Sources: El Universal
Lucía Yépez wins the silver medal in the Women's freestyle 53 kg wrestling event, the first medal in the sport for Ecuador. 2024-08-8
Ecuadorians vote in a referendum on proposed constitutional changes. 2024-04-21
Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas requests asylum in Mexico. 2023-12-22
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
Eight people are killed and others are injured in a shootout outside a nightclub in La Concordia, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador. 2023-06-25
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 recognises Palestine as an independent state within its 1967 borders. 2010-12-25
Ecuador invites Julian Assange of WikiLeaks to speak publicly and offers him residency where he can make more revelations. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez praises the website and calls for the resignation of U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton. 2010-11-30
President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, in his inauguration speech, vows to improve relations with Ecuador and Venezuela. 2010-08-7