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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

Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso declares a nationwide state of emergency, citing an increase in drug-related crime.
2021-10-18

An elderly woman traveling from Spain becomes the first case of coronavirus in Ecuador.
2020-02-29

Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno declares a state of emergency amid nationwide protests against a hike in fuel prices. The protests have crippled the country's transport network with all major roads and bridges blocked in the capital Quito.
2019-10-4

Ecuador declares a state of emergency over increases in migrant entry from Venezuela.
2018-08-9

El Salvador declares a state of emergency in seven prisons and transfers 299 prisoners in a crackdown on gang violence.
2016-03-29

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

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

A state of emergency is declared in Ecuador after troops storm the international airport and police storm the Congress, in which the government declared was an attempted coup d'état.
2010-09-30