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Lionel Messi became CONMEBOL's all-time top scorer in World Cup qualifiers after netting two goals in Argentina's 2-0 win over Peru. Messi, who was included in the squad despite injury, scored with a superb shot and fierce finish. Coach Lionel Scaloni said Argentina's players are on the same wavelength as…

Brazil striker Neymar suffers serious knee injury in 2-0 loss to Uruguay in WC qualifier. Argentina, with 9 pts, to play Peru. Venezuela shocks Chile 3-0. Ecuador & Colombia draw 0-0. Paraguay beat Bolivia 1-0. Top 6 in South America qualify for WC, 7th in playoff. Brazil & Argentina to…

Luisa González, handpicked by Rafael Correa as successor, loses to 35-year-old who promises tough line on violent crime and cocaine trafficking

Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and an heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, won Ecuador’s presidential runoff election Sunday held amid unprecedented violence that even claimed the life of a candidate.

Frightened by unprecedented violence on the streets and within prisons, Ecuadorians have a universal demand for their next president — safety

The country goes to the polls this weekend after a campaign marked by bloodshed and the assassination of a candidate

Dismembered limbs lie on the street next to playing children. Prisons are arenas of gang warfare. Bloodshed keeps schools shut down. And a presidential candidate is assassinated in broad daylight.

Voters in Ecuador are getting ready to pick a new president

The killing of the seven suspects happened a little more than a week before Ecuador holds a presidential runoff election and as officials struggle to explain how this was possible.