Rafael Correa

Exiled ex-Ecuador president doesn’t exclude political return

By SAMUEL PETREQUINApril 25, 2022 GMT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Former Ecuador president Rafael Correa said the political asylum he has been granted in Belgium is proof he is persecuted by his country's authorities and did not rule out a return to politics in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday.

Rights court hits Argentina, Guatemala, Ecuador governments

December 22, 2021 GMT

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Two past right-wing governments in Latin America and one from the left have been found guilty by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which on Tuesday said the countries' current governments shouid make reparations.

Leftist leads in early returns for Ecuador presidential vote

By GONZALO SOLANO and REGINA GARCIA CANOFebruary 8, 2021 GMT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A young leftist backed by a convicted-but-popular former president led the field of 16 candidates in early returns from Ecuador’s presidential election Sunday, which was held under strict sanitary measures due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump says US working on trade deal with Ecuador

February 12, 2020 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's working on a trade deal with Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno, who became the first chief of state from the small South American nation in 17 years to meet with an American president in Washington...