In the South American nation Ecuador, an unsettling juxtaposition: smiling tourists and locals enjoying Carnival celebrations on the beach, and surrounding them, heavily armed soldiers.

Ten people were injured, including six critically, when two gondola cars plummeted from a pendulum ride at a fairground in Ecuador over the weekend. The terrifying scene unfolded when the cars ...

Tourism spending during the recent Carnival and Easter holidays in Ecuador reached USD 127 million, reported the Andean country's tourism ministry. According to a recent statement, tourism ...

Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader lived ‘like a king’ in prison Jose Adolfo Macias is the only founding member of Los Choneros believed to still be alive

Ecuadorian authorities have yet to explain how he escaped. 7 Drug trafficker Adolfo Macias is captured by the Ecuadorean Army in Manta, Manabi Province, Ecuador on June 25, 2025.

Six suspects arrested in connection with the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombian nationals and gang members, authorities have confirmed, as a ...