Recent mapping technology showed that a series of mounds and buried roads found in Ecuador were part of a network of settlements that lasted about 1,000 years

The South American country is a breeding ground for confrontation between local gangs linked to regional cartels, analysts say

President Noboa declared an "internal armed conflict" on Tuesday, but the country has been on a slippery slope for years; this is how we got here

Daniel Noboa identified several groups as "terrorist organizations and non-state belligerent actors"

"This is so you know you don't mess around with the gangs," said one of the people in the studio

The police operation ran for at least one year to capture Colombian brothers Hader and Dairon Cuero, leaders of Los Curva.

Macias was sentenced to 34 years of prison in 2011 for several crimes including drug trafficking and murder.

The 36-year-old president, who took over the office in November last year, said in a televised message that the court now had 20 days to respond to his letter.

Glas, who was convicted for corruption twice, requested Mexico for political asylum last week.

The vast creche belongs to the Discalced Carmelites, a religious order that has been present in Ecuador since 1653.

The 78-year-old agricultural businessman was kidnapped over the weekend, but police rescued him on Tuesday.

The tax reform is expected to generate over $830 million, which could help revitalize the economy of Ecuador.

The detention took place after the judiciary council, alongside the houses of judges, prosecutors and police officers, were raided on Thursday morning by 900 prosecutors and police officers.

Vice President Veronica Abad complained Tuesday that President Daniel Noboa was posting her to Tel Aviv to help seek Middle East peace -- apparently on a permanent basis.

The banana-empire heir will serve only 18 months, the rest of Lasso's term.

Noboa will serve as president at least until early 2025, the remaining term of current President Guillermo Lasso, who in May invoked a constitutional provision that simultaneously vacated the presidency and dissolved every seat of the National Assembly

The government pointed out the country was facing an extreme drought, which has affected the eastern and southern regions, where 90% of the hydroelectric plants were located.

A pair of jaguars discovered in a cage on a ranch exposed a cruel new fashion among Ecuador's drug lords. In the style of Colombian cocaine baron Pablo Escobar, they are erecting private, illegal zoos as a status symbol.

Ecuador's president-elect Daniel Noboa, its youngest ever, is bracing for a titanic clash with narco traffickers that have turned the South American country upside down with a spate of horrific violence.

Ecuadorians vote for a new president Sunday in the midst of a bloody drug war and a rash of political assassinations that cut short the bid of a popular candidate

Shell-shocked by the eruption of a bloody drug war that has spilled from the country's prisons into the streets, Ecuadorans will vote for a new president Sunday just weeks after a popular candidate was assassinated in public.

To do their work of reporting the news -- a crucial job ahead of Sunday's looming presidential election -- many journalists in Ecuador now don bulletproof vests and helmets.

These are the highlights of Mayor Eric Adams' trip, aimed at stemming a migratory flow from the region that has strained the city's resources

After news broke of the prison deaths, Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso announced he would immediately return from a trip to New York to handle the incident.

From robberies on land to hold-ups at sea by rifle-toting, hooded men, Ecuador's shrimp industry is facing a wave of violent crime that is threatening the country's star export.

From the fields of South America to the streets of New York, this entrepreneur weaved his own brand while providing costumes for the performances of Ecuadorian actors in the city

Officials from the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, and Uruguay presented their best products and services to attract Chinese investment.

The wave of attacks was an apparent show of force by organized crime gangs that claimed no victims, while the uprising in the prisons was believed to be a riposte to a police sweep of jails to confiscate weapons the day before.

The specter of violence looms over Daniel Noboa after the assassination of a top presidential contender just two weeks before the first-round vote on August 21, in which he came second.

Ecuadorans voted in a referendum on Sunday to halt the exploitation of an oil block in Yasuni National Park, one of the most diverse biospheres in the world.