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Ecuador wants to create local citizen committees that would defend the government and its "revolution" — sparking criticism that the president aims to control opponents in a system reminiscent of Cuba or Venezuela.
South American presidents expressed deep concerns Monday over the United States' plan to increase its military presence in Colombia.
South American presidents expressed deep concerns Monday with a planned U.S. military expansion in Colombia, but failed to reach consensus on a joint statement rejecting U.S. long-term leases on Colombian bases.
President Rafael Correa has won re-election but may have little time to savor the decisive victory. The leftist economist must now determine how to maintain his ample social spending programs in a deepening economic crisis.
Posters plastered on the walls of supermarket chains across this Andean nation proudly declare "Ecuador First." But for many shoppers, buying domestic is no longer really a matter of choice.
The wife of the Ecuadorean man hit by a car, trapped under a van and dragged for nearly 20 miles through New York City is demanding justice for her husband's death.
Ecuador's legislators have approved a bill that would resume mining activities suspended nine months ago and promote large-scale mining projects.
Hard to believe a giant, pink lizard could be overlooked for almost two centuries.
Ecuador's social security institute plans to buy $500 million in treasury bonds that the government may issue to finance its budget while mulling a default on other debts, the institute's director said Monday.
Former Ecuadorean leaders said Friday that President Rafael Correa was playing politics when he accused them of taking bribes during $3.9 billion in debt renegotiations.
Ecuador's government said Monday it would seize a family business group's stock shares in 58 companies to help recover debts generated by the collapse of the family's former bank.
Two Ecuadorean politicians and a Venezuelan lawmaker on Friday denounced a Colombian criminal probe into their alleged ties with the neighboring country's main rebel group, calling it politically motivated and a "witch hunt."
Ecuador's constitutional assembly on Friday approved a decree revoking most of the mining concessions in the country, following up on the leftist government's pledge to take greater control over natural resources.
Ecuador shook up its army and police leadership on Wednesday, the political fallout from a Colombian raid that shattered the president's trust in his security forces.
President Rafael Correa's outrage over Colombia's cross-border raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador has improved his popularity, strengthening his chances of gaining approval for constitutional reforms later this year.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and two of his regional proteges are rewriting their nations' constitutions, following a Latin American tradition of using the fundamental charter to attempt radical breaks from past regimes.
Leftist President Rafael Correa went deep into Ecuador's Amazon jungle to show his disdain for Chevron Corp., which is on trial here for allegedly failing to clean up billions of gallons of toxic wastewater.
Ecuador's popular president tightened his hold over all branches of government Tuesday, sending police to prevent the return of opposition lawmakers as his tentative majority in Congress dismissed all nine members of the nation's highest court.
Ecuador's highest electoral court fired a judge Wednesday who tried to return half the country's legislators to their posts as a political crisis over the rewriting of the country's constitution deepened.
President-elect Rafael Correa appointed seven women to his Cabinet on Wednesday, including Ecuador's first female defense minister, saying he wanted to promote gender equality in his South American nation.
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