As part of a special World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to fans of all 48 competing nations to capture their unique football culture

What can I expect from Ecuador? It was absolutely no surprise to see two Ecuadorian defenders line up on opposing sides in the biggest game in club football as PSG's Willian Pacho and Arsenal's Piero Hincapie met in May's Champions League final.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — In a polarized political landscape, Ecuadorian voters will choose Sunday between an incumbent young millionaire and a leftist lawyer to lead the South American country for the next four years. President Daniel Noboa and leftist ...

Created after the dissolution of Gran Colombia, Simon Bolivar’s great South American nation, Ecuador gained its independence in 1830. Before Spanish colonization it was a part of Inca Empire. Today, the majority of its population are mestizos, or mixed ...

Ecuador, mired in days of Indigenous-led protests against the price of fuel and cost of living, is a small, oil-rich South American country riddled by drug trafficking. Once part of the Inca Empire, Ecuador was ruled by Spain until 1822 when it became part ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa stunned voters in 2023 when he won a snap election for a 16-month presidency after only a brief stint as a lawmaker and with no established political machinery. No longer a political neophyte, the conservative ...

Voters are in a standoff over which candidate can better address persistent violence linked to drug trafficking. By Genevieve Glatsky Reporting from Quito, Ecuador Ecuador holds a runoff presidential election on Sunday, and the race is in a dead heat as ...