Topic - Ecuador

Ecuador, west of the mainland. The country's capital is Quito and its largest city is Guayaquil. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - Amanda Villavicencio, the daughter of murdered presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, protests with other members of her family outside the court where suspects in her father's murder are being tried, in Quito, Ecuador, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)

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Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa attends an economic forum organized by the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) in Panama City, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) ** FILE **

U.S. and Ecuador launch military operation against organized crime groups

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Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa attends an economic forum organized by the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) in Panama City, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) ** FILE **

U.S. and Ecuador launch joint mission to take out drug traffickers

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Ramon Pucha demonstrates how to turn a leaf into a hat to protect himself from the sun while looking for seeds to grow on his family's farm, where he preserves native species and shares seedlings with neighboring communities in an effort to protect biodiversity, in Alto Ila, in Ecuador's Amazon region, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Seed guardians of the Amazon: A family’s solitary fight to save endangered plants

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In this photo released by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-TX, Adrian Conejo Arias and his son, five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos are seen in San Antonio, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, after being released from Dilley detention center. (Joaquin Castro via AP)

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Shown is a police car with flashing lights. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Human heads found hanging on a beach in southwestern Ecuador

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Protesters hold banners outside the courthouse where soldiers were sentenced for the disappearance and killing of four children who went missing in December 2024, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz)

Ecuadorian court hands down max sentences to 11 soldiers in case of 4 disappeared minors

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Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa shows his vote in a referendum on whether to allow foreign military bases in the country and rewrite the constitution through a constituent assembly, in Olon, Ecuador, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz)

Ecuadorian drug gang leader captured in Spain years after faking his death

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Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, accompanied by his family, votes in a referendum on whether to allow foreign military bases in the country and rewrite the constitution through a constituent assembly, in Olon, Ecuador, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz)

Ecuadorians vote on whether to allow foreign military bases amid rising crime

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A woman shouts as soldiers arrive to clear the Pan-American Highway of demonstrators protesting the elimination of diesel subsidy by President Daniel Noboa's government, in Calderon, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador’s Noboa faces escalating protests over rise in diesel costs

By Gonzalo Solano and Gabriela Molina - Associated Press

People traverse roadblocks placed by demonstrators protesting the elimination of the diesel subsidy by President Daniel Noboa's, government in Cayambe, Ecuador, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Protesters rally in Quito as Ecuador declares state of emergency in 10 provinces

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FILE - Waorani Indigenous people march to the Constitutional Court to protest for their right to consultation before the bidding for the exploration and exploitation of oil and gas on their territory in Quito, Ecuador, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)

Indigenous groups criticize Ecuador’s $47 billion oil expansion plan in Amazon

By Steven Grattan - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, arrives to meet with Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa at the presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sep. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool)

Rubio visits Ecuador as U.S. military strike on Venezuelan boat overshadows talks

By Matthew Lee and Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Juan Bay, president of the Waorani people of Ecuador, from left, Jhajayra Machoa Mendúa and Nadino Calapucha, a spokesperson for the Kichwa Pakkiru people, pose for a photograph as a Chevron refinery is visible in the background Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Richmond, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador

By Steven Grattan and Godofredo Vasquez - Associated Press