At the World Cup last year, 10 of the 26 players on Ecuador’s squad bore Independiente’s imprimatur: They had spent some, or all, of their careers in Sangolqui.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/sports/soccer/club-networks-manchester-city.html

Ecuador’s police and Interior Ministry did not respond to repeated requests for comment about the details of the killing, but Lasso confirmed police safely detonated a grenade left behind by the killers.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/10/ecuador-presidential-candidate-villavicencio-killed-in-attack-news-reports

Ecuador’s top military leader warned that the armed forces would crack down on any violence.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/business-news/2023/05/ecuadorian-president-dissolves-national-assembly-puts-end-to-impeachment-proceedings/

QUITO — Ecuador’s state oil company, Petroecuador, said on Saturday that it was losing an estimated 3,500 barrels of crude oil a day due to “vandalism” at two of its blocks, referring to recent Indigenous protests at the site.

Source: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/petroecuador-losing-3500-barrels-per-day-due-to-protests

The presidential candidate who was assassinated on Wednesday had a long history in Ecuador’s public affairs, largely as an antagonist to those in power.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/world/americas/fernando-villavicencio-ecuador-candidate.html