"They stole children from other towns and sacrificed them in front of her (Santa Muerte) when they wanted to land a big hit," ...

Drug-related violence that has rocked Ecuador in recent years is once again the biggest issue for many voters in Sunday's ...

Ecuador will apply a 27% tariff on Mexican goods to “ensure fair treatment” of Ecuadorian producers, President Daniel Noboa ...

For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.

In Ecuador's presidential election, both top candidates want a second chance. Gonzalez would be Ecuador's first elected woman ...

But it wasn’t until the U.S.-led “war on drugs” put the squeeze on cartels in other countries that Ecuador became the preserve of narco gangs. In the 1980s and 1990s, Colombia was the center ...

A busy shelter for migrants in southern Mexico has been left without a doctor. A program to provide mental health support for ...

In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump's administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for ...

ROGER W. FERGUSON, JR., is the Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

According to the UN, Latin America is the "most lethal" place for women outside a war zone, with figures that reached 2,500 victims during 2017. In Ecuador, "60.6 percent of women have experienced ...

Ecuadorean leftist Luisa Gonzalez says her plans to spend on social welfare and impose harsher penalties for criminals will ...

Ecuador’s conservative president says that he is raising tariffs on Mexican imports in a move that echoes the trade barriers ...