Ecuador

Ecuador volcano rumbles, spews ash cloud

QUITO, July 11, 2024 (AFP) - A volcano in central Ecuador spewed a cloud of ash Wednesday that fell on…

Ecuador in diplomatic storm after raid at Mexican embassy

By Paola Lopez and Santiago Piedra with Sofia Miselem in Mexico City QUITO, April 7, 2024 (AFP) - Ecuador faced…

Ecuador prison riot leaves one dead, four injured

(AFP)  — At least one person was killed and four injured in an overnight prison revolt in Ecuador's port city…

Dozens arrested in Ecuador after hospital assault

QUITO, Jan 22, 2024 (AFP) - Police in violence-plagued Ecuador arrested 68 people Sunday who had attempted to take over…

Prosecutor probing gang-related Ecuador TV studio attack is killed

QUITO, Jan 17, 2024 (AFP) - The prosecutor investigating a dramatic armed assault by gangsters last week on an Ecuadoran…

Ecuador president says ‘in state of war’ against cartels

By Santiago PIEDRA SILVA QUITO, Jan 10, 2024 (AFP) - Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa said Wednesday the country was in…

Dynastic succession: Daniel Noboa, heir to banana empire, becomes Ecuador’s youngest president

QUITO, Oct 16, 2023 (AFP) - At the age of 35, Ecuador's president-elect Daniel Noboa is fulfilling the political dreams…

Ecuadorans elect youngest-ever president, Daniel Noboa, to address country’s challenges

QUITO, Oct 16, 2023 (AFP) - Car horns in Quito blared in celebration Sunday as banana empire heir Daniel Noboa,…

Ecuador jungle community hopes vote will end oil drilling

BAMENO, Ecuador, Aug 4, 2023 (AFP) - Armed with a long blowgun and darts laced with poison extracted from plants,…

El Niño spells trouble for vulnerable Galapagos iguana

By Carlos MANDUJANO Agence France-Presse PUERTO AYORA , Ecuador (AFP) -- Unusually warm for this time of year, the waters…

Three inmates found hanged at Ecuador prison

QUITO, Ecuador, June 22, 2023 (AFP) -- Three inmates were found hanged Wednesday in a prison in Ecuador, where more…

Six dead, eight wounded in Ecuador gang shooting

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, June 20, 2023 (AFP) -- Six people were killed and eight wounded Monday in an apparent gang shootout…

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