Desperation over gang violence fuels a surge of migration from Ecuador to the US
SAN MATEO, Ecuador (AP) — Oswaldo Angulo is a born fisherman, like generations before him. The oldes...
ELLIOT SPAGAT
31/10/2024
Ecuador
Timeline of the Julian Assange legal saga over extradition to the US on espionage charges
LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange headed to the Northern Mariana Islands on Tuesday to ...
SYLVIA HUI
25/06/2024
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...
REGINA GARCIA CANO
07/04/2024
Gunmen in Ecuador kill 9, injure 10 others in attack in coastal city of Guayaquil as violence surges
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Gunmen attacked a group of people in Ecuador ’s coastal city of Guayaquil kill...
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01/04/2024
Ecuador’s escalating gang violence is broadcast live to the nation as masked gunmen storm TV studio
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — It was a day like any other at the TC Television studio in Guayaquil, Ecua...
ALLEN PANCHANA
10/01/2024
Armed men break into a live TV studio in Ecuador as the country is rocked by a series of attacks
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Masked men broke onto the set of a public television channel in Ecuador waving...
GONZALO SOLANO
10/01/2024
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...
REGINA GARCIA CANO
16/10/2023
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...
REGINA GARCIA CANO
15/10/2023
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...
REGINA GARCIA CANO
13/10/2023
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...
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08/10/2023
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...
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07/10/2023
8 injured when JetBlue flight from Ecuador hits severe turbulence as it approaches Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A JetBlue flight from Ecuador to Fort Lauderdale hit extreme turbulence...
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26/09/2023
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...
REGINA GARCIA CANO
09/09/2023
Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Men walk through a lush plantation between Ecuador ’s balmy Pacific coast ...
REGINA GARCIA CANO
04/09/2023
An explosion in Ecuador is seen as gangs asserting power after inmates take hostages and free some
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Criminal groups in Ecuador used explosives to damage a bridge in Ecuador on Fr...
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02/09/2023
Two car bombs explode in Ecuador without injuring anyone, but they underscore a fragile security
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Two car bombs exploded in Ecuador’s capital overnight within hours of each oth...
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31/08/2023
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...
REGINA GARCIA CANO
21/08/2023
Ecuadorians choosing a new president amid increasing violence that may scare away voters
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador is holding a special election Sunday to pick a new president, with...
REGINA GARCIA CANO
20/08/2023
Ecuadorians vote Sunday for president after a campaign dominated by demands for safety
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians will choose a new president Sunday, less than two weeks after ...
REGINA GARCIA CANO
18/08/2023
Political leader in Ecuador is killed less than a week after presidential candidate’s assassination
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — The unprecedented violence shaking Ecuador claimed the life of another pol...
REGINA GARCIA CANO
15/08/2023