Mexico severs diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police storm its embassy to arrest politician
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Mexico’s government severed diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke in...
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Violence rattles Ecuador as a nightclub arson kills 2 and a bomb scare sparks an evacuation
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A bomb threat sent an anti-explosives unit scrambling into a bustling area of ...
A notorious Ecuadorian gang leader vanishes from prison and authorities investigate if he escaped
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A convicted leader of one of the most powerful drug gangs in Ecuador has vanis...
Ecuador’s newly sworn-in president repeals guidelines allowing people to carry limited drug amounts
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Less than 48 hours into his term, Ecuador President Daniel Noboa on Friday rep...
Daniel Noboa is sworn in as Ecuador’s president, inheriting the leadership of a country on edge
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and heir to a fortune built on the b...
Daniel Noboa, political neophyte and heir to fortune, wins presidency in violence-wracked Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa has managed to do what his father failed at five times: Getting e...
Ecuadorians electing new president, choosing between an heir to a banana empire and an attorney
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Frightened by unprecedented violence on the streets and within prisons, Ec...
Ecuadorians are picking a new president, but their demands for safety will be hard to meet
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The contest comes Sunday, and whoever wins the prize — a job that starts o...
A seventh man accused in killing of an Ecuador presidential candidate is slain inside prison
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A seventh man accused in the August assassination of an Ecuadorian presidentia...
Six Colombians held in assassination of Ecuador presidential candidate reported slain inside prison
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Six Colombians arrested as the alleged assassins of a candidate in Ecuador’s A...
UN report on Ecuador links crime with poverty, faults government for not ending bonded labor
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.N. envoy urged Ecuador’s leaders Friday to boost enforcement of labor laws an...
Ecuador says 57 guards and police officers are released after being held hostage in several prisons
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven pol...
A presidential runoff is likely in Ecuador between an ally of ex-president and a banana tycoon’s son
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian voters looking for a new leader to help curb the country’s unpr...
Ecuador arrests 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate as violence weighs on nation
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s transformation into a major drug trafficking hub and the ensuing thr...
Anti-corruption presidential candidate assassinated at campaign event in Ecuador’s capital
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorian presidential candidate known for speaking up against corruption ...