The Latest Breaking News from Ecuador

Ecuador's Energy Minister Juan Carlos Bermeo resigned on Thursday, saying he had "completed a cycle," just as the country begins the process of renegotiating oil block contracts with private companies.

Police described her disappearance as ‘out of character’

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About 15 years ago I was shadowing a local journalist on Peru’s northern coast who was reporting on a group of 20 Chinese nationals local police found lost in the nearby desert. They’d arrived on a container ship that sailed from China to Lima and had paid traffickers to get…

“The research team sampled three species of rays to make comparisons with other populations in the region". 

Banana growers from three provinces in Ecuador blocked main roads across the South American country on Monday to demand government action to boost prices they say are too low for them to meet production costs.

Former Ecuadorean vice president Jorge Glas was released from prison on Sunday, after a judge ruled his physical and psychological well-being were at risk, officials and Glas' supporters said.

England will head to Qatar for the World Cup finals in November and all of the tournament's matches will be broadcast live, with the BBC and ITV announcing which channel each fixture will be shown on

Ecuador's government has retaken control of a prison in the city of Cuenca where 20 people were killed in a violent confrontation over the weekend, it said on Monday.