Sources: El Universal
Argentina deports eight Ecuadorians, including relatives of gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, who were arrested yesterday amid the ongoing conflict in Ecuador. 2024-01-19
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
Sixty-eight inmates are killed and 25 others injured in a prison riot in Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2021-11-13
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
Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas is sentenced to six years imprisonment for financial corruption involving the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. The decision will not be enforced until the court confirms the ruling. The court's decision can be appealed. [https:--www.bbc.com-news-world-latin-america-42346881 (BBC News)] [https:--www.eluniverso.com-noticias-2017-12-13-nota-6525058-jorge-glas-sentenciado-como-culpable-6-anos-prision-caso-odebrecht ("El Universo")] es2017-12-13
Aid starts to flow in after an earthquake kills over 270 people in Ecuador. 2016-04-18
Voters in Ecuador go to the polls for a general election with incumbent President Rafael Correa claiming a landslide victory. 2013-02-17
An overcrowded bus plunges into ravine near El Carmen, Ecuador, killing 41. 2010-12-25
Ecuadorean Policy Minister Doris Soliz announces that parts of an austerity law which provoked the 2010 Ecuador crisis are to be rewritten. 2010-10-3
At least 38 people, including the driver, are killed in Ecuador when a bus falls down a cliff outside the capital Quito, reportedly after the driver fell asleep. 2010-08-29