Ecuador

Ecuador votes in knife-edge presidential runoff amid crime surge, economic struggles

In the first round in February, Noboa edged past Gonzalez by fewer than 17,000 votes. Polls suggest the outcome of Sunday's election could go either way

History Today: When France's greatest emperor Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated his throne

On April 11, 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of Fontainebleau, he was exiled to Elba, a small island in the Mediterranean. Today also marks the day when WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was removed from Ecuador’s London embassy after seven years of asylum in 2019

How a Peruvian fisherman survived 95 days at sea on birds and cockroaches

Peruvian fisherman Maximo Napa was lost at sea for 95 days after his boat drifted 1,094 km off course due to a storm. Surviving on rainwater, cockroaches, birds and turtles, he endured the last 15 days without food. Rescued by Ecuadorian fishermen on March 11, he was found dehydrated but in stable condition and later reunited with his family

Guayaquil bloodshed: 22 killed in gang battle amid Ecuador’s crackdown on crime

The government of President Daniel Noboa, who is running for reelection in an April run-off, has intensified security operations over the past several weeks in the country’ most violent areas as part of a war on drug gangs declared by Noboa.

2 dead in Ecuador & Peru as big waves of up to 13 feet hit coast

Ecuador's secretary for risk management, Jorge Carillo, told a media conference that an "extreme event" was occurring and warned that similar phenomena could be expected in the future

Mexico takes Ecuador to ICJ, says want it 'suspended' from UN over embassy attack

The tensions between the two nations intensified last week after the Ecuadorian authorities barged into the Mexican diplomatic mission to arrest Ecuador’s former Vice-President Jorge Glas

WATCH how Ecuadorian police 'manhandled, abused, mistreated' ex-VP Jorge Glas before arresting him

The video, posted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, shows how the Ecuadorian police force broke into the Mexican Embassy by breaching its security

Ecuador police break into Mexican embassy: How a diplomatic crisis has unfolded

Ecuadorian police broke through the external doors of the Mexican Embassy in Quito, Friday evening, to arrest Jorge Glas, the former Ecuadorian Vice President, who had been residing there since December. Why is it a big deal?

Mexico breaks off diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy stormed in Quito

Ecuadorian police broke into the Mexican Embassy in the capital city of Quito and arrested Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas, who is convicted twice on corruption charges

Ecuador: 5 tourists kidnapped, killed by 'rival gangsters'

Six adults and a child were abducted on Friday when about 20 attackers broke into a hotel in the southern Ecuadorian beach town of Ayampe, according to local police chief Richard Vaca