Protesters in Ecuador threw projectiles at riot police Wednesday in a second day of violent protests over a fuel price hike ordered by the government to secure an IMF loan. The violence broke out as ...

“Our demands are evident—president Daniel Noboa this Saturday, November 23, marks one year in office and all the measures he has taken are against workers and the people. The political, social and ...

A car bomb, believed to be loaded with two gas cylinders and dynamite sticks, caused multiple explosions in a commercial area of Quito on Wednesday night. The event is generating concern due to the ...

At 9,000 feet above sea level, nestled beneath the snow-covered peak of the Pichincha Mountain in Ecuador’s Andes, lies Quito, a city of 1.2 million people. The city and its environs are well worth a ...

Have you ever thought about how much it costs a municipality to remove chewing gum stuck to the pavement? Thousands of dollars in street cleaning, with special technology, are spent to fight this ...

Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio died after being attacked by hitmen on his way out of a campaign rally in downtown Quito ahead of the upcoming Aug. 20 elections, Interior Minister Juan ...

Reporting from Quito, Ecuador, and Bogota, — Amid volleys of gunfire and concussion grenade blasts, Ecuadorean armed forces Thursday night rescued President Rafael Correa from a hospital where he had ...

QUITO, Ecuador — Once a jewel of the Spanish colonial empire, the historic core of this capital city spent decades in a downward spiral, reeling from urban flight, high crime and official neglect. By ...