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Ecuadorian media is reporting that Colin Armstrong, the Honorary Consul in Ecuador’s Guayaquil, has been released after being kidnapped the morning of December 16th. https://twitter.com/diariopinion/status/1736218437494439992?s=46&t=We8RLpx8YdsN15-tpkJtww It is unclear at this time if any arrests have been made in connection with his kidnapping. Armstrong was kidnapped off of his farm nearby Guayaquil in the early hours of the 16th by thus far unknown...

Colin Armstrong, the head of the UK’s consulate in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, has reportedly been kidnapped by thus far unknown actors. Police reported the kidnapping took place early this morning, December 16th, at a farm that Armstrong owns in the city of Baba, which is close to Guayaquil. The kidnapping comes amidst sharply rising cartel related violence, of...

Update (2123 EST): President Lasso has congratulated Noboa on his election: https://twitter.com/lassoguillermo/status/1713723251107443095?s=46&t=fwloThPnqgTH71QlDeR_hA According to local Ecuadorian media, National Democratic Action (ADN) candidate, Daniel Noboa has been named President-elect after 80% of the votes have been counted. The announcement from Primicias reads below: ”The results of the vote count of the National Electoral Council (CNE) place Daniel Noboa as the next President of...

Ecuador's telematic voting platform has been targeted by hackers from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Russia, Ukraine, and China, according to the Ecuadorian National Electoral Council, leading some to doubt the legitimacy of the election. The National Electoral Council has confirmed that votes have not been tampered with and that the attack only affected "the fluidity to access the vote." Political Violence...

The leader of Ecuador’s leftist Revolución Ciudadana party, Pedro Briones, has been allegedly assassinated in Ecuador’s northwestern state of Esmeraldes, according to fellow presidential candidate Luisa González. Paola Cabezas, the former governor of Esmeraldas, also claims that the presidential candidate was assassinated. This comes less than a week after another candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, was similarly assassinated, and an attempted assassination attempt...