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At least 15 inmates killed in a fight in Ecuador's largest prison

Nov. 12, 2024 22:35 PM EST

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison left 15 dead and 14 wounded, authorities said Tuesday, in the bloodiest prison episode faced by President Daniel Noboa’s government. Authorities attributed the outbreak to internal...

Ecuador's VP suspended for 150 days deepening rift with president as February election looms

Nov. 09, 2024 13:17 PM EST

QUITO (AP) — Ecuador's Vice President Veronica Abad was suspended Saturday for 150 days accused of “unjustified abandonment” of her duties. It comes during a public rift between Abad and President Daniel Noboa that could have implications for Ecuador 's February elections. ...

A truck crashes in Ecuador's Amazon killing 10 people

Nov. 03, 2024 11:43 AM EST

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ten people died Sunday when the truck they were traveling in on the Ecuadorian Amazon fell into a ravine, law enforcement authorities in the South American country said. Police in the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago, in the country’s southeast, said...

Desperation over gang violence fuels a surge of migration from Ecuador to the US

Oct. 30, 2024 11:52 AM EDT

SAN MATEO, Ecuador (AP) — Oswaldo Angulo is a born fisherman, like generations before him. The oldest of his brothers, he dropped out of high school in Ecuador to learn the trade with his father. When he isn’t at sea for weeks at a time, Oswaldo, 36, lives with his parents. He can’t imagine...

In Ecuador, power-dependent patients wait in anguish as the government imposes hours-long blackouts

Oct. 26, 2024 00:08 AM EDT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The first time the electricity went off at night, Linda Vidal went into panic mode. For more than a year, the 52-year-old Ecuadorian woman suffering from Hodgkin lymphoma and a chronic respiratory disease has relied on an electricity-powered oxygen concentrator to breathe...

Ecuador expands power cuts to 14 hours a day due to drought

Oct. 25, 2024 12:28 PM EDT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador has announced an increase in daily power cuts as the severe drought impacting the nation keeps lowering water levels for the key hydroelectric plants, the source of more than 70% of the country's electricity. Acting Energy minister Inés Manzano said...

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Oct. 18, 2024 00:05 AM EDT

Oct. 11-17, 2024 One Direction fans flocked to the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after singer Liam Payne died in a fall from a hotel balcony. Businesses in Ecuador’s capital have seen their sales dented by rolling power cuts introduced by the government...

US hits former Ecuador leaders with visa bans over corruption

Oct. 09, 2024 16:00 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday imposed visa bans on former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, his vice president and their immediate families for corruption. The State Department announced that Correa and his one-time deputy Jorge Glas would no longer be...

Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted of human rights abuses, dies at 86

Sep. 12, 2024 15:17 PM EDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died. He was 86. His death Wednesday in the capital, Lima, was...

Catholic leaders discuss family and fraternity during congress in Ecuador

Sep. 12, 2024 14:30 PM EDT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The world is wounded, Catholic leaders said Thursday in Ecuador. But an emphasis on supporting the family could be a path towards healing. Catholic leaders from more than 50 countries have discussed this and other topics in Quito, the Ecuadoran capital,...