Ecuador declares emergency after 5 police gunned down
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Five police officers were killed, several more wounded and prison guards taken hostage Tuesday in the…
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Ecuador investigates killing of four Galapagos giant tortoises
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Prosecutors in Ecuador on Monday announced an investigation into the alleged hunting and killing of four…
4 years ago
3 dead, 12 injured after fall while climbing Ecuador volcano
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Three mountaineers died and 12 were injured after they fell while climbing Ecuador's Carihuairazo volcano,…
4 years ago
Ecuador government, Indigenous leaders sign deal to end protests
QUITO, July 1, 2022 (AFP) - Thousands of Indigenous protesters left the Ecuadoran capital of Quito Thursday evening after their…
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Ecuadoran frogs Rocket and Harlequin taking on mining industry
by Paola Lopez Agence France-Presse JUNIN, Ecuador (AFP) -- On the banks of a crystalline waterfall, biologist Andrea Teran…
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Ecuador’s ex-VP returns to prison in corruption case
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Authorities in Ecuador on Friday arrested and re-imprisoned former vice-president Jorge Glas, after a court…
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Ecuador prison riot leaves 43 dead, 108 on the run
SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS COLORADOS, Ecuador (AFP) -- At least 43 inmates died on Monday in Ecuador's latest grisly…
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52 died in rainy season in Ecuador: officials
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - An unusually long, intense and destructive rainy season in Ecuador has left 52 people dead and…
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Mutilated bodies, gang wars shock once-peaceful Ecuador
by Paola LÓPEZ Agence France-Presse QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - A headless body discarded in the street. Two corpses dangling from…
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Ecuador capital flooding toll raised to 28
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades claimed 28 lives in the capital Quito…
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Oil everywhere: Ecuador Amazonians seethe over new spill
by Paola LÓPEZ Agence France-Presse PUERTO MADEROS, Ecuador (AFP) - There is oil in the water, on the rocks and…
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Amazon oil spill in Ecuador was 6,300 barrels
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - An oil spill caused by a ruptured pipeline in Ecuador's Amazon region leaked almost 6,300 barrels…
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