An Indigenous Kichwa man holds roses in peaceful solidarity for labor rights during a demonstration in Quito, Ecuador, on October 22, 2020. PHOTO BY KIMBERLEY BROWN Paula says her boss claimed the ...

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador’s coastal areas on Saturday has already left 350 people dead and more than 2,500 injured, government officials reported Monday. As rescuers and residents ...

In the wake of center-right President Guillermo Lasso’s move to dissolve a National Assembly to prevent impeachment proceedings, Ecuador will head to a snap presidential election on August 20. This ...

First came the flood and then the "long, long" earthquake, a shaking so hard the two-story, covered market came down in a heap in this small town in western Ecuador. Dazed residents began the week in ...

Five rescue dogs were honored by Ecuador’s Fire Department on Monday at a ceremony formally retiring them after seven years of service and turning them over to new adoptive owners. Lt. Col. Esteban ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador on Wednesday unveiled new, tighter regulations for the design and construction of mining waste dams, seeking to avoid disasters like the tailings dam collapse that killed ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's government plans to tighten rules regulating the construction and operation of mining waste dams to avoid disasters like one in Brazil in January when a dam owned by Vale ...