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Ecuador declares Cuba’s ambassador ‘persona non grata,’ orders mission to leave the country

Ecuador has declared Cuba’s ambassador and his diplomatic staff persona non grata and given them 48 hours to leave the South American country.

 

Ecuadorian court hands down max sentences to 11 soldiers in case of 4 disappeared minors

A court in Ecuador has sentenced eleven soldiers to 34 years in prison for the abduction and torture of four children last year.

 

Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be viewed as closed. Maduro government slams ‘colonial threat’

The Venezuelan government is accusing President Donald Trump of making a ”colonial threat” and seeking to undermine the South American country’s sovereignty.

 

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Ecuadorian voters reject proposals to host foreign military bases and rewrite the constitution

Ecuadorians have struck down a proposal that would have let foreign countries run military bases in the South American country where drug gangs are extorting communities and killing politicians as they fight for territory.

 

Ecuador’s Noboa faces escalating protests over rise in diesel costs

Ecuador faces intense unrest as striking bus drivers and farmers protest the government’s diesel price hike.

 

Ecuador’s electoral council approves referendum on foreign military bases

Ecuador’s electoral council has approved President Daniel Noboa’s request to hold a referendum on constitutional changes.

 

4 killed when gunmen attack boat off Ecuador, reports say. More than a dozen believed missing

Dozens of gunmen have attacked a boat off Ecuador’s southwest coast. Local news reports say that the suspects killed several people after opening fire on the boat and launching explosives at it.

 

Ecuador extradites leader of violent Ecuadorian drug gang to the United States

Ecuador has extradited the leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang who relied on hitmen, bribes and military weapons to do business to the United States.

 

Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader ‘Fito’ hid in his hometown for 18 months after jailbreak

Ever since Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, the mystery of his whereabouts has been the buzz of the nation.

 

Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in the United States more than a year after his prison escape

Authorities in Ecuador have recaptured fugitive drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías, also known as “Fito,” more than a year after his prison escape.

 

Ecuador orders the detention of 16 soldiers charged with the disappearance of 4 children

An Ecuadorean judge has ordered the arrest of 16 soldiers charged with the disappearance of four children who went missing three weeks ago in the coastal city of Guayaquil.

 

Surveillance videos appear to show 2 of 4 missing Ecuadorian kids taken by men in military uniform

Surveillance videos have emerged from the Ecuadorian coastal city of Guayaquil, showing men in military uniform grabbing two boys and driving them away.

 

As Christmas nears, Ecuador’s homes get a break from power cuts but companies still face rationing

As Christmas approaches and people decorate their homes with lights, Ecuadoreans are getting some relief from the severe power cuts that have hounded the country this year with President Daniel Noboa saying there will be no power rationing for residential areas - for the time being.

 

Ecuador’s VP suspended for 150 days deepening rift with president as February election looms

Ecuador’s Vice President Veronica Abad has been suspended for 150 days accused of “unjustified abandonment” of her duties.

 

In Ecuador, power-dependent patients wait in anguish as the government imposes hours-long blackouts

The first time electricity went off at night, Linda Vidal went into panic mode. The 52-year-old Ecuadorian woman has relied on an electricity-powered oxygen concentrator to breathe properly since she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma and a chronic respiratory disease.

 

Catholic leaders discuss family and fraternity during congress in Ecuador

The world is wounded, according to Catholic leaders meeting in Ecuador. They say that an emphasis on family could be a path towards healing.

 

Pope Francis sides with Peruvian villagers who accused Catholic group of trying to steal their land

Pope Francis has sided with a group of Peruvian villagers who have complained that companies linked to a powerful South American church group have tried to evict them from their land using lawsuits and obscure land titling schemes.

 

Ecuadorians wanted an action man. President Noboa has fulfilled that role — embassy raid included

While world leaders have expressed shock over Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa’s decision to raid Mexico’s embassy, the unusual move — and Noboa’s relative silence about it — is unlikely to hurt him with constituents.

 

International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito

International leaders have condemned Ecuador after police in the capital, Quito, broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum.

 

Former Ecuadorian VP arrested after police broke into embassy has long faced corruption accusations

Ecuadorian authorities have taken the extraordinarily unusual step of breaking into a foreign embassy to arrest a former vice president facing corruption charges.

 

Mexico severs diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police storm its embassy to arrest politician

It comes after Ecuadorian police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president who had sought political asylum.

 

Diplomatic tensions between Ecuador and Russia over military equipment threaten banana exports

A diplomatic rift between Ecuador and Russia appeared to intensify over the weekend after the European nation decided to ban some imports of bananas from Ecuador.

 

What we know about ‘Fito,’ Ecuador’s notorious gang leader who went missing from prison

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of one of Ecuador’s most dangerous gangs, was discovered missing from his cell in a prison where he was serving a sentence for drug trafficking.

 

Ecuador holds 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate as violence weighs on nation

Ecuador will hold six Colombian men for at least a month as the country probes their involvement in the slaying of a presidential candidate whose life’s work was fighting crime and corruption, the national prosecutor’s office said Friday.

 

Slain Ecuador candidate fearlessly took on drug cartels and corruption

The Ecuadorian presidential candidate who was fatally shot at a political rally was unafraid to take on criminal networks and a political elite he accused of corruption.