The Latest Breaking News from Ecuador

Ecuador's Energy Minister Juan Carlos Bermeo resigned on Thursday, saying he had "completed a cycle," just as the country begins the process of renegotiating oil block contracts with private companies.

Police described her disappearance as ‘out of character’

Quito (AFP) - A scuba diving boat sank Saturday off one of Ecuador's ecologically sensitive Galapagos Islands but damage was minor and no one was hurt, officials said.

Quito (AFP) - A ship carrying diesel fuel sank Saturday off one of Ecuador's ecologically sensitive Galapagos Islands, officials said.

A slice of Ecuadorian Centinela rainforest and all its biological treasures had been cleared and replaced with plantations, but a plant which was names after its own extinction has just been rediscovered, reports Julian Mark

Ecuador's national police have captured 18 suspected members of a criminal group who could have ties to drugs and arms trafficking, as well as murders and terrorism, with possible ties to an illegal armed group in Colombia, the organization said on Friday.

Guayaquil (Ecuador) (AFP) - Trying to prevent drug traffickers from hiding cocaine in cargo containers at Ecuador's main port of Guayaquil is becoming an increasingly expensive headache for police and exporters alike.

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