Republic of Ecuador

Destinations

This sustainable Galapagos Islands cruise is a wildlife lover’s dream

Expedition yacht La Pinta brings the iconic wildlife, natural wonders and ecological warnings of the Galapagos into view.

19/04/2025

Republic of Ecuador

Conservative President Noboa secures re-election in Ecuador

The right-wing politician, whose campaign centred on fighting crime and revitalising the economy, received around 56% of the vote on Sunday. But his rival Luisa González has demanded a recount.

14/04/2025

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Ecuadorian village women play their self-invented sport

Women from the northern village of Turucu in Ecuador play handball dressed in traditional Anaco skirts.

20/06/2024

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At least seven persons killed by landslides in Baños, Ecuador

The storms sent a deluge of mud and floodwaters crashing into highways and bridges, severing the main road connecting Ecuador’s highlands to its Amazonian provinces.

18/06/2024

Nature

Darwin’s finches have returned to the Galapagos Islands

Some 510 finches from five species were released on Floreana Island as part of a nature restoration programme, according to Ecuador’s Ministry of the Environment.

05/03/2024

Nature

Volcano erupts on birthplace of last known 'fantastic giant tortoise'

Fernanda, a lone female, was discovered on Fernandina in 2019 and is now fated to become an endling.

04/03/2024

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Prosecutor investigating attack on Ecuador TV studio shot dead

The prosecutor was shot more than 20 times while driving a white car in the north of Guayaquil.

18/01/2024

Republic of Ecuador

Ecuador deems drug gangs 'terrorist groups' after live TV attack

The country has been plunged into chaos after its most notorious gang leader and drug lord, Adolfo Macías, escaped from prison on Sunday.

10/01/2024

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Oil spill in Ecuador's Amazon region a result of 'sabotage'

The spill was captured in a video by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon, 10km from Lago Agrio, the capital of Sucumbios in northeast Ecuador.

11/05/2023

Nature

Ecuador seals landmark deal to protect Galápagos Islands and cut debt

Ecuador’s ‘debt for nature’ swap hopes to protect the archipelago’s unique flora and fauna including many species that can be found nowhere else on Earth.

10/05/2023

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Watch: Aerial images of site of deadly landslide in Ecuador

Rescuers and local residents have been searching for more than 60 people reported missing after a landslide triggered by months of heavy rainfall killed at least seven in Ecuador's south.

28/03/2023

Republic of Ecuador

Fears grow for missing people in Ecuador's massive mudslides

Emergency services are still searching for survivors of Sunday's massive landslide in central Ecuador. Mud engulfed at least 163 homes in the small Andean community of Alausi affecting around 500 people.

28/03/2023

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Strong earthquake hits Ecuador and Peru, killing at least 14 people

The US Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of about 6.8 that was centered just off the Pacific Coast.

19/03/2023

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Protests in Quito after lawyer found murdered

Protests outside Quito police headquarters after lawyer found murdered.

22/09/2022

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Ecuadorian Indigenous people celebrate deal to cut fuel prices

Ecuadorian Indigenous people celebrate after their leaders and the government signed a deal that would cut fuel prices and end cost-of-living protests that largely paralysed the country for 18 straight days.

01/07/2022

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Ecuador demonstrators take to streets

Ecuador demonstrators take to streets on day 11 of anti-govt protests. Police fire tear gas to disperse protesters.

24/06/2022

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Indigenous protesters gather at university in Quito over night after protest

Ecuador's Indigenous demonstrators gather at Central University in Quito to spend the night, where many are using it as a place of accommodation during the protest period.

22/06/2022

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Another Ecuador prison clash leaves 43 inmates dead

A clash between rival Ecuadorian gangs has left 43 inmates dead, officials said Monday, little more than a month after another prison riot resulted in 20 deaths.

09/05/2022

Nature

Ecuador grants wild animals legal rights in landmark court case

It is thought to be the first time the country’s constitutional protection of nature has been applied in court.

01/04/2022

Republic of Ecuador

Police: Ecuadorian prison clash leaves dozens dead

Clashes inside Ecuador’s largest prison early on Saturday left at least 58 inmates dead.

13/11/2021

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Ecuador: Road blockade on second day of strikes

Main roads in at least ten provinces of Ecuador remained blocked on Wednesday on the second day of a national strike against fuel price hikes and President Guillermo Lasso's economic policies.

28/10/2021

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State of emergency declared in Ecuador’s prisons after 116 die in riot

Officials said at least five of the dead in the riot at Litoral penitentiary in Guayaquil were beheaded.

30/09/2021

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Galapagos' pink iguanas now critically endangered

The rare Galapagos' pink iguanas earlier this week were declared as a critically endangered species by environmental organizations, after an expedition in early August estimated only 211 specimens still populate their native Wolf Volcano.

01/09/2021

Republic of Ecuador

Ecuador picks conservative Guillermo Lasso for president

Ex-banker Guillermo Lasso defeated left-wing economist Andrés Arauz in Ecuador's presidential runoff.

12/04/2021

Living

Why Nemonte Nenquimo has become the voice of the Indigenous population

Nenquimo has been named one of Time Magazine's Most Influential People of 2020.

01/11/2020

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Scientists find tortoise genetically linked to extinct species

She is thought to be linked to Lonesome George, who died in 2012 and was the last known tortoise of the Pinta Island (Chelonoidis abingdonii) species.

01/02/2020