no comment Ecuador prison riots: Number of inmates dead in rises to 79 Authorities have said the clashes that began on Monday night were precipitated by a search for weapons carried out at the facilities in the South American nation. 25/02/2021
world news COVID-19 spreading across Latin America Cases of coronavirus are spreading rapidly in parts of Latin America and threaten to overwhelm already weak medical services 26/04/2020
no comment 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
Republic of Ecuador Ecuador's president sends soldiers onto the streets as protests worsen Ecuadorean indigenous group Conaie said late on Saturday that it would continue anti-austerity protests after President Lenin Moreno imposed a military-enforced curfew in the capital Quito 13/10/2019
no comment Venezuelan migrants protest after Ecuador shuts border crossing Ecuador shut its border on Monday (August 26) to hundreds of Venezuelans waiting to cross, as new restrictions from Quito on migrants fleeing the OPEC nation come into effect. 27/08/2019
United Kingdom No decision to expel Julian Assange, says senior Ecuador official Assange has been holed up inside Ecuador's London embassy since 2012. 05/04/2019
Venezuela Watch again: Venezuelans demonstrate in Caracas as Guaido returns Guaido is risking arrest with his return after he ignored a court-imposed travel ban and toured Latin American countries to boost support for his campaign to oust Maduro. 04/03/2019
United Kingdom Julian Assange meets German MPs in London Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is meeting with German politicians today. 20/12/2018
United Kingdom Ecuador says there is 'path' for Assange to leave London embassy "There is a path for Mr Assange to take the decision to exit into near freedom," said President Lenin Moreno. 07/12/2018
Republic of Ecuador Assange has to pay for his own internet and feed his cat A court in Ecuador has rejected Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's lawsuit and ruled that he must abide by the London embassy's new rules. 30/10/2018
United Kingdom Assange sues Ecuador government for ‘violating his fundamental rights' The move comes as Assange is still being sheltered at the country’s UK embassy. 19/10/2018
Republic of Ecuador Hundreds of birds die in 'collective suicide' in Ecuador. Here's why. A remote Andean village in Ecuador celebrates the peculiar "collective suicide" ritual of migratory birds into their sacred lake. 25/09/2018
world news The endurance cyclist who slept in a Mexico prison Romanian-Canadian adventurer Radu Paltineannu cycled 34,000 kms across the Americas. ALong the way he slept in some pretty unusual places: an Alaskan wooden church, a Mexican prison cell and a Bolivian volcano top among others. 10/09/2018
Venezuela Ecuador shuts door on Venezuelans without passports Venezuelans hoping to travel through Ecuador camped outside the border yesterday after the government introduced tighter entry requirements. They were allowed into Ecuador using national ID cards. With the influx of immigrants on the rise, the government wants to see passports, something many don' 19/08/2018
brussels bureau Arrest warrant 'political, illegal and absurd,' says Ecuador's Correa Former president Rafael Correa, accused of kidnapping a political opponent in 2012, denies all charges 04/07/2018
world news Stowaways fall from New-York bound flight Police have not revealed the nationality or identities of the two individuals, but said they likely fainted or were ejected after takeoff 27/02/2018
