After years of demands for a referendum, the country's highest court authorized the vote in May to decide the fate of "block 43," which contributes 12% of the 466,000 barrels of oil per day produced by Ecuador.

Presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez confirmed Pedro Briones' killing in a tweet, saying that the local organizer "fell at the hands of violence."

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso confirmed Fernando Villavicencio's assassination and suggested organized crime was behind the attack.

The 17 guards and administrative workers had been held at a prison in Esmeraldas, in the violence-hobbled country's northwest.

The latest battle between rival gangs at the overcrowded, violence-hobbled Guayas 1 prison in the port city of Guayaquil has left 31 people dead and 14 wounded.

The transportation manager of Petroecuador, the state-owned oil company, named Rafael Armendariz, confirmed the incident on Thursday.

The experts will present the results of investigations conducted as part of the "Galapagos Living Lab for Energy Innovation" initiative.

Ecuador is seeking international funds ahead of expected El Nino weather disruptions.

Six rivers have flooded as a result of 12 hours of rain, according to President Guillermo Lasso, and more than 500 people had to be evacuated from their houses.

The conservative president Guillermo Lasso accused the opposition-controlled National Assembly of obstructing reform.

The horrifying event occurred at a mechanic shop in the southwest of the city, and one witness claimed it was a shooting.

The landslide occurred on Sunday night, and as of Tuesday, the official death toll stood at 11.

Journalists in Ecuador were targeted by explosive devices that were sent as letters to them.

Authorities reported that El Oro province in the south was the worst impacted, with 12 fatalities reported there.

About 25 people died and several others were injured after a passenger bus fell into a ravine.

At the top of Ecuadoran President GUillermo Lasso's priorities is securing help in battling drug cartels that have waged open warfare in his nation's streets and prisons.

A 28-year-old woman is dead after she collapsed while training at a gym in Ecuador.

Qatar became the earliest host nation to get eliminated from FIFA World Cup.

After being accused of bribing the Ecuadorian team millions of dollars to throw the opening match, Qatar found itself losing in its opening on Sunday.

Can host Qatar surprise? Senegal will miss superstar Sadio Mané while a young Ecuador squad looks to follow mighty Netherlands to the knockout phase

A prison riot in Ecuador left five people dead and three others injured on Monday, Nov. 7.

China's fishing activities have reportedly grown greater on foreign waters, raising concerns in Latin America.

Ecuador bolstered its security as the nation is hit by intense waves of violence amid riots sparking within several prisons as well as gang-related conflicts in the streets

A state of emergency was declared in two Ecuador provinces after five police officers got killed.

At least 15 people died and 20 were injured in a clash between inmates inside the Latacunga prison in central Ecuador.

A group of friends from Ecuador, in order to pay tribute to their dead friend Erick Cedeno, took his body out of the coffin to give it one last ride on a motorcycle.

Peter Robert Dettmer, a man facing 126 sexual assault charges due to a 2016 incident in Golden, was extradited to Jefferson County.

An Ecuadoran prison riot killed 68 people on Saturday as the gang-related violence inside their overtaxed and overpopulated prison system continues to worsen.

An armored truck company CEO has been embroiled in a money-laundering case extending from Latin America to South Florida after he allegedly facilitated the importation of thousands of kilograms of illegally sourced gold from Venezuela, according to a criminal complaint affidavit released on Tuesday.

In keeping with the current scenario, Police General Commander Patricio Carrillo announced on Twitter on Tuesday that additional security forces have been deployed to the prisons to regain control and spruce up the safety.