Ecuador

Ecuadorean candidate for UN chief says world body must shrink

Guterres' successor will face an enormous task of revitalizing an organization in crisis with declining stature.

The United Nations headquarters before a meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the UN, in New York City, US, April 27, 2026.
Israel and Ecuador flags. Ilustration.

Israel praises Ecuador's 'moral leadership' in withdrawing from UN committee on Palestinian rights

 View of Ecuador with the Ecuadorian flag

Deadly bus crash in Ecuador's Simiatug leaves 12 dead, 10 injured

A police officer stands outside the National Court of Justice during a hearing for the extradition of Ecuadorean gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias, who on Friday accepted the court's request to be extradited to the United States to face drug and gun charges, in Quito, Ecuador, July 11, 2025.

Ecuador, Spanish police arrest Los Lobos drug boss Wilmer Barre, tied to 400 murders


Ancient remains of pregnant teen suggest rare ritual sacrifice in Ecuador

A pregnant woman's dismembered remains from over 1,000 years ago, along with unusual burial artifacts spanning multiple cultures, point to a possible ritual sacrifice in coastal Ecuador

 Drawing of Burial by Kathryn Killacky and schematic showing missing elements (dark gray), disturbed elements (light gray), and the location of mascaras (crescents) and pendants (squares).

The Crypto-Jews of Ecuador: Exploring Loja’s Jewish past and future

Diaspora Affairs | While their ancestors may have been forced to hide or abandon their Judaism following the Alhambra Decree of 1492, these Bnei Anusim are returning to their Jewish roots

 GABRIEL GUALÁN MALDONADO (left), president of Ecuador’s Sephardi History Cultural Center, seen here with his family, spoke to the ‘Post’ about the lives of Ecuador’s Bnei Anusim and their rediscovery of their Jewish faith.

Uruguayan footballer Mathías Acuña, 32, found dead in Ecuador hotel room

In the months leading up to his death, Acuña had been embroiled in personal difficulties. He was under investigation for alleged physical and psychological abuse by his ex-girlfriend, Lu Rodríguez.

 Ambato, Ecuador.

Vice President of Ecuador visits Western Wall in Jerusalem


More than 130 Ecuador prison staff held hostage as armed forces target crime gangs

President Daniel Noboa named 22 gangs as terrorist organizations, making them official military targets.

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Ecuador TV studio taken over live on air by masked people brandishing guns

Some of the invaders gestured at the camera and someone could be heard yelling "no police."

 Workers lie on the floor as hooded and armed people take over a tv studio of Ecuador's TV station TC during a live broadcast, in this still image of a Reuters' recording of the affair of TC signal channel, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 9, 2024.

Ecuador VP says she will go to Israel amid spat with president

Noboa assigned her the sole function of collaborating with peace efforts between Israel and Hamas in a presidential decree, a role that Abad is expected to fulfill from Ecuador's embassy in Tel Aviv.

 Ecuador's Vice President Veronica Abad walks as she arrives at a press conference, after publicly disagreeing with President Daniel Noboa, about her being assigned to support peace efforts in Israel, in Quito, Ecuador November 28, 2023.

Six people implicated in Ecuador candidate murder killed in prison

The killings took place in Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, the South American country's largest city, the attorney general's office said earlier on Friday.

 Prison cells.

Three birds confirmed with bird flu on isolated Galapagos Islands

The Galapagos Islands are home to many diverse and unusual species, some of which inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

Personnel of Ecuador's Galapagos National Park (PNG) and the Agency for the Regulation and Control of Biosecurity and Quarantine for Galapagos (ABG) take a sample from a bird after the PNG said that three birds had died of avian flu on Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. September 18, 2023.

Dead suspect, six detained in killing of Ecuador presidential candidate are Colombian- police

Videos on social media purportedly from the campaign event showed people taking cover and screaming as gunfire sounded.

 Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio speaks during a campaign rally in Quito, Ecuador August 9, 2023.