The Ecuadorian police have intercepted a total of 2.5 tons of cocaine in two separate operations and arrested five individuals running the drug shipments, authorities said.
An Ecuadorian drug mule traveling from Spain back to Ecuador died after cocaine capsules hidden in his stomach burst during a stopover in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Ecuadorean banker secured 52% of the vote in the runoff election after a campaign that pitted free-market economics against the social welfare plans of Andres Arauz, who is an economist.
The health minister of Ecuador stepped down as prosecutors cast investigations towards the vaccine rollout in the South American country. Farfan was the third health minister to resign during the pandemic.
A number of inmates have died with some reportedly beheaded and dismembered after a prison riot in Ecuador this week. Authorities managed to control the facilities in three cities after raids by hundreds of police officers and military personnel.
Ecuador's Amazon is slowly being destroyed by an oil spill that took away the safe drinking water, food sources, and homes from the indigenous people living inside the rainforest. With coronavirus raging across the nation, the members are now at greater risk of being infected.
Two elder leaders died from the symptoms of COVID-19. However, they do not know if it were the illness as they were not given tests and medical supplies to determine if it were the coronavirus. Read on to learn about the story of how this tribe left their land to the Amazon.
Traders say, the costs of major Latin American crude grades plunged early this week after the crash in standard crude stocks, vexing a weak market that has already been weak, and has seen a small number of sales in April.
Residents of Ecuador published gruesome videos on social media showing dead corpses abandoned in the streets of one of Latin America's worst coronavirus-stricken countries.
