Ecuador Prosecutors Request Preventive Detention of Former President
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. April 26, 2023: Ecuador’s attorney general’s office, on April 19, requested the preventive detention of former president Lenín...
This Latin American President Will Be Charged
By Alexandra Valencia
QUITO, Ecuador, Friday, Oct 22, 2021 (Reuters) - Ecuador's attorney general's office on Thursday said it has opened a preliminary investigation against...
Ecuador Police, Military Greeted With Bullets As They Enter Prison
By Alexandra Valencia
QUITO, Ecuador, Mon. Oct 4, 2021 (Reuters) - A police and military operation to enter a jail in the southern Ecuadorean city...
400 Cops Sent In To Restore Order In Ecuador’s Penitenciaria Del...
QUITO, Ecuador, Thurs. Sept 30, 2021 (Reuters) - Ecuador's national police service said today that it had sent in 400 officers to restore order...
More Than 100 Dead In Prison Riots In Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador, Weds. Sept 29, 2021 (Reuters) - Ecuador's penitentiary system said on Wednesday that the death toll from a prison riot that took...
Afghan Refugees Now In Two Latin American Nations
News Americas, MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Thurs. Aug. 26, 2021: Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban are now being flown to some Latin American nations for...
This Latin American Nation Shifts From Flowers To Hemp
By Alexandra Valencia
TABACUNDO, Ecuador, Fri. July 30, 2021 (Reuters) - One Latin American nation is looking to hemp over roses as a global decline...
At Least 22 Dead In Prison Riots In Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador, Fri. July 23, 2021 (Reuters) - At least 22 inmates died and several police were injured during riots at two of Ecuador's...
Ecuadorean Banker Wins Presidential Runoff Election
By Alexandra Valencia
QUITO, April 11 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean banker Guillermo Lasso has won Sunday's presidential runoff vote against leftist economist Andres Arauz, putting the...
Over 5 Dozen Dead In Ecuadorean Prison Riot
QUITO, Ecuador, Weds. Feb 24, 2021 (Reuters) - At least 62 people died in simultaneous violent riots in three Ecuadorean prisons on Tuesday that...