Forty-three prisoners remain at large after escaping a prison in northern Ecuador, the SNAI prisons agency…
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Morning news brief: Ecuador prison workers freed, INC loses another young leader, and more
178 prison workers, held hostage since last Monday (Jan 1) by the inmates in at least…
Ecuador: Gunshots on live TV broadcast send shockwaves amid country’s state of emergency | Video
Masked men wielding guns and explosives forcefully entered the set of a live broadcast on the…
Noboa, 35, to become Ecuador’s next president following election dominated by spiraling crime | CNN
CNN — Center-right candidate Daniel Noboa, the 35-year-old son of a banana tycoon, will become Ecuador’s…
Dozens of prison officers freed after being taken hostage in Ecuador jails | CNN
CNN — Fifty prison guards and seven police officers have been freed after being taken hostage…
Ecuador election heads to run-off vote, with González to face surprise second-place Noboa | CNN
CNN — Luisa González, of the Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana party, on Sunday took a lead in…
Ecuador votes in historic referendum on oil extraction in the Amazon | CNN
CNN — The people of Ecuador are heading to the polls – but they’re voting for…
Shooting near Ecuador presidential candidate Otto Sonnenholzner | CNN
CNN — One of Ecuador’s presidential candidates has demanded an investigation into a shooting that took…
Villavicencio assassination a ‘disturbing moment’ for Ecuador democracy, former running mate says | CNN
Quito, Ecuador CNN — The assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio marks a “disturbing moment”…
Ecuador poll: Running mate of slain candidate Fernando Villavicencio to run for president
Andrea Gonzalez the vice-presidential running mate for Villavicencio. And now she will run for president in…