Ecuador: Shooting near presidential candidate Otto Sonnenholzner
CNN — One of Ecuador’s presidential candidates has demanded an investigation into a shooting that took place meters from where he was dining out with his family on Saturday –…
Fernando Villavicencio: Relatives bury assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate
Quito, Ecuador CNN — The body of the assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was buried in a private ceremony in the country’s capital on Friday night. The 59-year-old was…
Blackswan: Is it still K-pop if none of the singers are Korean?
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Cheers ring out as the four women take to the stage and launch into a synchronized dance routine in front of giant speakers blasting music.…
Ecuador says six suspects arrested for Fernando Villavicencio assassination are Colombian nationals
Quito, Ecuador CNN — Six suspects arrested in connection with the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombian nationals and gang members, authorities have confirmed, as a former…
Villavicencio: Family of assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate accuse state of ‘murder by willful omission’
CNNE — The family of assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has accused the state of the crime of “murder by willful omission” two days before polls open on Sunday.…
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro sought to hack into voter machines, hacker testifies
CNN — A Brazilian hacker said Thursday that former President Jair Bolsonaro asked him if he could hack into voting machines, according to his testimony to a congressional inquiry set…
Ecuador election: political violence and insecurity loom large as Ecuadorians get ready to vote
Quito, Ecuador CNN — Gissella Cecibel Molina doesn’t know if she will lose her right eye, which was injured last week when her colleague and friend, presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio,…
Fernando Villavicencio assasination: How corruption and gang warfare transformed Ecuador
CNN — Ecuadorians have found themselves in the middle of a bloody turf war as rival criminal organizations mete out brutal and often public shows of violence, battling to control…
Fernando Villavicencio promised to crack down on Ecuador’s ‘narco state.’ It made him powerful enemies
CNN — Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, shot dead on the campaign trail on Wednesday, was known as a tireless anti-corruption campaigner and investigative journalist. A 59-year-old lawmaker in the…
Climate change and El Niño have left parts of South America sweltering under a heat wave — in the middle of winter
CNN — Parts of South America are sweltering under abnormally hot temperatures – despite being in the depths of winter – as the combination of human-caused climate change and the…