A new, $1.75M playground is coming to Lake Elmo Park Reserve — while the old equipment heads to Ecuador and Uganda

While the Lake Elmo Park Reserve swim-pond playground area is getting a $1.75 million makeover this spring, the old playground equipment will be getting a second life overseas. Last September, volunteers for Kids Around the World, a Rockford, Ill.-based …

Ecuador holds elections amid explosion of violence

Posters bearing the effigy of Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa, a few days before the Ecuadorian presidential election, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, February 4, 2025. LUISA GONZALEZ / REUTERS On Monday, February 3, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa sprang a …

Luisa Gonzalez is Ecuador's presidential candidate for the Citizen Revolution Movement

Ecuador has seen record rates of murder, kidnapping and extortion

Authorities report normality in the electoral process in Ecuador

In its most recent bulletin, the CNE indicated that as of 1:00 p.m. (local time) 30 percent of the voters had voted, while 47 of the 97 voting zones abroad had concluded voting. Amid complaints from political organizations about irregularities, the head of …

Ecuador temporarily closes borders with Colombia, Peru

The closure, in coordination with immigration authorities, will remain in effect until Monday as part of immediate security actions. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, who is seeking re-election, ordered on Monday the border shutdown in response to alleged …

UN CRC Publishes Findings On Ecuador, Eritrea, Gambia, Honduras, Peru, Saint Kitts And Nevis, & Slovakia

GENEVA (6 February 2025) - The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) today issued its findings on Ecuador, Eritrea, the Gambia, Honduras, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Slovakia, after reviewing the seven States parties during its latest session. The findings …

Voting in presidential and parliamentary elections starts in Ecuador

BUENOS AIRES, February 9. /TASS/. Voting in presidential and parliamentary elections has begun in Ecuador. Polling stations will be open until 05:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. GMT). Incumbent President Daniel Noboa is running for the main office again. In …

Members of the Armed Forces stand guard in Huaquillas, Southern Ecuador, on the border with Peru on February 8, 2025, on ...

Members of the Armed Forces stand guard in Huaquillas, Southern Ecuador, on the border with Peru on February 8, 2025, on the eve of the presidential election. Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa closed the borders with Colombia and Peru ahead of general …

Seeking re-election, President Daniel Noboa targets Ecuador’s crime wave