A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck near the coast of Ecuador, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The epicentre of the quake, which took place at about 6:45am ...

Ecuador has declared a state of “maximum alert” over an assassination plot against President Daniel Noboa. In a statement entitled “The revenge of the bad losers” issued early on Saturday ...

Criminals dressed in fake military uniforms opened fire on spectators at a cockfight in rural Ecuador, killing 12 unarmed people and wounding several others, police in the violence-plagued South ...

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa – who’s served just 16 months after a 2023 snap election – is now projected to serve a full four-year term after Sunday’s contest. Noboa, a 37-year-old ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday said Mexico would not renew diplomatic relations with Ecuador as long as Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa remains in office. The rift is ...

Ecuador has talked to the United States about receiving support in its battle against criminal gangs, President Daniel Noboa said in an exclusive interview with CNN, his first since winning Sunday ...

Ecuador just made "history" — but not without chaos. Daniel Noboa, the 37-year-old president, has been re-elected in a messy, high-stakes election that’s causing shockwaves across Latin America.

Figures released by Ecuador’s National Electoral Council show Mr. Noboa received 55.8% of the vote with more than 90% of ballots counted, while leftist lawyer Luisa González earned 44%.

A strong 6.3 earthquake off Ecuador’s Pacific coast has shaken the northern part of the country Friday, with some initial reports of some damages to houses QUITO, Ecuador -- A strong 6.3 ...

Ecuador has been plagued by gang violence in recent years Lesley Cosme Torres is a writer at PEOPLE covering crime. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in ...

His opponent immediately contested the results. By Genevieve Glatsky Reporting from Quito, Ecuador Ecuador’s president, who unexpectedly surged in the polls to secure a shortened term in 2023 ...

A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Ecuador on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 6:44 a.m. Ecuador time about ...