Deep in the Amazon Rainforest of Ecuador lies the "Amazon Chernobyl", a 1,700-square-mile environmental disaster brought on by oil extraction and production. After a visit to Ecuador in 1993, human ...

A report by advocacy group Amazon Watch highlights how deeply criminal activity and the militarized state responses that they ...

Ecuadoran officials said they launched Operation Total Extermination, which included aerial bombardment, alongside the United States. Residents of San Martin told USA TODAY the operations destroyed ...

Relations deteriorate as Gustavo Petro claims government of Trump ally Daniel Noboa bombing targets in Colombia President Gustavo Petro has accused Ecuador of bombing targets inside Colombian ...

El Mencho’s lavish funeral in Mexico, why violence is rising in Ecuador despite hard-line security measures, and the future of the South American country’s fight against organized crime. are the focus ...

The United States' military operations in Ecuador mark an embrace of past American strategies fighting drug traffickers in Latin America. The U.S. Southern Command said March 3 that Ecuadorian and ...

US Southern Command said joint mission with Ecuador involves ‘decisive action’ against illicit drug trafficking US and Ecuadorian forces have launched joint operations to combat drug trafficking, the ...

A power outage has struck most of Cuba, including the capital Havana, the state electric utility said, as the administration of United States President Donald Trump continues its attempts to cripple ...

An extensive civilization like nothing ever discovered before has been revealed in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador! This latest discovery is believed to be the oldest human settlement known in the ...

In Ecuador’s Amazonian province of Pastaza, Pluspetrol is preparing to expand its on-shore operations in Block 10 by filing environmental documents to bring the Oglán field into production alongside ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Ecuadorians voted on Sunday to reject a package of referendum measures that would have allowed foreign military bases in the country. The result is seen as a sharp political ...

Ecuador's oil industry is in crisis due to corruption, dwindling investment, and corroded infrastructure, leading to frequent and environmentally damaging oil spills. The Trans-Ecuadorian System Oil ...