By Alexandra Valencia and Yury Garcia JARAMIJO/SAN MATEO, Ecuador, August 15 (Reuters) - At first light on Ecuador's Pacific coast, small fishing boats fan out from the villages of San Mateo and Jaramijo,

The BBC goes on patrol with Ecuador's police, who are grappling with a huge surge in drug crime.

Ecuador's government was to begin imposing nationwide nighttime blackouts Monday evening in a bid to conserve energy. The move has been forced by widespread drought conditions depriving Ecuador of vital hydroelectricity capacity. The office of Ecuador's ...

Ecuador's fishermen say they are facing threats from both sides: cartel extortion onshore and alleged U.S. strikes at sea. Reuters spoke to survivors, residents and experts about the risks confronting coastal communities.

Daniel Noboa, President of the Republic of Ecuador, received Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, and Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Republic of Ecuador.

Ecuador has become a cocaine trafficking hub, plagued by gangs with ties to Mexican and Colombian cartels.

Ecuador faces a tense political dynamic in 2023. Embattled President Guillermo Lasso has struggled to govern. His government has failed to contain a surge in organized crime-related violence. In 2022, Ecuador recorded 4,539 murders, its highest homicide ...

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Amnesty International urged authorities in Ecuador on Wednesday to implement a court ruling mandating the elimination of oil industry gas flares near populated areas in the Amazon and the provision of reparations to affected communities. The organization ...

Prosecutors accuse six others, including the leader of cartel Los Lobos, of having an indirect role in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio.