Ecuador on Monday declared a national emergency due to water shortages, drought and forest fires that have consumed more than 10,000 hectares in the south of the country so far this month.
A fight among inmates in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison left 15 dead and 14 wounded, authorities said Tuesday, ...
A prison fight in Ecuador has left at least 15 people dead and 14 others injured, authorities in the South American country ...
Ecuador's overreliance on hydropower amidst a severe drought has triggered a nationwide energy crisis, resulting in rolling ...
It houses about 10,000 inmates — double its capacity. Ecuador’s prisons have become among the deadliest in Latin America as overcrowding, corruption and weak state control have allowed gangs connected ...
The Los Cedros Protective Forest is at the forefront of a global movement rooted in the Indigenous belief that the environment has intrinsic rights.