Mexico defeated Ecuador 3-1 in Arlington, Texas, with both teams looking ahead to their World Cup debuts in Brazil 2014

The canonization of Popes John XXIII and John II is to be presided over by Pope Francis and Benedict XVI, however, the event is going to be followed by millions.

Latin America has featured prominently on the New York Times' annual list of top places to travel. Indeed, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Brazil and Belize all featured on the paper's list of top destinations.

El Tri's pre-World Cup friendly matches have been announced and the Mexican team will be facing Nigeria, South Korea and Ecuador in the lead up to the World Cup in Brazil.

Find out when and where to watch Chile take on Ecuador in a qualifying match that has major World Cup implications.

Uruguay will try to wrest a spot at the World Cup from Ecuador as they travel to Quito's 9,350-foot-high Atahualpa Olympic Stadium on Friday. Check out where to see the action as it streams live.

Three retired Ecuadorian military and police officers are facing a trail after being accused of crimes against humanity.

Correa, who was in Cuba to take a tour of homes for Hurricane Sandy victims built by Ecuadorian military engineers, said he spoke with Fidel Castro for two hours and praised him as the "living history of Latin America".

In celebration of the 178th anniversary of Charles Darwin's visit to the Galapagos Google has launched a street view of the islands.

In a Twitter comment earlier this week, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa struck back against press outlets which had criticized his lifting of a ban on oil drilling in the country’s Yasuni National Park, mocking their pro-environmental stance and threatening to propose legislation making newspapers “all-digital” to save paper.

Correa said Ecuador would choose not to ask the US Congress to renew the preferential trade deal and estimated the loss to trade at $23 million dollars, which he called a "pittance".

Relations between the US and Ecuador have been icy since WikiLeaks revealed a cable from the American ambassador in which she accused Correa of appointing a corrupt police official to a government post because the official could be easily manipulated.

Argentina holds on to first place, lead closes as it and Ecuador deadlock at 1.

As World Cup qualifying continues, Argentina and Ecuador prepare to meet in a South America group contest. Find out when and where to watch the match.

Under the new constitution passed into law in his first term, Ecuadorian presidents can only serve two terms, but the country's supreme court had ruled that Correa was eligible for a third term because the constitution's term-limit law did not come into effect before he began his first.

Portugal, an accountant in Queens' Jackson Heights neighborhood -- one of the most diverse in the nation, with a high percentage of South Americans -- is still in the hospital, recovering from the ordeal.

The multinational pledges on safety concerns as it takes factories out of five countries.

Ecuador is worried about the health of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and has asked Britain to guarantee him safe passage from its London embassy to hospital if he needs medical treatment, a senior Ecuadorean diplomat said in Moscow.

Britain said on Sunday it remained committed to reaching a diplomatic solution to the presence of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Ecuador's London embassy, after both countries took steps to defuse a row over his action in taking refuge there.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange berated the United States on Sunday from the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy where he has sought refuge from arrest, challenging President Barack Obama to end what he called a witch-hunt against his whistle-blowing website.

Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Thursday, a day after the British government threatened to storm the Ecuadorean embassy in London to arrest the former hacker.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has no way of leaving his refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London without being arrested, even if Quito grants him asylum shortly, lawyers say.