News DeskJune 19, 2012 15:36

Julian Asange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has asked for political asylum in Ecuador. Officials are considering his request, Ecuador's foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Chevron: Ecuador plaintiffs file lawsuit against the company in Canada

Jill LangloisMay 31, 2012 19:22

The original ruling was a result of contamination in Ecuador's Amazon region from 1972 to 1990 by Texaco, which Chevron has owned since 2001.

US double murder: Luis Guaman tried in Ecuador

Jill LangloisApril 28, 2012 10:47

The highly unusual case comes after 14 months of back-and-forth between the United States and Ecuador about where Guaman should face trial.

Ecuador’s green president pushes massive Chinese mine

Simeon TegelMarch 30, 2012 06:00

QUITO — Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa was once the toast of environmentalists around the world after his government adopted a groundbreaking new constitution that recognized “the rights of nature.” But now, he finds himself accused of hypocrisy as his bid to push through a huge $1.77 billion open-pit copper mine in the Amazon has aroused the wrath of the country’s powerful indigenous minority.

Jill LangloisMarch 27, 2012 21:56

Fisherman survives 28 days in a 10-foot fishing boat adrift in the Pacific

Adrian Vasquez, an 18-year-old fisherman from Panama who survived 28 days in the Pacific on nothing but fish and rainwater, was rescued off the coast of Ecuador near the Galapagos Islands.

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Panama native Adrian Vasquez, 18, was rescued off the coast of Ecuador near the Galapagos Islands after 28 days adrift in a 10-foot fishing boat in the Pacific. (BBC News/Screengrab)

An 18-year-old fisherman from Panama who survived 28 days in the Pacific on nothing but fish and rainwater, was rescued off the coast of Ecuador, reported BBC News. Adrian Vasquez was found drifting alone near the Galapagos Islands in a 10-foot fishing boat he had apparently gone out in with two friends. Vasquez said neither of them survived the ordeal, but that he had held on to the hope he would be rescued.

His survival was likely due to a sudden rainstorm, the Ecuadorian coast guard captain who helped nurse Vasquez back to health said Monday, according to the Huffington Post. Vasquez flew to Guayaquil, on the Ecuadorian mainland, to be turned over to the Panamanian consul.

Ecuador floods and mudslides force thousands from their homes this year, government says

Jill LangloisMarch 26, 2012 22:16

Government Water Secretary Walter Soliz said a mudslide in western Manabi province forced more than 100 people to evacuate a nearby neighborhood on Saturday.

Ecuador libel case pits Correa against the press

Simeon TegelFebruary 26, 2012 09:48

LIMA — Ecuador President Rafael Correa’s high-stakes showdown with the media could entirely prevent local reporters from covering presidential elections in the South American nation next February.

Ecuador President Rafael Correa throws himself a party

Simeon TegelJanuary 16, 2012 14:57

LIMA, Peru — Ecuador’s combative left-wing president, Rafael Correa, celebrated five turbulent years in power on Sunday vowing to continue his crusade against corrupt elites.

Ecuador: Chevron loses appeal against $18-billion pollution fine

Jessica PhelanJanuary 4, 2012 08:38

Appeals judges yesterday upheld a 2011 ruling that Chevron should pay damages and "moral reparation" to the Ecuadorean authorities. A court had originally set the fine at $8.6 billion, but more than doubled it after Chevron refused to make a public apology.

In Ecuador, a young shark "massacre"

Renee FrojoDecember 1, 2011 07:29

PUERTO LOPEZ — A quasi-legal market for shark meat has sprung up in this small fishing village. “Why shouldn’t we be able to share in the riches?” asked one local fin trader.