Daniel Noboa Azín

Rule Changes

In office; accuses RC of conspiring against him

Luisa González is being held at a women's prison in Riobamba while prosecutors investigate whether about $500,000 in suspected fuel-smuggling profits paid for advertising in her 2023 presidential campaign. A judge ordered her detained on October 23, a day after police arrested her at home in Manabí province.

Updated Oct 28

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Governing under expanded state-of-emergency framework

Five years ago Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in South America. On May 3, 2026, its second nationwide curfew of the year took effect under Executive Decree 370, covering nine of 24 provinces, including Quito and Guayaquil, through May 18.

Updated May 31