Ecuador News

The former Ecuadorian judge who signed his name to a $19 billion environmental judgment against Chevron in February 2011 failed to show up to testify about whether he really wrote it on Thursday.

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QUITO: A ring that smuggled immigrants from India and Sri Lanka into the United States through Ecuador has been broken up with the arrest of six people, Ecuadoran authorities said yesterday.

The sun shone brightly but we were greeted by another wonderful breeze as we began our walk on one of the trails of Floreana Island.

Oh, San Antonio. You were rebuilding your rep for South Texas rock dominance - with corazon - until Pinata Protest crashed the fiesta.

Supermarket staff work next to partially empty shelves of toilet paper in Caracas on May 16, 2013.

The FBI is investigating after $625,000 in gold bars were somehow stolen minutes after it was unloaded from a plane at Miami International Airport.

Cuenca, Ecuador, may be a place many people have never heard of. But it's become a city teaming with retirees from all over the United States, drawn there by quality health care, a booming social scene and a low cost of living that makes their nest eggs suddenly seem golden.

Melrose High School students and chaperones are pictured on their Spanish trip to Equador.

The London Zoo recently put out a call to collectors that doubled as the animal version of a personals ad.

When the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meets for its 37th session in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in June it will review nominations for its well-regarded World Heritage List, which includes notable destinations such as Yellowstone National Park and the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.

2. Journey to the wilds of Ecuador with Mark Hopkins at 1:15 p.m. at the Beech Street Center .

Everyone knew that when Jose Blanco joined the Joya de Nicaragua team that something interesting would happen.

The Ministry of Tourism for Ecuador has announced that Ecuador will be hosting a five-day roadshow during May 2013.

As a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, Mike Grimm traveled to 57 countries in his 29 years of service.

Millions of children die every year as a result of environment-related diseases.

Quito soccer player Alex Colon kicks an extraordinary goal from the halfway line, the crowd goes wild and the Ecuadorian commentator yells 'goal' for all the word is worth.

It has been 30 three years since I first traveled from Boston to south of the equator.

One great thing about Florence is that even if some family members have already visited the city, there are always more things to see, and many of the city's masterpieces are just as thrilling on the second or third visit.

In the Galapagos Islands, thermal imagery reveals how marine iguanas accumulate power for sea diving by basking in the sun.