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Ecuador withdraws its ambassador from Argentina in protest at the latter sheltering Ecuadorian politician María de los Ángeles Duarte since 2020, refusing to give information of her whereabouts. Hours later, Argentina also withdraws its ambassador from Ecuador, escalating diplomatic tensions between the two nations.
2023-03-14

Thirteen inmates are killed and two more injured during a prison riot in Santo Domingo, Ecuador.
2022-07-18

Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica report their first cases of monkeypox.
2022-07-7

At least 23 people are killed in and 47 injured in landslides in Quito, Ecuador.
2022-01-31

Four mountain climbers are killed by an avalanche on the Chimborazo volcano in the Andes in Ecuador.
2021-10-24

A bus crash in southern Ecuador, leave 12 dead and 27 injured.
2018-09-18

Ecuador leaves the Bolivarian alliance of nations run in Latin America, citing the behaviour of the Venezuelan government in several areas including attempting to impose Chavism in America, creating major crises, and ineffectual control of migration.
2018-08-23

People in Ecuador start burying their dead as the death toll from the earthquake passes 500.
2016-04-20

The mother of Julian Assange reports that the WikiLeaks editor-in-chief has been "buoyed" by the public's support since he sought refuge in Ecuador's London embassy, refers to U.S. threats to withdraw billions of dollars in aid from Ecuador if it granted asylum, and condemns the Australian government, which has not sought to intervene on behalf of her son, as "nothing more than a puppet" of the United States.
2012-06-25

WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange gives an interview on Australian radio as his attempt to gain political asylum in Ecuador continues.
2012-06-22