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United States seeks Homeland Security offices in Ecuador

AFP - November 5, 2025

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

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Shocking Murder: Ecuadorian Assemblyman and Wife Gunned Down

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Tracing Darwin’s Footsteps in a Changing Galapagos World

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

AFP - September 1, 2025

Ecuador is negotiating a new program with the United States to receive 300 people each year with refugee status in that country, provided they...

Shocking Murder: Ecuadorian Assemblyman and Wife Gunned Down

AFP - June 3, 2024

Alternate assemblyman and social media influencer Cristhian Nieto and his wife were shot and killed on Sunday night in the city of Manta, western...

Tracing Darwin’s Footsteps in a Changing Galapagos World

Tico Times - May 21, 2024

Like Charles Darwin did in 1831, a group of scientists and environmentalists last year set sail from the English port of Plymouth, headed for...

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

AFP - February 13, 2024

The jungle protected them for centuries and centuries, but the construction of roads, erosion and agricultural work endanger the mounds of a colossal Amazonian...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...