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César Ulloa

César Ulloa is a political scientist and communicator. His latest books are The Challenges of Democracy in the Region (2024) and Ecuador: Dialogue and Minimum Agreements (2023).

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Daniel Noboa prevails over Correísmo in Ecuador

In the same way that debates on international trade are being reopened today, the fragility of certain consensuses that were taken for granted is becoming evident.

Elections in Ecuador: continuity or a return to correísmo?

Although this is the first time since 2007 that the Citizen Revolution has reached the second round without starting in first place, it surpassed its voting ceiling, marking a shift in its electoral performance.

Ecuador goes to the polls amidst multiple crises

There is a multiple crisis that will demand a broad and long-term agreement between politicians, society, and business for the next four years.

A fragmented Ecuador heads to the polls

Ecuador has 290 registered political groups eligible to nominate candidates for local elections. The number of candidates vastly exceeds the positions available for the various offices.

The government of Ecuador declares war on terrorism

A month after Daniel Noboa took office, the latest events of insecurity and violence are testing the president's ability to confront this declared war on organized crime.

Anti-Correísta vote wins Ecuadorian elections

Daniel Noboa will be the youngest president in Ecuador's history after defeating the candidate of Correísmo.

Ecuador’s Electoral Blow: The Polls Failed

After the first round of elections, the candidate of Correism, Luisa Gonzalez, was the most voted with 33.1% of the votes.

Lasso dissolves Ecuador’s Assembly

The Ecuadorian president's decision to dissolve the Assembly took place in a context of a generalized insecurity crisis, a high unemployment rate and an ongoing conflict with members of Congress.

Local elections in Ecuador: fragmentation and legitimacy crisis

The result is consistent with the phenomenon that Latin America is experiencing: an atomization of political forces.

Ecuador: Between outburst and dialogue

The Catholic Church will lead the mediation in the next 90 days. There will be shocks and ruptures, in a country that needs to return to the path of pacification with social justice, recomposition of the citizen fabric and zero impunity for infiltrated criminals that took advantage of the crisis to sow terror.