News - ECU
4 articles tagged ECU, newest first
2026-08-27
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│ Ecuador: new adoption law entrenches bias │
│ medium - Human Rights Watch - │
│ investigative/independent [ECU] │
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│ Human Rights Watch reported that Ecuador's │
│ new adoption law contains discriminatory │
│ provisions against lesbian, gay and │
│ bisexual prospective parents. An │
│ independent NGO primary report on a │
│ discrete statutory provision supports the │
│ standing civil-liberties level without by │
│ itself justifying a step at this score. │
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│ https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/08/27/ecuador │
│ -new-adoption-law-entrenches-bias │
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2026-07-21
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│ Ecuador: abuses proliferate as US security │
│ cooperation deepens │
│ feature - Human Rights Watch - │
│ investigative/independent [ECU,USA] │
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│ HRW documented proliferating abuses under │
│ prolonged states of emergency and a justice │
│ system used against opponents, as the main │
│ opposition movement sits court-suspended │
│ through the registration window for the Nov │
│ 29 local elections. The HRW finding drove │
│ civil liberties -3 to -4; the │
│ election-mechanics claims are tilt-sourced │
│ and flagged. │
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│ https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/07/21/us/ecua │
│ dor-abuses-proliferate-as-security-cooperat │
│ ion-deepens │
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2026-07-11
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│ Protesters demand the CNE advance the │
│ recall of Noboa and Pinto │
│ medium - Expreso - unknown/independent │
│ [ECU] │
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│ Protest vigils were held July 8/11 and │
│ called for July 15 outside CNE delegations │
│ ahead of the July 17 and July 28 │
│ recall-petition deadlines; the government │
│ asked the CNE to declare the petitions │
│ inadmissible. TeleSUR's repression claim is │
│ state-media-sourced and excluded. Ecuador │
│ political_stability held at -5 pending the │
│ CNE rulings. │
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│ https://www.expreso.ec/politica/manifestant │
│ es-exigen-al-cne-avanzar-con-la-revocatoria │
│ -de-noboa-y-pinto-288128.html │
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2026-07-09
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│ CNE sets deadlines to resolve recall │
│ petitions against Daniel Noboa │
│ medium - El Diario - unknown/independent │
│ [ECU] │
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│ Ecuador's CNE set July 17/28 deadlines to │
│ rule on two presidential-recall petitions │
│ (July 9) as Noboa's approval fell 41% to │
│ 27%, with protests called for July 8/11/15. │
│ Ecuador political_stability -4 to -5. │
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│ https://www.eldiario.ec/ecuador/cne-fijo-pl │
│ azos-para-resolver-pedidos-de-revocatoria-c │
│ ontra-daniel-noboa-09072026/ │
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