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FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2019. file photo, Alex Quiñónez, of Ecuador, gestures after a men's 200 meter heat at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Olympic sprinter Alex Quiñónez was fatally shot in the port city of Guayaquil in Ecuador on Friday night, Oct. 22, 2021, police said. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Olympic sprinter Alex Quiñónez fatally shot in Ecuador

Oct. 23, 2021 09:11 AM EDT

Ecuador's new President Guillermo Lasso wears the presidential sash after his inauguration ceremony outside the National Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Former banker Guillermo Lasso becomes president in Ecuador

May. 24, 2021 02:36 PM EDT

Voters wait for the opening of a polling station during general elections in Lima, Peru, Sunday, April 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Ecuador picks conservative for president; Peru sets runoff

By Regina Garcia Cano And Gonzalo Solano Apr. 12, 2021 12:07 AM EDT

Guillermo Lasso, presidential candidate of Creating Opportunities party, CREO, celebrates after a presidential runoff election at his campaign headquarters in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sunday, April 11, 2021. With most of the votes counted Lasso, a former banker, had a lead over economist Andres Arauz, a protege of former President Rafael Correa.(AP Photo/Angel Dejesus)
Ecuador goes with conservative banker in presidential vote

By Regina Garcia Cano And Gonzalo Solano Apr. 11, 2021 12:00 AM EDT

Presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso, representing the Creating Opportunities party or CREO, flashes a thumbs up at a campaign rally in Cayambe, Ecuador, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Lasso, a former banker, and rival Andres Arauz, a protege of former president Rafael Correa, will compete in a second-round vote this coming Sunday, April 11. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Ecuador, Peru to elect presidents amid strengthened pandemic

By Regina Garcia Cano And Mauricio Muñoz Apr. 09, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

Presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso, representing the Creating Opportunities party or CREO, flashes a thumbs up after attending an event with rival Yaku Perez, of the Pachakutik political party, in which both are asking for a ballot recount of Sunday's election, in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. It remains undecided which of the two has the votes to advance to the run-off race in April to face frontrunner Andres Arauz. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Questions abound as Ecuador heads to presidential runoff

By Gonzalo Solano And Regina Garcia Cano Feb. 17, 2021 12:01 AM EST

Accompanied by his mother, left, and wearing a mask to curb the spread of COVID-19, Yaku Perez, presidential candidate representing the Indigenous party Pachakutik, casts his ballot for president during general elections in Tarqui, Ecuador, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Marcelo Suquilanda)
Divided Ecuador heads to presidential runoff ballot in April

By Gonzalo Solano And Regina Garcia Cano Feb. 08, 2021 12:28 AM EST

Esperanza-UNES- alliance party presidential candidate Andres Arauz, left, and his running mate Carlos Rabascall celebrate as they wait for the official results to know if they have reached the necessary percentage to win in the first electoral round, in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Leftist leads in early returns for Ecuador presidential vote

By Gonzalo Solano And Regina Garcia Cano Feb. 07, 2021 12:08 AM EST

Supporters of presidential candidate Yaku Perez, representing the Indigenous party Pachakutik, gather for a campaign rally in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Voters in Ecuador are heading to the polls to pick a new president amid a deepening economic crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. More than a dozen candidates have entered the race election scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Ecuador to pick new president amid deepening economic crisis

By Regina Garcia Cano And Gonzalo Solano Feb. 03, 2021 12:42 PM EST

FILE - In this April 27, 2005 file photo, Ecuador's former President Abdala Bucaram leaves the Foreign Ministery in Panama City, where he sought political asylum after fleeing his country amid massive protests that forced the ouster of President Lucio Gutierrez. Bucaram was detained at his home in Guayaquil, Ecuador on June 3, 2020, during a search warrant ordered by the Prosecutor's Office investigating alleged embezzlement through a contract for hospital medical supplies. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)
Ecuador's ex-president detained in organized crime probe

By Gonzalo Solano Aug. 12, 2020 06:35 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2018 file photo, Ecuador's newly named Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner thanks the National Assembly, in Quito, Ecuador. Sonnenholzner resigned as vice president on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, saying he would return to the private sector. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)
Ecuador VP resigns, setting off talk of a presidential bid

Gonzalo Solano Jul. 07, 2020 04:45 PM EDT

Rights group: Justice awaits for Ecuador protest violence

By Manuel Rueda Apr. 06, 2020 04:19 PM EDT
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Human Rights Watch urged Ecuador's government Monday to hold those responsible for violent abuses during last year's protests...