Ecuador’s tough on crime approach is popular, but major challenges remain
Under President Daniel Noboa, the prisons have been declared “security zones” and are under the direct control of the police ...
Ecuador chooses president against backdrop of gang violence
Whoever wins the presidential election will be tasked with restoring security to the country.
Poisonous creature — found among trash between houses — is a new species in Colombia
Epipedobates are species of poisonous frogs found in dry and humid tropical forests on the western side of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru, according to a study published Feb. 6 in ...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Feb. 6, 2025 Secretary of State Marco Rubio made his first foreign trip in office to Central America with the Panama Canal ...
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Ecuador Presidential Candidates Sprint To Campaign Finish
Incumbent President Daniel Noboa and his leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez crisscrossed their equator-hugging Andean nation, ...
Ecuador’s President Has Had a Year of Chaos. Why Is He Still So Popular?
President Daniel Noboa is favored to win Sunday’s presidential election as many voters embrace his heavy-handed tactics to ...
Punjab deportee on how ‘ghost’ travel agents work: ‘Multiple names, WhatsApp calls, full payment before crossing border’
Rakinder Singh, whose six-month journey from Amritsar to the US ended in deportation, said his agent had a network of ...
Ecuadorian voters, many of them crime victims, head to the polls for presidential election
People on the streets of Ecuador can rattle off the places they have encountered criminals: On the bus, at the park, on the ...
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Lost City Of Giants in Ecuador
Irv Gotti, Music Executive Behind Ja Rule and Ashanti and Co-Founder of Murder Inc., Dies at 54 24 Jobs That Pay Decent, But (Most) People Think They Are Too Good For U.S. Blindsides Panama, Saying ...
Ecuador gangs turn to "death saint" for protection — and human sacrifices
"They stole children from other towns and sacrificed them in front of her (Santa Muerte) when they wanted to land a big hit," ...
Ecuador Presidential Candidate Gonzalez Wants to Raise Social Spending, Tackle Crime
FILE PHOTO: Ecuadorean presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez of the Revolucion Ciudadana party, the political party of Ecuador's ex-President Rafael Correa, attends her closing campaign rally ahead of ...