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Weekly Report - 14 August 2025 (WR-25-32)
Noboa piles pressure on Ecuador’s constitutional court
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa is facing widespread accusations that he is leaning on the judiciary after he led a major demonstration against the constitutional court on 12 August. The march in Quito, which the government claims was attended by 50,000 of its supporters, came in response to a 4 August ruling which suspended key articles from legislation aimed at combatting organised crime. The stand-off epitomises Noboa’s sometimes controversial governing style, with the government brushing off accusations of authoritarianism and insisting that radical change is needed to put Ecuador back on course amid spiralling gang violence.
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