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US unveils new framework trade deals with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and Guatemala

November 14, 2025 8:15 am

Subsequent details will be released in coming weeks after the framework deals are finalised.

Ecuador detains 5 people after alleged assassination attempt on President Noboa

October 08, 2025 5:26 am

Minister Manzano said signs of bullet damage were later found on the car but the president was not hurt in the incident.

Protesters rally for and against Ecuador's president as emergency takes effect in 10 provinces

October 06, 2025 6:12 am

Anti-government demonstrations began two weeks ago, organized by the country’s largest Indigenous group, in response to the removal of a fuel subsidy that raised diesel prices from $1.80 to $2.80 per gallon.

‘Delhi is where thousands of years of civilization is visible and alive’

Thousands of years of civilization alive and visible in Delhi, says Ecuador Ambassador

July 28, 2025 7:40 am

He has been living in Delhi for around a year, and he says that the city “touches your heart in quiet, enduring ways".

Ecuador’s Noboa begins second term vowing crackdown on crime and economic revival

May 25, 2025 3:03 pm

Daniel Noboa first took office in November 2023 at age 35, and his administration has been defined by a tough stance on criminal violence, which has surged in the South American nation in recent years.

Police arrests 4 after 12 people shot dead at cockfight in Ecuador's Manabi province

April 20, 2025 8:10 am

The attack, which took place at a cockfighting ring, saw gunmen entering the ring and opening fire as the terrified audience ran for cover.

Incumbent Daniel Noboa has won Ecuador presidential vote, electoral council says

April 14, 2025 7:31 am

The run-off had been expected to be much tighter, after Noboa finished the February first round with an advantage of just 16,746 votes over Gonzalez.

Ecuador votes for president, with the conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer in the lead

February 09, 2025 9:37 pm

All have promised voters to reduce the widespread crime that pushed their lives into an unnerving new normal four years ago.

At least 15 inmates killed in a fight in Ecuador's largest prison

November 13, 2024 9:59 am

In January, a series of coordinated riots across multiple prisons led to the hostage-taking of 150 prison guards, culminating in the tragic death of one official.

22-year-old Ecuador international footballer Marco Angulo dies from injuries sustained in car crash

November 12, 2024 6:36 pm

Angulo, a defensive midfielder, played for Ecuador's Under-17s and Under-20s before making his senior debut in a friendly against Iraq in November 2022.