Ecuador Suspends The Country’s Largest Opposition Party – OpEd

Acting on the request of the government-aligned Prosecutor General, an electoral judge in Ecuador on Friday ordered the nine-month suspension of the country’s largest opposition party, the Citizens’ Revolution (RC ). The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) condemns the ban, which coincides exactly with the registration timeline for candidates in the 2027 local elections — effectively preventing the party from participating in the electoral process.

“The government of President Daniel Noboa...