuador and Chile this month, calling them the “little breeze” of a coming “Bolivarian hurricane” during a weekend rally.
The United Nations announced on Sunday that Ecuador will reinstate fuel subsidies to end leftist riots that have engulfed its capital for weeks.
Left-wing organizations in Latin America have been paying foreigners up to 50 dollars to participate in the ongoing violent protests against President Lenin Moreno’s administration in Ecuador, the country’s Vice President claimed on Wednesday.
Seven Latin American nations and the Organization of American States (OAS) issued statements supporting Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno in passing conservative economic reforms and accusing Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro of helping instigate riots against Moreno.
An eruption of protests in Ecuador against socially conservative economic measures resulted in the death of an injured young protester Sunday after fellow participants in the outrage blocked his ambulance.
President of Ecuador Lenin Moreno declared a 60-day state of emergency on Thursday after transportation workers and leftist groups began rioting against the repeal of a decades-old government gasoline subsidy.
The Ecuadorian government announced on Wednesday that it will leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at the end of this year in order to increase their export revenue.
Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno called on the United Nations and the wider international community to find a solution to remove the “despotic” socialist regime in Venezuela.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro compared President Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in an interview with socialist fugitive ex-Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa on Thursday.
Researchers say they have discovered a data breach revealing sensitive personal information such as bank balances and salary information, that may impact over 20 million people, including nearly the entire population of Ecuador.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Tuesday warned that Chinese surveillance technology, particularly facial recognition systems, is appearing in cities around the world and poses a serious threat to Americans traveling abroad.
Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno revealed on Wednesday that the cost of taking in half a million Venezuelan refugees is $500 million a year, with that figure only expected to rise as living standards in the socialist controlled country continue to deteriorate.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish authorities on Monday issued a request for a detention order against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now jailed in Britain, a Swedish prosecutor said.
China enlisted its telecommunications giant Huawei to build Ecuador’s former socialist President Rafael Correa a replica of its sprawling national surveillance system, helping him monitor dissidents and protect his government, the New York Times revealed on Wednesday.
The father of WikiLeakers founder Julian Assange on Sunday pleaded for the release and repatriation of his son after the Australian government confirmed he would receive “no special treatment” from Canberra.
The government of France said Friday that it may be open to granting political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was arrested at Ecuador’s embassy in London on U.S. hacking charges Thursday.
Ecuador spent around $1 million a year protecting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange inside their Embassy in London before eventually handing him over to British authorities, the country’s Foreign Minister revealed on Thursday.
The government of Ecuador rescinded Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s citizenship, granted in January, following his arrest Thursday morning on charges of conspiracy to hack U.S. military computers.
The shocking news Thursday morning that the government of Ecuador invited British police into its embassy in London to arrest Wikileaks founder Julian Assange left many questioning why the Latin American country, which protected Assange for over half a decade, now felt comfortable letting him go.
WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange was arrested in London on Thursday morning, after Ecuadorian diplomatic officials invited British police into the country’s embassy to apprehend the Australian.
Ecuador president Lenin Moreno on Tuesday charged that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has “repeatedly violated” the terms of his asylum in the South American country’s London embassy.
The Ecuadorian embassy in London reportedly locked journalist Cassandra Fairbanks in a room for over an hour during a visit to see WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and was eventually given just under ten minutes to speak with him, despite being booked for a two-hour meeting. Fairbanks reportedly overheard a conversation between Assange and an ambassador during which Assange accused the embassy of illegally surveilling him.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro accused Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno of using “Nazi persecution” tactics to vet Venezuelan refugees in his country following the gruesome murder of a pregnant Ecuadorian woman and her child by her estranged Venezuelan boyfriend.
The weekend stabbing murder of a pregnant Ecuadorian woman by her estranged Venezuelan boyfriend triggered widespread demands in Ecuador for limits on migrants entering the country.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Authorities in Latvia have confiscated two tons of cocaine with a street value of a billion euros ($1.15 billion), the largest seizure ever in the Baltic country.
Ecuador’s president says Britain has provided sufficient guarantees for Julian Assange to leave his government’s embassy in London, where the WikiLeaks founder has been living under asylum since 2012.
Ecuadorian president Moreno says British officials offered adequate assurances for Julian Assange to vacate the South American country’s embassy in London.
WikiLeaks founder and former Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange is reportedly suing Ecuador for violating his “fundamental rights and freedom” while he’s been taking sanctuary in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
Ecuador declared the Venezuelan ambassador to Quito, Carol Delgado, persona non grata on Thursday after Venezuelan Communications Minister Jorge Rodríguez called Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno a “liar” and implied he was acting on U.S. orders.
A report commissioned by Ecuador’s Prosecutor General revealed this weekend the country may have lost up to $2 billion in oil deals under the socialist government of ex-president Rafael Correa. Deals with the state-owned PetroChina gave Correa billions in credit while allegedly hurting the Ecuadorian government’s profits.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will regain partial internet access following a seven-month ban instituted by the Ecuadorian government.
Julian Assange is in extremely poor health and requires medical treatment, according to a lawyer for WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks consultant Arjen Kamphuis has disappeared since checking out of his hotel in the Norwegian town of Bodo on August 20, according to reports.
Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno took another step Thursday towards undoing the ties leftist predecessor Rafael Correa fostered with the rogue regimes in Cuba and Venezuela, withdrawing from the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), a socialist alternative to the Organization of American States (OAS).
The Intercept reports that Ecuador will soon withdraw asylum from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been claiming refuge in the country’s London embassy since 2012, citing fears that he will be extradited to the U.S. should he leave. Assange has held Ecuadorian citizenship since December 2017.
Ecuador is preparing to place WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in British custody in the “coming weeks or even days,” according to a top Russian journalist.
A judge in Ecuador ordered the arrest Tuesday of former President Rafael Correa, a staunch anti-American leftist whose tenure was defined by his friendly ties with Venezuela, China, and Cuba and has reportedly begun proceedings with Interpol to aid in his detention.
Ecuador spent millions on a spy operation to protect Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in their London embassy, it emerged on Wednesday.
President Lenin Moreno of Ecuador abruptly announced in an interview Wednesday that his country would cease participating in peace talks between Colombia and the communist guerrilla National Liberation Army (ELN).
The government of Ecuador has announced that it will pull funding from the regional left-wing propaganda network TeleSUR.
