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Ecuadorians vote in a referendum on proposed constitutional changes.
2024-04-21

Fifty-seven police and prison officers are taken hostage in six different prisons in Quito as explosive attacks occur in Ecuador's capital targeting the country's prison authority.
2023-08-31

Centre-right candidate Guillermo Lasso defeats socialist Andrés Arauz in the second round of voting in Ecuador for the presidency.
2021-04-11

Pope Francis begans his tri-nation visit to Latin America arriving in Ecuador. Next he travels to Bolivia from July 8–10 and Paraguay from July 10–12, and returning to Rome on July 13.
2015-07-5

Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny lodges a request to interrogate Julian Assange in his London refuge at the Ecuadorian consulate, saying that the reason for her change of mind is that the statute of limitations on several of the crimes of which Assange is suspected runs out in August 2015.
2015-03-13

Ecuador declares a state of emergency in the Galápagos Islands after a ship, "The Floreana", carrying hazardous materials ran aground January 28.
2015-02-6

An Ecuadorean appeals court upholds an $18 billion judgement against the US oil company Chevron Corporation.
2012-01-3

Ecuador vows to protect the Yasuni National Park in the Amazon basin after international donors contribute $100 million to a protection fund.
2011-12-30

Ecuador expels the United States ambassador over Wikileaks diplomatic cables alleging corruption within the Ecuadorian police force.
2011-04-6

Ecuador recognises Palestine as an independent state within its 1967 borders.
2010-12-25