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At least six people are killed in a landslide caused by heavy rainfall that struck a highway in Baños in central Ecuador, with 30 other people reported missing.
2024-06-16

At least seven people are killed by a landslide in Alausí, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador.
2023-03-27

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

"Gasteranthus extinctus", an orange wild flower that is a member of the Gesneriaceae family, is rediscovered in Ecuador after being considered extinct for 36 years. The study of the flower's rediscovery is published by the journal "PhytoKeys" and the Field Museum in Chicago.
2022-04-15

The Ecuadoran environmental ministry reports that approximately 2 ha of the Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve have been contaminated following an oil spill attributed to a ruptured pipeline.
2022-01-31

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

The Government of Ecuador says that the three Ecuadorian journalists kidnapped by rebel members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on 26 March have been murdered. President Lenín Moreno orders military operations on the Colombian border to catch the murderers, offering a reward of US$100,000.
2018-04-13

Ecuador declares a state of emergency over increased activity at the Cotopaxi volcano near the capital of Quito. Its last major eruption was in 1877.
2015-08-16

Ecuador throws its support behind Peru in their demands for the return of over 40,000 Machu Picchu artifacts taken by US explorer Hiram Bingham III, and now in Yale's possession.
2010-10-26