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Ecuador police defuse bomb strapped to guard

Quito (AFP) - Ecuadoran explosives experts defused a bomb on the streets of Guayaquil Thursday that criminals had strapped to a security guard after his employer refused to pay protection money, police and media said.

AFP

At least 16 people were killed in a landslide in central Ecuador

The landslide in Alausí, about 137 miles south of the capital, Quito, affected an estimated 500 people and 163 homes. Rescuers frantically searched for survivors.

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Five Ecuador TV stations receive letter bombs, one explodes

Quito (AFP) - Letter bombs were sent to at least five journalists working in TV and radio stations in violence-plagued Ecuador Monday, one of which exploded without causing serious injury, Interior Minister Juan Zapata said.

AFP

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Trudy Rubin: The steadfastness of Galapagos tortoises is a symbol for our times

I took a vacation to the Galapagos in hopes that mingling with peaceful animals would provide some relief from writing about Vladimir Putin's bloody crimes.

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Ecuador top drug trafficker captured in Colombian border city -police

One of Ecuador's most wanted drug traffickers, accused of having close ties with Mexican drug cartels, was captured in a Colombian city close to the border between the two countries, police in Quito said on Thursday.

Reuters

Ecuador votes on extradition amid crime boom

Quito (AFP) - Ecuadorans voted in a referendum Sunday that will decide whether or not to allow extradition of citizens linked to organized crime in a country rocked by a dramatic increase in violence.

AFP

New dwarf boa found in Ecuadoran Amazon

Quito (AFP) - Scientists have discovered a new species of dwarf boa in the Ecuadoran Amazon and named it after an Indigenous activist.

AFP

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Ecuador volcano releases ash cloud affecting parts of capital

The Ecuadorean Geophysical Institute on Tuesday detected a column of gases and ashes rising from the crater of the Cotopaxi volcano, as part of its ongoing eruptive activity, affecting several areas of capital city Quito with volcanic ash.

Reuters

Chronic malnutrition stalks many poor children in Ecuador

Government officials in Ecuador say child malnutrition is chronic among the country’s 18 million inhabitants

The Independent UK

Ecuador's ex-VP freed from jail after graft sentence

Quito (AFP) - Ecuador's former vice president Jorge Glas has been released from prison after serving time for corruption in a vast scandal involving the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.

AFP

Ecuador leave Castillo out of World Cup squad after 'unfair sanctions'

Quito (AFP) - The Ecuadoran football federation said Tuesday that defender Byron Castillo had been left out of the nation's World Cup squad to avoid further "unfair sanctions" in a dispute over the player's nationality.

AFP

Ecuador unrest to keep leader from attending World Cup opener

Quito (AFP) - Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso said on Wednesday he will not attended his country's clash with Qatar that opens the World Cup next week due to the wave of violence gripping the South American nation.

AFP

November full moon 2024: Last supermoon of the year joins the Pleiades

November's full Beaver Moon will occur on Nov. 15 and will shine near the well-known Pleiades star cluster in the Taurus constellation.

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Demonstrators in Ecuador protest woman's killing, demand payment to pension system

Demonstrators took to the streets in Ecuador on Wednesday to protest the death of a woman the government says was killed by her police officer husband, while union workers demanded the government pay what it owes the state social security system, threatening to escalate protests if there was no agreement.

Reuters

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Tributes to 'remarkable' young Scot who died after fatal fall at Ecuador volcano

Gil Banks tragically passed away after injuring himself when attempting to scale the Rucu Pichincha volcano near Quito on Sunday August 14.

Daily Record

Young Scots man dies after fatal fall at Ecuador volcano confirmed by embassy

Gil Banks, aged 25, had been attempting to scale the Rucu Pichincha volcano near Quito on Sunday August 14.

AFP

400-year-old Ecuadoran beer resurrected from yeast

Quito (AFP) - Inside an old oak barrel, Ecuadoran bioengineer Javier Carvajal found the fungus of fortune: a 400-year-old yeast specimen that he has since managed to resurrect and use to reproduce what is believed to be Latin America's oldest beer.

AFP

Iguanas reproducing on Galapagos island century after disappearing

Quito (AFP) - A land iguana that disappeared more than a century ago from one of the Galapagos Islands is reproducing naturally following its reintroduction there, Ecuador's environment ministry announced Monday.

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Indigenous protests cost Ecuador $1 bn, central bank says

Quito (AFP) - Eighteen days of protests over the cost of living by Indigenous Ecuadorans who blocked roads and oil wells cost the country at least $1 billion, the central bank said Monday as the movement's leader went on trial.

Reuters

Ecuador's government, indigenous leaders reach agreement ending protests

Ecuador's government and indigenous groups' leaders on Thursday reached an agreement to end more than two weeks of protests against the social and economic policies of President Guillermo Lasso which left at least eight dead, indigenous leaders said.

AFP

Protesters meet Ecuador govt after rejecting fuel price cut

Quito (AFP) - Indigenous protesters in Ecuador met with the government on Monday in an attempt to end nationwide demonstrations against high living costs that have rocked the country for two weeks.

AFP

Protesters reject Ecuador president's 'insensitive' fuel price cut

Quito (AFP) - Indigenous protesters in Ecuador vowed Monday to continue a disruptive country-wide protest against high living costs, rejecting a fuel price cut announced by the government as insufficient and "insensitive."

Reuters

Ecuador indigenous leaders say gas price cut not enough, protests to continue

Ecuadorean indigenous organizations said on Monday a 10-cent per gallon cut to gasoline and diesel prices announced by President Guillermo Lasso was not enough to halt two weeks of protests which have hit the country's weakened economy and threatened its oil production.

AFP

Ecuador to cut fuel prices that sparked protests

Quito (AFP) - President Guillermo Lasso announced Sunday that Ecuador will cut fuel prices, which had sparked weeks of demonstrations, though not by as much as protesters have demanded.

AFP

In protest-hit Ecuador, shortages of key goods start to bite

Quito (AFP) - Holding rotten peppers in her hands, Mariana Morales says she has been unable to open her stall at the Santa Clara market north of Ecuador's capital Quito for a week.

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