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A truck plunges into a ravine in Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador, killing ten people. A 3-year-old girl is the sole survivor of the crash, according to police.
2024-11-3

The death toll from former Hurricane Eta rises to 18 as dozens of people are assumed buried in their homes in San Cristóbal Verapaz, Guatemala.
2020-11-5

It is revealed that Ecuador granted citizenship to Julian Assange. Ecuador granted him asylum in August 2012 and he has remained in the Embassy of Ecuador in London avoiding extradition to Sweden on rape charges. Subsequently, Swedish authorities dropped the charges in May 2017.
2018-01-11

Ecuador issues a volcano alert for Tungurahua covering nearby Tungurahua and Chimborazo provinces.
2012-12-16

Authorities in Ecuador evacuate nearby residents as the Tungurahua erupts.
2011-04-26

Authorities in Ecuador order the evacuation of people from the slopes of the Tungurahua volcano after it begins spewing ash.
2010-12-4

Mexico states that it has the support of Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, the Federated States of Micronesia, Panama, Senegal, Turkey, and Uruguay in pursuing its case against Arizona's immigration law.
2010-07-21

A total of 172 people are killed in the floods caused by Tropical Storm Agatha that struck Guatemala.
2010-06-7

At least three people die, at least four others are missing, a 15-day state of calamity is declared and the international airport is shut down due to the eruption of the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala.
2010-05-28