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Ecuador's foreign ministry announces that it is reinstating a visa requirement for travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from China.
2024-06-18

Public prosecutor César Suárez (Ecuadorian prosecutor) Suárez Suárez, who was investigating the takeover of the TC Televisión newsroom by armed men, is killed in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
2024-01-17

Two people are killed and nine more injured during an arson attack at a nightclub in El Coca, Ecuador.
2024-01-11

Seventy-five tourists become stranded overnight in Quito, Ecuador, when a glitch halts the TelefériQo gondola lift, requiring a ten-hour rescue operation.
2023-07-7

Explosive devices disguised as USB flash drives are sent to least five news organizations in Ecuador; one journalist at Ecuavisa in Guayaquil suffers minor injuries.
2023-03-20

Ten people are killed after a prison riot breaks out near Quito, Ecuador.
2022-11-18

Protests continue for a second consecutive day across Ecuador due to an increase in the price of gasoline, as president Guillermo Lasso orders the deployment of security forces to highways in order to maintain order. Lasso also calls on indigenous populations and civil society groups to engage in dialogue.
2021-10-27

Ecuador evacuates several villages around the Cotopaxi volcano ahead of a possible eruption.
2015-08-15

Wikileaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange takes refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden on charges of sexual misconduct.
2012-06-19