Ecuador

A woman stands in the door of her damaged home after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the coast, in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, April 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Naila Ibarra
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Ecuador, 20 injured

The quake struck at a depth of 23 km (14.29 miles), EMSC said, with Ecuadorean authorities ruling out issuing a tsunami warning

A combination picture shows Ecuador's presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez of the Revolucion Ciudadana party (L) and Ecuador's President and presidential candidate for re-election Daniel Noboa addressing the media on the day of a televised presidential debate, in Quito, Ecuador March 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Karen Toro/File Photo
Politics

Ecuador votes in close presidential race, with drug violence the top concern

A cloud of smoke and ash is seen covering Quito, as the city has five active fires in its surroundings, Ecuador September 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Karen Toro/File Photo
Climate Change

Ecuador declares national emergency as wildfires, drought intensify

Jhajayra Machoa Mendua, leader of the A'I Cofan nationality, speaks during a press conference at the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Yumbo, Colombia October 31, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
Environment

Ecuador's Indigenous defenders face growing threats, activists say at UN summit

Luisa Gonzalez, former presidential candidate of the Movimiento Revolucion Ciudadana party, speaks to the media after Ecuadorean authorities arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas seizing him from the Mexican embassy, in Quito, Ecuador April 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Karen Toro/File Photo
Politics

Ecuador ex-President Correa's party taps Luisa Gonzalez as presidential candidate

Police officers stand guard as the trial with five people accused of involvement in the assassination of Ecuadorean anti-corruption presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is set to begin, in Quito, Ecuador, June 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Karen Toro/File Photo
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Ecuador court sentences five people for up to 34 years in candidate murder

Ecuador's Vice President Jorge Glas talks during an interview with Reuters at the Government Palace in Quito, Ecuador, August 29, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Daniel Tapia/File Photo
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Ecuador sues Mexico over asylum decision at World Court

People stand outside Venezuela's consulate to do paperwork after Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of his government's embassy and two consulates in Ecuador in protest of Ecuador's detention of former Vice President Jorge Glas, in Quito, Ecuador April 16, 2024. Photo:REUTERS/Karen Toro
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Venezuela's Maduro orders embassy in Ecuador closed

Police officers stand guard as Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas is expected to arrive at the La Roca Prison, after Ecuadorean forces raided Mexico's embassy to arrest Glas who had been convicted twice of corruption and who had been granted asylum by Mexican authorities, in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 6, 2024. REUTERS/Marcos Pin
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Mexico breaks relations with Ecuador after embassy stormed

A view shows la cumbre volcano erupting and spewing lava, as seen from Isabela Island in Galapagos, Ecuador, 3 March 2024. Photo: Parque Nacional Galapagos/Andy Torres /Handout via REUTERS
Environment

Galapagos volcano starts to erupt on uninhabited island

Workers lie on the floor as hooded and armed people take over a tv studio of Ecuador's TV station TC during a live broadcast, in this still image of a Reuters' recording of the affair of TC signal channel, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 9, 2024. Reuters Tv
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Ecuador roiled by on-air take-over of TV studio by gunmen, other violence

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Daniel Noboa and his wife Lavinia Valbonesi, attend a presidential election night gathering, in Santa Elena, Ecuador October 15, 2023. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos
Politics

Businessman Noboa to face economic, security hurdles as Ecuador president

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Daniel Noboa and his wife Lavinia Valbonesi celebrate his win in the presidential election, in Santa Elena, Ecuador October 15, 2023. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos
Politics

Noboa wins Ecuador presidential race, pledges to rebuild country