The government looks on track to win support for its key security proposals, while police say they have arrested a notorious ...

Not long ago, Ecuador was a beacon of stability in a region known for political unrest and drug trafficking. But now, it’s ...

The director of an Ecuadorian prison known as “El Rodeo” was killed Sunday in an attack that came as millions of people in ...

Drawing on extensive fieldwork, CSIS Americas Program director Ryan C. Berg and Rubi Bledsoe examine the causes of Ecuador's ...

The majority of the referendum questions were related to crime prevention, although Ecuador also grapples with widespread corruption, a crippling electricity shortage and a diplomatic spat with ...

Illegal trafficking of shark fins and bodies from Ecuador to Peru has gone on for years. On Feb. 6, Ecuador announced ...

Quito [Ecuador], April 22 (ANI): People have begun voting in a referendum on proposed tougher steps to tackle gang-related ...

Noboa, the son of a banana tycoon, swept into office last November as the youngest president in Ecuador’s history on the back of a promise to rein in the rampant crime that has transformed the ...

Ecuadorians on Sunday expressed broad support during a nationwide referendum for President Daniel Noboa’s proposals to ...

The official was identified in a news release by Ecuador’s national prisons agency SNAI as Cosme Damián Parrales Merchán, the director of the Manabi region prison, but no more details around ...

More than 13 million Ecuadorians head to the polls Sunday for a referendum focused on security that could shape the country’s ...