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United States seeks Homeland Security offices in Ecuador

AFP - November 5, 2025

The United States is interested in establishing offices of its Department of Homeland Security at “strategic” facilities in Ecuador, where the head of that...

Ecuador, U.S. Deepen Ties With Refugee Deal and Base Talks

September 1, 2025

Shocking Murder: Ecuadorian Assemblyman and Wife Gunned Down

June 3, 2024

Tracing Darwin’s Footsteps in a Changing Galapagos World

May 21, 2024

Ecuador’s 2,500 Year Old “Lost City” Uncovered – But Is It Too Late?

February 13, 2024

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Ecuador’s Drug Lords and their Clandestine Zoos

Tico Times - October 25, 2023

A caged jaguar couple on a ranch uncovered a cruel fashion among Ecuador's drug traffickers. In the style of cocaine baron Pablo Escobar, the...

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Ecuador Votes to Stop Oil Drilling in Amazon Rainforest Reserve

AFP - August 21, 2023

Ecuadorans have voted to stop an oil drilling project in an Amazon Rainforest reserve, according to the results Monday of a referendum hailed as...

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Ecuador Votes Amid Narco Violence and Candidate’s Murder

Tico Times - August 18, 2023

Amid the shock over the shooting death of a candidate and violence linked to drug trafficking, Ecuador will vote this Sunday in early elections...

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Another Politician Killed in Ecuador Ahead of Weekend Elections

AFP - August 15, 2023

A local politician in Ecuador was killed Monday, party officials said, less than a week after a presidential front-runner was gunned down at a...

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6 Colombians Detained in Killing of Ecuadorian Presidential Hopeful

AFP - August 11, 2023

The six arrested for the murder of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, second in voting intention for the general elections of August 20, are...

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Ecuador under state of emergency after presidential candidate killed

AFP - August 10, 2023

Ecuador declared a state of emergency Thursday and asked the FBI to help probe the Presidential candidate shot dead after rally in Ecuador whose...

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Presidential candidate shot dead after rally in Ecuador

AFP - August 9, 2023

The shooting death of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate has sent shockwaves across Latin America, putting the Andean nation's democracy to the test ahead of...

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Galapagos Islands Face Impending El Nino Threat to Marine Iguanas

AFP - July 5, 2023

Unusually warm for this time of year, the waters of the Pacific signal hard times for the reptilian inhabitants of Ecuador's iconic Galapagos Islands. The...

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Tragic Outcome: Woman in Viral Wake Video Passes Away for Real

Tico Times - June 18, 2023

An elderly Ecuadoran woman who woke up inside a coffin at her own wake -- sparking a viral video, of course -- has now...

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Elderly Ecuadoran Woman Wakes in Coffin at Her Own Wake

AFP - June 12, 2023

An elderly Ecuadoran woman who woke up inside a coffin at her own wake is being treated at the same state hospital that declared...