Ecuador News

Magda Biernat and Ian Webster , the husband-and-wife duo we've been following on their journey from Antarctica to Alaska, recently sent an update from the Altiplano.

As part of the 128th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Swiss parliamentarians traveled to Quito and were able to meet with teams and projects led by Terre des hommes, including those relating to community development and the treatment of youths within the legal system .

Britain's threat to enter the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to nab WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange strained bilateral ties to the point of breaking but relations are now good, a top diplomat said Sunday.

Dr. Guillermo Paz-y-Mino-C. is a biology faculty member at UMass Dartmouth. He lives in Cumberland, R.I. I just represented UMass Dartmouth at the World Evolution Summit, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.

Scientists will try to revive two species of giant Galapagos tortoises thought to have been extinct by breeding genetic relatives in captivity, experts leading the effort said.

Different participants and more than 20 speakers met for two days at the Second International Congress on Free Culture in Quito, Ecuador to talk about free culture and its relationship with education and different forms of cultural expression.

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Ecuadorian authorities arrested seven foreigners after finding a total of 1,313 processed sea cucumbers inside their luggage, the Galapagos National Park Service said Friday.

QUITO, Ecuador Ecuador's congress on Friday passed a restrictive new media law championed by President Rafael Correa, creating official media overseers, imposing sanctions for smearing "people's good name" and limiting private media to one third of radio and TV licenses.

Six workers and one fireman were injured in a major fire at a chemical factory in the south of Bogota that was visible throughout the city Thursday.

Kinross Gold's abandonment of the Fruta del Norte gold project in the face of an obstinate Ecuadorian government is a sad end to what could have been a wonderful, mutually beneficially relationship between Canadian miners and their partners in Ecuador.

One of the original animals at Brevard Zoo, a male tapir named Pee Wee, died Wednesday during a medical procedure to its toe.

Cuenca, Ecuador, and Medellin, Colombia, are two of the top retirement options in Latin America right now.

Official event in Quito preceded the launch of TAME's new service to Buenos Aires.

Tom Hanks was a Castaway. We have all heard the story of Robinson Crusoe. We see cartoons about the joy of being marooned on a desert island.

The Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil will host the first Summit for Responsible Journalism , which will gather about 10,000 participants from several countries on June 19 and 20. Guayaquil Historical Park, located on the outskirts of the port city will host the massive event, scheduled to be opened by Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa, who has ... (more)

Children take up a lot more than people's time as the Duo Condoms campaign shows.

The body of the giant tortoise known as "Lonesome George," which died a year ago, is being embalmed in the United States, a process after which it will be returned to Ecuador to be exhibited in the Galapagos archipelago.

There are about 30,000 people who live on the Galapagos Islands. Most of those live on Santa Cruz and the majority of those residents live in Puerto Ayora.

An oil spill that originated in Ecuador is streaming down the Amazon, reaching Peru and threatening Brazil.