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News from Oct 23, 2026 (UTC)

Ecuador isTense

Much worse than usual

Last 14 days

Oct 10Oct 23

Why

  1. Prison riots in Ecuador killed 8 people and injured 10 on 22 October, according to officials.

    34 eventsriotimesonline.com, aa.com.tr, freemalaysiatoday.comSource

  2. An Ecuadorian judge ordered pre-trial detention of leftist presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez, arrested in a campaign finance probe.

    24 eventsaljazeera.com, dominicanrepublicpost.com, econotimes.comSource

What happened

  • Statements10%
  • Cooperation40%
  • Criticism17%
  • Protests2%
  • Pressure16%
  • Fighting17%

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