Rafael Correa

Ecuador earthquake: Death toll at 650, over 100 people rescued from deep rubble

Nearly 650 people are now known to have died in the strong earthquake that hit Ecuador one week ago, President Rafael Correa said Saturday.

Powerful earthquake in Ecuador leaves behind trail of destruction

At least 77 people were killed in the earthquake at Ecuador, which was recorded at a 7.8 magnitude. In this photo, rescue workers are seen working to pull out survivors trapped in a collapsed building in the city of Manta.

Ecuador army plane crashes into Amazon rainforest, kills all 22 aboard

Thousands line the streets of Ecuador for Pope Francis as he begins his South America tour

Thousands of jubilant people lined the streets of Quito as Pope Francis began a grueling South American trip on Sunday that will also take in Bolivia and Paraguay.

Britain could end Assange row 'tomorrow': Ecuadorian prez

Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa has said that Britain had the power to resolve the Julian Assange standoff "tomorrow."

Ecuador's president Rafael Correa abandons no-drilling plan for Amazon

Correa had sought $3.6 billion in contributions to maintain a moratorium on drilling in the remote Yasuni National Park, which was declared a biosphere reserve by the United Nations in 1989 and is home to two Indian tribes living in voluntary isolation.

Obama downplays Snowden, Ecuador remains defiant

President Barack Obama tried to cool the international frenzy over Edward Snowden on Thursday as Ecuador stepped up its defiance and said it was preemptively rejecting millions in trade benefits that it could lose by taking in the fugitive from his limbo in a Moscow airport

Ecuador election: President Rafael Correa cruises to re-election victory

The charismatic leftist had 57 percent support compared with 24 percent for runner-up Guillermo Lasso, with almost 40 percent of votes counted.

Raiding embassy for Assange will be 'suicidal', Ecuador warns UK

The British Foreign Office has insisted it will not grant Assange "safe passage" to Ecuador as it seeks a diplomatic solution to him being given asylum.

Why Ecuador leader granted asylum to WikiLeaks' Assange

Correa's decision to grant asylum to the WikiLeaks founder on Thursday seems anything but an emotional roll of the dice.