Ecuador's government under President Daniel Noboa is showing increasingly consistent signs of authoritarian drift, with the Executive progressively concentrating power, institutional counterbalances weakening, and the ruling party reconfiguring the rules of political competition from within the National Assembly.

Ecuador lowers Colombia tariffs after call from far-right presidential candidate The government of Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa said that it would lower tariffs on imports from Colombia from 100% to 75% after a phone conversation with far-right presidential candidate Paloma Valencia. In a brief statement, Noboa’s press office said that Quito will lower the “security fee” on June 1. The decision “reaffirms the national government’s […] The post Ecuador lowers Colombia tariffs after call from far-right presidential candidate appeared first on Colombia News .