Ecuador’s president announced unprecedented coca cultivation figures this week, highlighting the country’s role as a fledgling cocaine producer, though uncertainty remains as to the true extent of ...

Authorities in Ecuador are contemplating a response to an international sanction of its shark trade, which could be the first step in a challenging battle to derail shark-fin trafficking in the ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Belen Diaz was walking home from college one evening when a motorcycle carrying two men made a menacing U-turn. Terrified that she was about to be robbed for the eighth time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ecuadorian presidential candidates Luisa Gonzalez, left, and President Daniel Noboa. - AFP/Getty Images Ecuadorians will head to ...

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Sunday used his State of the Union address to tout his government’s U.S.-backed crime-fighting strategies as well as improvements of some economic ...

As Crime Surges, Ecuador to Vote on Return of Foreign Military Bases By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadoreans grappling with a surge in violent crime will head to the polls on Sunday to ...

OVER RECENT decades, international integration and new technologies have helped create or expand all manner of markets. Unfortunately, this applies just as much to illicit markets as legitimate ones.

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuadorian officials said Monday that they have deployed 75,000 soldiers and police officers to four crime-ridden provinces where the government is implementing a nightly curfew ...

On Sunday Ecuador holds the first round of a Presidential election dominated by the issues of economic insecurity and rising drug gang violence. One of South America's most troubled country is ...

Ecuadorians will head to the polls on Sunday in a runoff presidential election, choosing between a conservative incumbent or a leftist lawyer as the country struggles with a cocaine-fueled security ...