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Ecuador on 'maximum alert' over alleged assassination plot against President

Ecuador's President re-elect Daniel Noboa faces the herculean task of uniting his violence-struck nation, after his leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez called his victory into question.
Published on Apr 20, 2025 08:06 AM IST

AI chatbot helps victims of digital sexual violence in Latin America

Unlike other AI chatbots like ChatGPT that gather information about countless topics, OlimpIA focuses on the issue of digital sexual violence.
Published on Mar 12, 2025 01:43 PM IST

Philippines to Costa Rica: Foolproof travel recos based on your couple type

Foolproof travel recommendations based on your couple type
Published on Feb 22, 2025 03:18 PM IST

Ecuador names newly-discovered frog species after Leonardo DiCaprio. Here's why

Ecuador's new frog species, Phyllonastes Dicaprioi, honors Leonardo DiCaprio for his environmental efforts.
Updated on Feb 16, 2025 06:49 PM IST

Hop onto the retirement visa trend, here's everything you need to know!

Everything you need to know about retirement visas
Published on Jan 19, 2025 12:00 AM IST

Family ‘proud’ as Derry nun on path to sainthood

Sister Clare Theresa Crockett (right) (Home Of The Mother order/PA)
Published on Jan 12, 2025 06:56 PM IST

Ecuador orders the detention of 16 soldiers charged with the disappearance of 4 children

Ecuador orders the detention of 16 soldiers charged with the disappearance of 4 children
Published on Jan 01, 2025 03:04 AM IST

2 dead as 13-foot-high waves hit Ecuador and Peru coasts; ports closed

The beaches of Ecuador and Peru are being battered by large waves of up to 13 feet (four meters), which have blocked many ports and killed at least two people.
Published on Dec 30, 2024 06:09 AM IST

IMF cuts penalty surcharge for world’s most indebted nations like Ukraine, Egypt

A participant stands near a logo of IMF at the International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meeting at ,Bali, Indonesia.
Published on Oct 12, 2024 01:24 PM IST

A court rules that pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through Ecuador's capital

A court rules that pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through Ecuador's capital
Updated on Jul 08, 2024 01:43 AM IST

Power back in Ecuador after nationwide blackout, 95% of service restored

Commuters gather at the El Ejido metro station as trains stalled during a nationwide blackout, in Quito, Ecuador, June 19, 2024 Adrian R. Cordovilla/via REUTERS
Updated on Jun 20, 2024 10:45 AM IST

Lula's South American summit plan unlikely in tense region, diplomats say

Lula's South American summit plan unlikely in tense region, diplomats say
Published on Apr 25, 2024 04:54 PM IST

Venezuela closes embassy in Ecuador to protest raid on Mexican embassy there

The Venezuelan flag flies over the building where the Venezuelan embassy is located in Quito, Ecuador. (AP)
Published on Apr 17, 2024 02:04 AM IST

Ecuador grapples with escalating violence after youngest mayor shot dead

Law enforcement officials work at the scene where Ecuador's youngest mayor, Brigitte Garcia, was found shot dead in a car, according to the police, near San Vicente, Ecuador, in this handout image released on March 24, 2024.
Published on Mar 28, 2024 01:05 AM IST

How Galapagos island species are at risk on the high seas

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Published on Mar 16, 2024 07:48 AM IST

Scientifically Speaking | The lost ancient civilization discovered in the Amazon

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This LIDAR image provided by researchers in January 2024 shows complexes of rectangular platforms arranged around low squares and distributed along wide dug streets at the Kunguints site, Upano Valley in Ecuador. Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago, according to a paper published Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in the journal Science. (Antoine Dorison, Stéphen Rostain via AP)
Published on Jan 30, 2024 11:38 PM IST

After curfew, on the hunt for Ecuador's gang members

An Ecuadorean Army member stands guard in front of the Del Litoral prison facilities following the escape of several prisoners earlier today in Guayaquil, Ecuador on January 13, 2024.
Published on Jan 14, 2024 01:30 AM IST

Amazon rainforest: Five ancient cities connected by roads discovered

This LIDAR image provided by researchers in January 2024 shows a main street crossing an urban area, creating an axis along which complexes of rectangular platforms are arranged around low squares at the Copueno site, Upano Valley in Ecuador. Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago,
Published on Jan 13, 2024 06:02 PM IST

Ecuador president says country is at war as gangs hold prison staff hostage

Soldiers check pedestrians for weapons at a check-point on a north-bound highway in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024.
Published on Jan 11, 2024 03:47 AM IST

Chinese embassy in Ecuador suspends services amid internal armed conflict

Ecuadorean police officers fuard the arrested suspects outside Ecuador's TC television channel after unidentified gunmen burst into the state-owned television studio live on air
Published on Jan 10, 2024 01:54 PM IST

'Please don't shoot': Ecuador gunmen storm TV studio during broadcast. Video

Gunmen storm TV studio during live broadcast in Ecuador
Updated on Jan 10, 2024 03:29 PM IST

Seven police kidnapped in Ecuador as president declares security emergency

Soldiers check cars during a security operation on the alternative road to the Turi prison, in Cuenca, Ecuador, on January 9, 2024.
Published on Jan 10, 2024 12:59 AM IST

Manhunt launched as Ecuador gang boss vanishes from jail

Handout picture released by the Ecuadorean Armed Forces showing Adolfo Macias, aka Fito, leader of the Los Choneros criminal gang, while being transferred to a maximum-security complex in August.
Published on Jan 09, 2024 01:00 AM IST

Kidnapped British businessman rescued in Ecuador, nine arrested

Britain's former honorary consul to Guayaquil Colin Armstrong.
Published on Dec 21, 2023 06:18 AM IST

Daniel Noboa elected Ecuador's youngest president, pledges to rebuild country

Presidential candidate Daniel Noboa
Published on Oct 16, 2023 08:26 AM IST

Slain Ecuadorian presidential candidate's party picks his replacement

An electrician works next to a political advertisement of Ecuador's presidential candidate Jan Topic in Quito on August 12, 2023.
Published on Aug 13, 2023 03:51 AM IST

‘Colombians’: Police on suspected killers of Ecuador presidential candidate

Members of the media outside the funeral home where the late presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio's remains were taken in Quito, Ecuador, on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (Photographer: Misha Vallejo/Bloomberg)
Published on Aug 11, 2023 02:48 AM IST