At least nine people were shot dead Saturday while playing pool in a tourist city in southwestern Ecuador, the country’s ...

Desperation is mounting in Ecuador’s capital as thousands of people remain without drinking water a week into Quito’s worst ...

Guayaquil is the largest city in Ecuador, one that, despite lacking the architectural grandeur of Quito, competes with the capital thanks to its lively atmosphere and up-and-coming cultural scene.

Ecuador’s president declared a state of emergency to deploy police and soldiers in cities and prisons. AP At least four police officers were also kidnapped Monday night and remained missing: one ...

Residents of Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, are installing gates and walls to protect residents from exploding crime rates, according to a report.

In June, the police harshly repressed demonstrators opposing the third-largest mining project in the country. Several social ...

Geography Ecuador’s Latin Kings chapters originally emerged in Guayaquil and Quito in the 1990s, and have since spread to smaller cities around Ecuador. However, the Guayaquil metropolitan area, ...

QUITO, July 11 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias, known as "Fito," on Friday accepted a court's request ...

Ecuador is famous for its beaches and its capital city, Quito, high in the foothills of the Andes. But in the past few years, Ecuador has been dragged into a brutal international drug war ...

At least nine people were shot dead Saturday while playing pool in a tourist city in southwestern Ecuador, the country’s prosecutor’s office said. A group of armed men opened fire on several people at ...

Ecuadoreans will vote for their president this weekend, as the country is experiencing high levels of drug-related gang violence and an economic slowdown.