Ecuador, a nation of 18 million people, is situated between Colombia in the north and Peru in the east and south. Colombia and Peru are the two top producers of cocaine in the world.Further, Ecuador ...

Colombia and Ecuador see droughts and power cuts due to El Niño A drought has upended life in several South American cities, leading to water rationing and power cuts as well as forest fires.

“In South America, Ecuador was a footballing Luxembourg.” Much of the credit for the team’s transformation goes to coach Dusan Draskovic, a journeyman manager who somehow ended up in Ecuador ...

In Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay, the pope will spend time in places rarely, if ever, seen by tourists and avoided, if at all possible, by locals. Rock star pope 29 photos ...

A country of 17 million, Ecuador has one of the highest official rates of coronavirus infections, and deaths, per capita in Latin America. It is still unclear why it has been affected so deeply.

Here’s a selection of the best places to visit in Ecuador, from the nature-filled Galapagos Islands to the colourful Unesco-listed capital ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with sociologist and lawyer Ana Cristina Vera about what Ecuador's recent expansion of abortion decriminalization means for reproductive rights in South America.

Ecuador is facing its worst drought in more than 60 years, ... Brazil’s space research agency Inpe said it had recorded 346,112 fire hotspots across South America so far this year ...

Last week I wrote about the first week of the Ohio State University Extension Master Gardener Volunteer international outreach trip to Otavalo, Ecuador, South America with the Tandana Foundation.

In Ecuador, Sinead Mulhern rents a one-bedroom apartment with a terrace for $320 a month and her monthly Pilates membership is $50. ... At 26, I set off on a yearlong adventure to South America.