Ecuador: Attack Reported on Aid Convoy Carrying President, Foreign Diplomats

Published OCT 1

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Above: Military officers stand guard amid the national strike on Sept. 24, 2025 in Otavalo, Ecuador. Image copyright: Felipe Stanley/Agencia Press South/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-government narrative

Ecuador is facing genuine terrorism disguised as protest. Day after day, action after action, it gets clearer that those on the streets are not protesting for legitimate reasons, but rather disrupting the country for their own benefit.

La Derecha Diario on X

Government-critical narrative

Noboa and his allies have sought to smear legitimate protesters as terrorists in a bid to justify its brutal repression against whoever dares to oppose his authoritarian government. They have failed to present evidence for their claims, because there is none.

Peoples Dispatch