STORY: Ecuador’s military patrolled the streets of the capital Quito on Wednesday night as the government shut down the country's power network for preventive maintenance. More blackouts are set for ...

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has signed Decree 299, presenting the country's new marca pais (country brand), aimed at positioning Ecuador as a must-see tourist destination and an ideal business ...

Drug trafficker Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, 'Fito', is guarded as he is moved, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on June 25, 2025 [Mauricio Torres/EPA] The fugitive leader of Ecuador’s Los Choneros gang has ...

Ecuadorians will vote Sunday on whether to reverse a constitutional ban and allow foreign military bases back in the country, as part of the fight against drug trafficking. Some other news now.

With its four-piece bathroom suite, queen-size bed and mini fridge, the untidy prison cell of the notorious leader of the Los Choneros gang, José Adolfo Macías, could have been in a hotel instead of ...

Filmmaker Marcel Mettelsiefen talks about making the documentary ‘Drug War in Ecuador,’ an on-the-ground look at how institutions, gangs and ordinary people are navigating the country’s ongoing crisis ...

Some other news now. President Trump says drug traffickers operating out of Ecuador are, quote, "narco-terrorists." Ecuador's conservative president says that, too. So he's asking the United States ...