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Ecuador files a complaint against Mexico at the International Court of Justice over Mexico's move to grant political asylum to former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas.
2024-04-29

Nicaragua suspends diplomatic relations with Ecuador following the raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador.
2024-04-6

Ecuador declares a state of emergency in all prisons after gang clashes that killed 31 prisoners.
2023-07-25

Thirteen inmates are killed and two more injured during a prison riot in Santo Domingo, Ecuador.
2022-07-18

Ecuador's Minister of Public Health announces that the COVID-19 vaccination will be mandatory for all citizens over the age of 5 years unless they have a medical exemption due to the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants and an increase in the number of new cases.
2021-12-23

Four mountain climbers are killed by an avalanche on the Chimborazo volcano in the Andes in Ecuador.
2021-10-24

Ecuador says it will pardon more than 2,000 inmates after 118 inmates were killed during a riot at a prison in Guayaquil on 28 September. A government official said that some prisoners will be prioritized and that the main goal is to address prison overcrowding.
2021-10-1

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is arrested in London after Ecuador withdraws asylum. He is later found guilty of breaching bail in 2012 by a British court, however he faces likely extradition to the United States over allegations he conspired with former US military analyst Chelsea Manning to acquire classified U.S. government files.
2019-04-11

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

A state of emergency in place in Ecuador after the 2010 Ecuador crisis is extended to Friday.
2010-10-5