The United States government has asked Argentina, Ecuador, and El Salvador to join the naval deployment in the Caribbean to pressure Nicolás Maduro.
Ecuador’s National Assembly approved the country’s withdrawal from the Migration Agreement with Venezuela on August 27. This mechanism, in place since 2019, had allowed the special regularization of thousands of Venezuelan citizens. The resolution, which received 86 affirmative votes, was questioned by the Revolución Ciudadana bloc, which chose to abstain, considering the measure counterproductive.
With a 12% lead and over 94% of votes counted, Daniel Noboa has declared victory in the presidential runoff. His rival, Luisa González, has denounced “grotesque fraud” and demanded a recount, amid a climate of polarization that transcends borders and ties into the geopolitical rivalry between the U.S. and China.
