Ecuador News News Ecuador » People: Ecuador's incredible promise to its people
Ecuador is tied to a promise made 3000 years ago, exploring the historical and cultural significance of the connection. The video delves into the rich heritage and the ongoing legacy of this promise.
News Ecuador » People: Guayaquil mayor blames Ecuador's president as drug violence spirals
Car bombings, massacres, extortion, and a security force outgunned by drug gangs: the mayor of Ecuador's most violent city says residents are living through a "collective psychosis" -- and suggests ...
News Ecuador » People: Indigenous movement in Ecuador announces end of a month-long strike
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) announced on Wednesday the end of the strike that began in September in protest of the elimination of the diesel subsidy and other ...
News Ecuador » People: Ecuador: Abusive Response to Protests
Ecuadorian police and security forces have restricted freedom of assembly and at times used excessive force in their response to anti-government protests since mid-September, 2025.
News Ecuador » People: The Death Toll Is Rising from Ecuador’s Crackdown on Protesters
The unrest has been triggered, in part, by the targeting of environmental leaders whose work protects large swaths of the Amazon rainforest.
News Ecuador » People: Prison riot in Ecuador kills at least 17 people
Security personnel arrive at the Litoral Penitentiary after a riot in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 14, 2023 [Vicente Gaibor del Pino/Reuters At least 17 people have been killed in a prison riot in ...
News Ecuador » People: Ecuador's president says he was target of foiled chocolate and jam poisoning
Ecuador's president has said someone attempted to poison him by putting three highly concentrated toxic substances in gifts of chocolate and jam. Daniel Noboa said his team had proof to support the ...
News Ecuador » People: Ecuador president seeks to reduce number of legislators by half
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa wants to reduce the current number of National Assembly members by nearly half. The proposal will be put to a public vote, ...
News Ecuador » People: Ecuador: The Andean reinvention of cumbia
Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.
News Ecuador » People: Inmates beheaded in second Ecuador prison massacre in days
Clashes between drug gangs on Thursday claimed at least 17 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, with rampaging inmates beheading and maiming rivals, officials in the ...
News Ecuador » People: Ecuador’s president claims poisoned chocolate and jam used in new attempt on his life
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa has had quite a month, surviving not one, not two, but three alleged assassination attempts – the latest of which apparently involved gifts of jam and chocolate laced ...
News Ecuador » People: Singer Paulina Tamayo, Known as 'The Great of Ecuador,' Dies at Age 60
Ecuadorian singer Paulina Tamayo has died at the age of 60. "The Great of Ecuador, a legend of our music, leaves us a legacy that will live on forever. Her voice remains in the heart of an entire ...