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

Incumbent Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa narrowly led Sunday's election with 44.4 percent of the vote, closely trailed by ...

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

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

One legislator is pushing for more severe punishment but others in the country blame not the young killers but a state which ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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.