"Ecuadorian authorities must swiftly and comprehensively investigate the shooting of journalist José Vinces Oviedo in the southern city of Huaquillas and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday [March 20]. [...] After he received a news tip about the discovery of two human skulls in a graveyard, Vinces went to the […]
"The press in Ecuador is doing its work amid the government’s war on drug trafficking, which has turned the country into the most violent in Latin America, with a record 54 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2025 — equivalent to one every hour, according to official data. 'Having six journalists killed in just one year […]
"Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its French initials) has documented four cases of death threats against journalists in Ecuador between January and February 2026, a shocking spike as a RSF partner recorded three of these threats for the whole year of 2025. The threats — phone calls and direct messages — often follow reporting on […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expresses concern over the intervention of Gráficos Nacionales S.A. (GRANASA), publisher of the newspapers Extra and Expreso, ordered by Ecuador’s Superintendency of Companies. The organization urges authorities to act with transparency and strict adherence to due process. In a document sent on Feb. 18 to GRANASA’s chief executive officer and general manager, […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expresses its deep concern over guidelines issued by the Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Ecuador (FF.AA.) for the coordination, accreditation, and management of media outlets and journalists at institutional events. The organization believes these measures establish a system of control, evaluation, and exclusion that amounts to prior […]
When Camila León, an assembly member from the National Democratic Action (ADN for its initials in Spanish), introduced a bill to reform Article 396 of the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code (COIP), she said: “Without a free press, there is no democracy.” Article 396 states that anyone who uses violent, aggressive or hostile expressions on social […]
“The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expressed concern over a series of actions by various entities, including a government body in Ecuador, that could constitute indirect reprisals against Gráficos Nacionales S.A. (GRANASA), the publishing company of the newspapers Expreso and Extra. [...] In a public statement, GRANASA accused the government of President Daniel Noboa of […]
"Teams from various media outlets were attacked by private security personnel at the Guayaquil land terminal while carrying out their reporting work outside the complex. Journalists and cameramen arrived near midnight to report on a fire that occurred in the terminal's food court near midnight on Monday Dec. 8. [...] At around 2:30 a.m., a […]
The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) expressed its deep concern about how the Colombian Attorney General's Office is handling the case of Carlos Arturo Landázuri, alias “El Gringo,” accused of the killing of journalists Paul Rivas, Javier Ortega, and Efraín Segarra, of the Ecuadorian newspaper El Comercio, in 2018. In a Dec. 6 statement, FLIP […]
"Darwin Baque was a cameraman and ran the website Guayaquil al rojo vivo. His killing early Wednesday, Nov. 26, has shocked the coastal city of Guayaquil. Around 12:30 a.m., the shooting occurred at the intersection of Cacique Tomalá and Los Tulipanes streets, in southern Guayaquil. At that hour, unidentified attackers opened fire on him and […]
"Journalist Fernando Álvarez, founder and administrator of the digital media outlet FernandoTV, was murdered on the night of Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in the Salitre coliseum, Guayas province, while participating in a soccer game with friends. According to preliminary information from the National Police and the organization Fundamedios, several armed individuals entered the sports complex […]
"From the start of Ecuador’s 2025 national strike on Sept. 22 until Oct. 22, when the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) announced the end of the protest, Fundamedios — an organization that monitors and defends freedom of expression — reported 46 attacks on the press during the demonstrations. Among the cases were physical […]