Ecuador

Ecuador's conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer advance to presidential runoff

3:13am February 10, 2025

Ecuador will choose its next president in a April runoff election after conservative incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González garnered enough votes Sunday to beat 14 other candidates.

An aerial view of Colombia's Regadera Reservoir in Usme, near Bogotá, April 16. Colombia's capital of Bogotá imposed water rations due to a severe drought aggravated by the El Niño.

El Niño weather is leading to droughts and power cuts in South America

5:00am May 01, 2024

by Manuel Rueda

A drought has upended life in several South American cities, leading to water rationing and power cuts as well as forest fires.

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Police attempt to break into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 5, 2024, following Mexico's granting of asylum to former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought refuge there.

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Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top U.N. court over storming of the Mexican Embassy

3:03am April 30, 2024

by The Associated Press

Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top U.N. court Tuesday, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito.

A woman holds the ballot to vote in a referendum proposed by President Daniel Noboa to endorse new security measures aimed at cracking down on criminal gangs fueling escalating violence, in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, April 21, 2024.

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Ecuadorians vote in referendum to approve toughening fight against gangs

1:06am April 22, 2024

by The Associated Press

Ecuador's president got a resounding victory Sunday in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence.

People stand outside the Venezuelan embassy in Quito, Ecuador, on Tuesday.

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Venezuela orders the closure of its embassy in Ecuador

4:06am April 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

Venezuela's president ordered the closure of his country's embassy in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito.

Police break into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 5, 2024.

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Mexico's president says country will break diplomatic ties with Ecuador

2:24am April 06, 2024

by The Associated Press

The announcement came after Ecuadorian police officers forcibly broke into the Mexican embassy in Quito, detaining former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who was seeking political asylum there.

Mujeres indígenas participan en la marcha en Puyo, Ecuador, el 8 de marzo de 2024.

Razones por la que mujeres indígenas Ecuatorianas marchan en 8M

12:35pm March 16, 2024

by Tatiana Lopez

Mujeres de diferentes nacionalidades indígenas viajaron desde sus territorios a Puyo, Ecuador, para marchar por las calles de la ciudad como lo hacen cada año en el Día Internacional de la Mujer.

"My participation in the march as an Amazonian woman is to praise our rights and violence worldwide." Portrait of Josefina Tunki, the ex-Executive President of the Government Council of the Shuar Arutam People in Puyo, Ecuador, March 8, 2024.

Ecuadorian Indigenous Women on why they march

12:35pm March 16, 2024

by Tatiana Lopez

Women from different Indigenous nationalities traveled from their territories to Puyo, Ecuador on March 8 to march through the city's streets as they do every year on International Women's Day

Soldiers enter the prison in Cotopaxi, Ecuador, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Soldiers and police intervened in several prisons in Ecuador in search of weapons, ammunition and explosives and to restore order.

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Prosecutor in the TV studio attack is shot dead in Ecuador's most dangerous city

7:59pm January 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

César Suárez was also in charge of the Metastasis case involving an Ecuadorian drug lord who allegedly received favorable treatment from judges, prosecutors, police officers and high officials.

Soldiers patrol the perimeter of Inca prison during a state of emergency in Quito, Ecuador, on Tuesday in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison.

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Armed men are arrested after storming an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast

7:08pm January 09, 2024

by The Associated Press

The men armed with pistols and what looked like sticks of dynamite entered the set of the TC Television network. Prosecutors say the 13 arrested will be charged with terrorism.