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Ecuador (ECU) — local news analysis

Window R20260730_14d (2026-07-17 → 2026-07-30) · English BERTopic report on local A1 fulltext e5 embeddings

4334 articles
9 topics shown (of 18 formed)
876 noise
overall silhouette 0.043

Bond-relevance filter (large market)

Showing 9 of 18 clusters that match sovereign / EMBI / fiscal / policy keywords. 9 clusters filtered out as lower bond-spread relevance.

Show filtered-out clusters (9)

These clusters were formed by BERTopic but excluded from the main bond-desk view (score < 1). Click to expand; maps show them in light grey as “filtered (non-bond)”.

IDLabel (EN)nShare Mean toneSilhouetteBond scoreKeywords
1Students victims of armed attacks in Ecuador2395.5%-5.390.0290ataque, polica, asesinado, guayaquil, vctima, julio, sector, ocurri
2short English theme max 12 words2014.6%-0.060.1740fujimori, keiko, keiko fujimori, presidenta, lima, milei, electa, presidencia
4short English theme max 12 words1693.9%-5.630.0560operativo, polica, fueron, ilegal, cocana, droga, toneladas, fuerzas armadas
7short English theme max 12 words1122.6%2.250.1980tour, francia, etapa, pogacar, richard, tadej, tadej pogacar, toro
9short English theme max 12 words962.2%-3.890.0440ice, migrantes, migracin, agentes, inmigrantes, visa, unidos, estados unidos
10short English theme max 12 words892.1%-4.590.1730aquiles, caso, triple, alvarez, aquiles alvarez, juicio, alcalde, lvarez
11Cocaine seizure in Italy prompts investigation862.0%-2.110.0390vado ligure, ligure, vado, koji, ekvadora, luci, banana, ekvdoru
13short English theme max 12 words681.6%4.150.2350canad, comercio, trade, libre, tratado, productos, canada, mercado
14Latin American news updates681.6%-3.000.1880latina noticias, latina, noticias, familia, padre, jueves julio, casa, jueves

Cluster 1: Students victims of armed attacks in Ecuador

n=239 · share 5.5% · mean tone -5.39 · silhouette 0.029 · bond score 0

Keywords: ataque, polica, asesinado, guayaquil, vctima, julio, sector, ocurri

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Cluster 2: short English theme max 12 words

n=201 · share 4.6% · mean tone -0.06 · silhouette 0.174 · bond score 0

Keywords: fujimori, keiko, keiko fujimori, presidenta, lima, milei, electa, presidencia

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Cluster 4: short English theme max 12 words

n=169 · share 3.9% · mean tone -5.63 · silhouette 0.056 · bond score 0

Keywords: operativo, polica, fueron, ilegal, cocana, droga, toneladas, fuerzas armadas

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Cluster 7: short English theme max 12 words

n=112 · share 2.6% · mean tone 2.25 · silhouette 0.198 · bond score 0

Keywords: tour, francia, etapa, pogacar, richard, tadej, tadej pogacar, toro

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Cluster 9: short English theme max 12 words

n=96 · share 2.2% · mean tone -3.89 · silhouette 0.044 · bond score 0

Keywords: ice, migrantes, migracin, agentes, inmigrantes, visa, unidos, estados unidos

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Cluster 10: short English theme max 12 words

n=89 · share 2.1% · mean tone -4.59 · silhouette 0.173 · bond score 0

Keywords: aquiles, caso, triple, alvarez, aquiles alvarez, juicio, alcalde, lvarez

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Cluster 11: Cocaine seizure in Italy prompts investigation

n=86 · share 2.0% · mean tone -2.11 · silhouette 0.039 · bond score 0

Keywords: vado ligure, ligure, vado, koji, ekvadora, luci, banana, ekvdoru

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Cluster 13: short English theme max 12 words

n=68 · share 1.6% · mean tone 4.15 · silhouette 0.235 · bond score 0

Keywords: canad, comercio, trade, libre, tratado, productos, canada, mercado

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Cluster 14: Latin American news updates

n=68 · share 1.6% · mean tone -3.00 · silhouette 0.188 · bond score 0

Keywords: latina noticias, latina, noticias, familia, padre, jueves julio, casa, jueves

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2D embedding map

UMAP (cosine) of article embeddings; colours match cluster ids. Filtered non-bond clusters appear light grey when the bond filter is active.

2D embedding map

Cluster size distribution

cluster sizes

Silhouette score by cluster

silhouette by cluster

Topics (bond-relevant, English)

IDLabel (EN)nShare Mean toneSilhouetteBond scoreKeywords
0short English theme max 12 words152535.2%0.37-0.0461guayaquil, julio, pas, seguridad, presidente, quito, ciudad, colombia
3Ecuador's Drug War and Mining1764.1%-1.310.0124gold, mining, world, july, america, rights, south, global
5short English theme max 12 words1493.4%-2.330.0425electoral, cne, elecciones, amigo, movimiento, seccionales, tce, suspensin
6Trump imposes new tariffs on 60 countries - impact on Latin America1393.2%-2.840.2413aranceles, estados unidos, estados, unidos, trump, pases, trabajo forzoso, forzoso
8US slaps tariffs on 60 trading partners over forced labor claims1022.4%-2.840.2172tariffs, tariff, trade, forced, partners, section, imports, goods
12Ecuador News: UN Top Job Race Begins791.8%-0.580.1071general, candidates, onu, antonio, united nations, nations, united, race
15short English theme max 12 words651.5%1.980.0711copa, alianza, liga, torneo, fecha, sudamericana, estadio, partido
16Latin American news updates511.2%-4.500.0972latina noticias, noticias, latina, lunes julio, lunes, vivo, fujimori, julio
17short English theme max 12 words441.0%0.030.2521museo, museo ecuador, diseo, finalistas, muna, vivos, ciudadana, luque

Cluster detail & representative articles

Cluster 0: short English theme max 12 words

n=1525 · share 35.2% · mean tone 0.37 · silhouette -0.046 · bond score 1

Keywords: guayaquil, julio, pas, seguridad, presidente, quito, ciudad, colombia

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Cluster 3: Ecuador's Drug War and Mining

n=176 · share 4.1% · mean tone -1.31 · silhouette 0.012 · bond score 4

Keywords: gold, mining, world, july, america, rights, south, global

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Cluster 5: short English theme max 12 words

n=149 · share 3.4% · mean tone -2.33 · silhouette 0.042 · bond score 5

Keywords: electoral, cne, elecciones, amigo, movimiento, seccionales, tce, suspensin

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Cluster 6: Trump imposes new tariffs on 60 countries - impact on Latin America

n=139 · share 3.2% · mean tone -2.84 · silhouette 0.241 · bond score 3

Keywords: aranceles, estados unidos, estados, unidos, trump, pases, trabajo forzoso, forzoso

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Cluster 8: US slaps tariffs on 60 trading partners over forced labor claims

n=102 · share 2.4% · mean tone -2.84 · silhouette 0.217 · bond score 2

Keywords: tariffs, tariff, trade, forced, partners, section, imports, goods

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Cluster 12: Ecuador News: UN Top Job Race Begins

n=79 · share 1.8% · mean tone -0.58 · silhouette 0.107 · bond score 1

Keywords: general, candidates, onu, antonio, united nations, nations, united, race

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Cluster 15: short English theme max 12 words

n=65 · share 1.5% · mean tone 1.98 · silhouette 0.071 · bond score 1

Keywords: copa, alianza, liga, torneo, fecha, sudamericana, estadio, partido

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Cluster 16: Latin American news updates

n=51 · share 1.2% · mean tone -4.50 · silhouette 0.097 · bond score 2

Keywords: latina noticias, noticias, latina, lunes julio, lunes, vivo, fujimori, julio

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Cluster 17: short English theme max 12 words

n=44 · share 1.0% · mean tone 0.03 · silhouette 0.252 · bond score 1

Keywords: museo, museo ecuador, diseo, finalistas, muna, vivos, ciudadana, luque

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