Odebrecht fugitive sparks clash between Ecuador and Argentina

Despite the expected differences between right- and left-leaning governments, Ecuador and Argentina have gotten along quite well. Less than a year ago, President Alberto Fernández even received his Ecuadorian counterpart, Guillermo Lasso, in a friendly bilateral visit full of smiles and hugs.

This was despite the fact that a rival of Mr. Lasso’s had been hiding in the Argentinian embassy in Quito since 2020. That same year, a court sentenced María de los Ángeles Duarte, a former official in Rafael Correa’s government, to eight years in prison, but the former Ecuadorian minister of public works asked for help from Buenos…