Concerns about the sputtering economy and cartel territorial battles have dominated the campaigns, transforming Ecuador from ...

Ecuador’s center-right President Daniel Noboa fell short of securing an outright majority in the country’s general election, ...

It has been a year since Shirley Tobar’s husband, a security guard at a mall in Guayaquil, Ecuador, was killed amid an ...

Ecuador’s ports are now a major exit point for South American cocaine headed to North America and Europe, the UN says. This ...

In the throes of a bloody drug war, a shrinking economy and an acute energy crisis, Ecuadorans are remarkably optimistic ...

On Ecuador's lawless southwest coast, drug gangs operate with impunity and terrified residents ask if their president's "iron ...

To win outright Sunday, a candidate needs 50% of the vote or at least 40% with a 10-point lead over the closest opponent. If ...

For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.

Socialist challenger Luisa González did better than forecast in Ecuador’s presidential election, likely forcing President ...

Ecuador, the only dollarized country in South America, holds elections this Sunday in a complex economic situation, marked by ...

Alongside crime, drought from the El Niño weather phenomenon has crippled Ecuador’s hydroelectric plants and thrown the country into an energy crisis. To conserve electricity, the government ...

Some 14 million Ecuadorans began voting under tight security Sunday, choosing who will lead their violence-wracked Andean ...