"Diplomatic Tensions: Ecuador Declares Mexico Ambassador Persona Non Grata, Mexico Grants Asylum to Former Ecuador VP"

Ecuador has declared Mexico's ambassador persona non grata and ordered her to leave the country following comments made by Mexican President Lopez Obrador about the 2023 presidential elections in Ecuador. The move comes after the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, with Ecuador invoking the principle of "non-intervention" and the Vienna Convention as grounds for the expulsion. Lopez Obrador compared Villavicencio's killing to violence during Mexico's current election season and criticized the media for creating a "charged atmosphere of violence" in the run-up to the election.