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This photo released by the the National Galapagos Park communications office shows lava from the eruption of Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, on Friday.

Tallest Galapagos volcano erupts, spewing lava and ash

Jan 07, 2022
Ecuador's Emergency Operations Committee said the eruption on Isabela Island didn't represent a risk to humans or to native local species.
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Latin America
Police walk on the roof of the Litoral Penitentiary on Saturday after riots broke out inside the jail in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Dozens of inmates die in a battle between prison gangs in Ecuador

Nov 13, 2021
A prolonged gun battle between rival gangs inside Ecuador's largest prison was the latest violence to hit the Litoral Penitentiary, which recently saw the country's worst prison bloodbath.
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Latin America
Women hug while waiting for some information about their relatives who are inmates at Litoral Penitentiary, after a prison riot, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Wednesday. The authorities report at least 100 dead and 52 injured in the riot which began Tuesday at

A Riot In A Massive Prison In Ecuador Has Left More Than 100 Inmates Dead

Sep 30, 2021
Ecuador's president has declared a state of emergency in the prison system, blaming the violence on rival gangs. The prison near Guayaquil holds nearly 10,000 inmates.
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Goats and Soda
Patients are treated for COVID-19 at a field hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

COVID-19 Numbers Are Bad In Ecuador. The President Says The Real Story Is Even Worse

Apr 20, 2020
Hospitals and doctors are overwhelmed. So are funeral homes and cemeteries. "You feel powerless," said one doctor tending to 200 patients.
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Men load a coffin onto a pickup truck in front of General del Guasmo Sur Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The port city is the most affected by COVID-19 in the country. Corpses lie in apartments for days and morgues are overcrowded. The city administratio

Corpses Lie For Days As Ecuador Struggles To Keep Up With COVID-19 Deaths

Apr 03, 2020
The epicenter of the country's outbreak is the port city of Guayaquil, where cadavers are lying in the streets and in homes.
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Latin America
Indigenous anti-government protesters march Tuesday into Ecuador's capital, Quito, where days of popular upheaval have followed President Lenín Moreno's decision to scrap fuel price subsidies.

Ecuador's Government Departs Capital Amid Deepening Violence And Unrest

Oct 08, 2019
President Lenín Moreno said he would preside from Guayaquil after Quito descended into chaos. The violent reaction to his cuts in fuel subsidies has also significantly disrupted oil production.
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Latin America
Mounted police in Quito advance on demonstrators protesting Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno's move to scrap fuel subsidies, in a clash near the government palace late Thursday.

Ecuador In State Of Emergency: End Of Fuel Subsidies Sparks Mass Protests

Oct 04, 2019
Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno says he won't budge on his plan to end "a perverse subsidy that was causing harm to the country."
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Latin America
An earthquake struck early Friday morning at an intermediate depth of around 82 miles, the USGS said.

7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Ecuador's Border With Peru

Feb 22, 2019
The earthquake's epicenter was far inland, away from the country's main highways that run along mountain ranges.
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World
Residents of the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima burn tires and belongings of Venezuelan immigrants, after an attack on their makeshift camps.

Venezuelan Refugees Face Violence And Closed Borders As They Try To Flee

Aug 20, 2018
Over the weekend an angry mob attacked Venezuelan migrant camps in a Brazilian town near the border. Ecuador has declared a state of emergency, and closed its borders to those without passports.
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National Security
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaking here in 2016, is reportedly considering testifying before U.S. lawmakers.

Julian Assange 'Seriously Considering' Testifying Before Senate Panel

Aug 09, 2018
The founder of WikiLeaks received a request to testify in person before the Senate intelligence committee about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, his lawyer says.
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Latin America
Locals visit the floral pyramid in Tabacundo, Ecuador, on Saturday.

Ecuador Builds Pyramid Of Roses In Attempt To Set A World Record

Jul 16, 2018
Half a million flowers went into the structure, which is a replica of a pre-Incan pyramid.
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The Two-Way
Ecuadorean President Lenín Moreno addresses a news conference Friday in Quito, confirming the killing of three press workers kidnapped along the country's border with Colombia.

Ecuador Threatens 'Strong Hand' Against Rebels After Confirming Triple Murder

Apr 13, 2018
Militants formerly associated with FARC abducted a trio of press workers three weeks ago in the Colombia border region. Now, Ecuador says the workers are dead — and officials are vowing retaliation.
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The Two-Way
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange talks to supporters outside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he has been in self-imposed exile since 2012.

Ecuador Disconnects Julian Assange From The Internet

Mar 28, 2018
The government of Ecuador said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been living inside its London embassy, was jeopardizing its relationships with other countries in his social media posts.
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The Two-Way
Residents of the Galápagos Islands demonstrate outside the court where the crew of the Chinese-flagged ship had a hearing last week. The Ecuadorean navy earlier this month seized the ship, which had been carrying some 300 tons of fish, including several

Fishermen Caught With 6,600 Sharks In Galápagos, Now Headed To Prison

Aug 29, 2017
The dead sharks, mostly endangered hammerheads, were part of a 300-ton haul of fish found on a Chinese boat off the Galápagos Islands. An Ecuadorean judge fined and jailed the crew up to four years.
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The Two-Way
Supporters of presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso are confronted by the police near the National Electoral Council in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday. Ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno was declared the winner of Ecuador's presidential runoff Sunday, deliveri

Ecuador's Election Ends In Close Result, And Accusations Of Cheating

Apr 03, 2017
The race has been widely watched in part because it could affect the future of Julian Assange. Candidates had differed on their plans for the WikiLeaks founder's spot in Ecuador's London embassy.
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The Salt
The Mercure Alameda Hotel in Quito, Ecuador, makes a hearty soup that regularly appears among the 12 winners of the city's annual <em>fanesca</em> competition.

Ecuador's Fanesca Is A Lenten Soup Flavored With Centuries Of Tradition

Mar 02, 2017
This thick, creamy stew features 12 "grains" to represent the Twelve Apostles and cod to denote Jesus. It takes days and many hands to prepare, a meal befitting Ecuador's elaborate Lenten traditions.
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The Salt
Brown-headed spider monkeys have long, narrow limbs and a prehensile tail that is used as a fifth limb. They are found in the rainforests of Central and South America, including Ecuador.

Save The Monkeys, Save The Trees, Sell The Chocolate

Jan 30, 2017
An enterprise-minded ecologist from England is helping endangered brown-headed spider monkeys in Ecuador by connecting their preservation to high-end chocolate.
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The Two-Way
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange participates via video link at a news conference in October in Berlin, marking the 10th anniversary of the group.

Sweden Says Julian Assange To Face Questioning Next Week

Nov 07, 2016
More than four years after he took refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face questioning there on Nov. 14 over allegations of sex crimes, including rape.
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The Salt
Vendors selling food and flowers line the streets outside Calderón cemetery during this holiday.

Bread Babies And Purple Drink: Ecuador's Spin On Day Of The Dead

Nov 02, 2016
While Mexico's Día de los Muertos is better known in the U.S., the day is observed through Latin America, with customs as diverse as the people. In Ecuador, it's Dia de los Difuntos.
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The Two-Way
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in February 2015.

Ecuador Says Swedish Prosecutors To Question Assange 'In The Coming Weeks'

Aug 11, 2016
In a potential breakthrough to the long-running standoff, Ecuador says it will set a date for Swedish prosecutors to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange inside its embassy in London.
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The Two-Way
Bicyclists travel past damaged buildings in Pedernales, Ecuador, on Monday. Hundreds of people were killed and thousands wounded in a devastating quake over the weekend.

Rescue Crews In Ecuador Face Ticking Clock In Quest To Find Survivors

Apr 19, 2016
Hour by hour, chances dwindle that rescue workers will be able to save those who may be trapped in the ruins of the catastrophic quake that struck on Saturday. Noisy generators add to the challenge.
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Goats and Soda
A midwife cuts the umbilical cord of a newborn baby in a hospital  in South Sudan.

Penalty For Home Birth: A Chicken Or A Cow

Feb 12, 2016
So that's one way to improve health care in the developing world. Here are some other bright ideas from people who like to shake up the status quo.
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The Two-Way
Journalists work outside the Ecuadorian Embassy where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been holed up since 2012. A U.N. panel says he deserves compensation for being arbitrarily detained.

Julian Assange Is Being Arbitrarily Held And Should Be Freed, U.N. Group Says

Feb 05, 2016
The British government disputes the ruling and said it changes nothing — adding that the WikiLeaks founder will be arrested if he leaves the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
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Parallels
Fernando Pacheco, an orthopedic surgeon, was paid $65 a month in Cuba, one of the highest salaries on the island, but he says it wasn't enough to support his family.

Cubans Rushing To Enter U.S. Hit Roadblock In Central America

Dec 09, 2015
Thousands from the island, fearful the U.S. will change its preferential immigration policy, are trying to come here from the south — but many are stuck at the Costa Rica-Nicaragua border.
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The Salt
Humberto Moromenacho, 86, is one of just a few people still farming in the crater. He says his family has been farming in the crater for 300 years.

Descending Into A Volcano — To Farm

Oct 25, 2015
Ecuador's Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve, nestled in a crater that last erupted 2,500 years ago, is billed as the world's only inhabited, cultivated volcano.

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