GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador will choose its next president in a presidential runoff election after conservative ...

Ecuador heads for a presidential runoff between conservative incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González after ...

Ecuador’s presidential election is shaping up to be a repeat of the 2023 race when voters chose a conservative young ...

"They stole children from other towns and sacrificed them in front of her (Santa Muerte) when they wanted to land a big hit," ...

Incumbent President Daniel Noboa clutched onto a razor-thin lead in violence-hit Ecuador's election Sunday, after a ...

Ecuadorians voted in a presidential election Sunday that shaped up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when voters chose a young ...

A semi-submersible vessel loaded with over 5,000 pounds of cocaine was intercepted off the ... which is close to the Ecuador border. Officials said the "narco sub" was manned by two Colombians ...

Ecuador holds the first round of a Presidential election dominated by the issues of economic insecurity and rising drug gang violence.

For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.

In the throes of a bloody drug war, a shrinking economy and an acute energy crisis, Ecuadorans are remarkably optimistic ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — People on the streets of Ecuador ... across the South American country is tied to the trafficking of cocaine produced in neighboring Colombia and Peru.