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Ecuador journalist under witness protection shot dead

Security, Accident/Disaster/Environment

Heavy rains in the Galapagos Islands kill one, thousands displaced

Governance, Politics

Ecuador orders detention of former left-wing presidential candidate

Governance, Politics

Ecuadoran former presidential candidate Gonzalez arrested

Governance, Military

Ecuador deploys US Reaper drones in anti-narco fight

Security, Crime

US-backed operation in Ecuador arrests over 30 linked to Mexican cartel

Security, Accident/Disaster/Environment

Helicopters battle wildfire threatening Ecuador’s capital

Security, Security News

Ecuador imposes state of emergency in Quito, Guayaquil

Governance, Legal

Ecuador court sentences ex-president Bucaram to nine years in corruption case

Security, Crime

Rubio defends anti-drug boat strikes, warns of cartel ‘cancer’

Security, Accident/Disaster/Environment

Ecuador declares emergency over El Nino

Security, Crime

US-Ecuador operation destroys alleged drug-smuggling boat

Governance, Legal

Former Ecuadorian president sentenced to five years for corruption

Governance, Military

Ecuador admits it can’t find fishermen allegedly struck by US

Governance, Politics

Ecuador courts Chinese money while teaming up with US military

Security, Security News

Ecuador intel chief, five Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crash

Security, Crime

Cocaine totaling 1.2 tons seized at Ecuador’s Guayaquil Port

Security, Crime

Eight dismembered bodies found in illegal Ecuador mine

Security, Crime

Ecuador police find charred bodies in gang hotspot

Governance, Military

HRW: US involved in fishing boat attacks off Ecuador

Security, Terrorism

US designates Ecuador gang a terrorist organization

Security, Security News

Ecuador police destroy bomb planted outside ministry building

Governance, Military

Ecuador grants foreign troops immunity in anti-crime crackdown

Security, Crime

Eight bodies in plastic bags found in Ecuador narcotics trafficking hotspot

Security, Crime

Ecuador rescues six foreign minors from Jewish sect

Security, Crime

Ecuador arrests Quito leader of major drug gang Los Lobos

Security, Crime

Ecuador judge killed amid controversial crime crackdown

Governance, Politics

Former Ecuadoran top diplomat enters race for UN chief

Development, Economy & Business

Andean trade bloc orders Colombia, Ecuador to lift trade curbs

Security, Security News

Dozens held for violating Ecuador anti-gang curfew

Development, Energy & Resources

Ecuador begins fracking in Amazon rainforest

Security, Crime

Minister: Ecuador plans more mega-prisons for gang members

Governance, Politics

Ecuador dissolves two political parties ahead of local elections

Security, Crime

Ecuador approves US extradition of drug trafficking operative

Development, Health

Ecuador doctors protest crisis as patients bring own medicines to surgery

Development, Economy & Business

Colombia raises Ecuador tariffs to 100% as trade tensions escalate

Security, Crime

Ecuador president says US troops could help confront drug gangs

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