Despite the Government's efforts, Ecuador has a 30% deficit in its electricity generation capacity. According to the Corporación Eléctrica (Celec) and Deputy Energy Minister Fabián Calero ...

Law enforcement authorities in Ecuador say 10 people were killed after the truck they were traveling in on the country's Amazon fell into a ravine QUITO, Ecuador -- Ten people died Sunday when the ...

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 ...

Across Ecuador, gangs have unleashed a wave of violence and extortion, upending lives and spurring an unprecedented exodus SAN MATEO, Ecuador -- Oswaldo Angulo is a born fisherman, like ...

The 36-year-old wasn’t even born when some of the decisions were made that crippled Ecuador’s electricity supply, but resolving the crisis will be key for his reelection chances in February.

Ecuador's Indigenous Defenders Face Growing Threats, Activists Say at UN Summit By Oliver Griffin CALI, Colombia (Reuters) -Indigenous environmental defenders in Ecuador are suffering an ...

Drug gangs have begun growing significant amounts of coca, the key raw ingredient in cocaine, inside Ecuador, according to President Daniel Noboa, who vowed to eradicate the crops as part of an ...

QUITO (Reuters) - A criminal prosecutor in Ecuador was killed by armed assailants on Friday along with his police escort, in the latest eruption of violent crime to shake the South American nation.

Since mid-September, Ecuador has established an electricity rationing system of up to 10 hours a day in some cities, but the power cut hours announced Thursday are the most extreme so far.