22 dead, dozens injured as flooding hits Ecuador capital
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades has killed at…
4 years ago
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Flooding kills at least 11 people in Ecuador capital
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - At least 11 people were killed and 32 injured on Monday after the heaviest flooding to…
4 years ago
Oil spill pollutes nature reserve in Ecuadoran Amazon
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - An oil spill in eastern Ecuador has reached a nature reserve and polluted a river that…
4 years ago
Ecuador monitoring oil leak threatening river in Amazon
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - Ecuador said it was monitoring the progress of an operation to clean up an oil leak…
4 years ago
Ecuador declares red alert in most of country over Omicron
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuador on Sunday declared a red alert in most of the country following a ten-fold increase…
4 years ago
Ecuador expands sea life protections around Galapagos
PUERTO AYORA, Ecuador (AFP) - Ecuador created a massive new marine reserve Friday north of its Galapagos islands, forming a…
4 years ago
Quake rattles Quito, but no major damage
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A tremor measuring 4.6 hit the Ecuador capital Quito on Tuesday, rattling the city of 2.7…
5 years ago
Ecuador military, prison heads resign after jail riot
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuador is "seriously threatened" by drug trafficking mafias who want to "take…
5 years ago
Ecuador anti-drug trafficking radar hit by explosion
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A plane-spotting radar Ecuador started operating two weeks ago to curtail drug trafficking was hit by…
5 years ago
Ecuadorans block roads on Day 2 of fuel price protests
by Paola Lopez and Santiago Piedra Silva / Paula Lopez and Santiago Piedra Silva QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Indigenous and…
5 years ago
Avalanche kills at least 4 climbers on Ecuador volcano: officials
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- An avalanche Sunday on a snow-capped Ecuadoran volcano killed at least four climbers and injured a…
5 years ago
Ecuador president declares state of emergency over drug violence
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso on Monday declared a state of emergency in the country grappling with…
5 years ago
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