Security forces in Ecuador have launched an operation in a major prison complex in the port city of Guayaquil. Soldiers and police officers have entered the facility and say they have restored ...

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso Wednesday issued an executive decree ordering the Armed Forces to carry out immediate ... the Ecuadorian people.” Ecuador is experiencing an escalation ...

QUITO (Reuters) - United Nations special rapporteur for torture Alice Edwards said on Thursday she is alarmed over ...

Ecuador’s role as a cocaine highway continues to fuel the growth of gangs that have become a massive security threat. So far, the government’s militarized response lacks a clear exit strategy, and ...

Murder charges will be filed against at least nine inmates at Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, which has seen riots and ...

The exit of US forces from Ecuador is believed to have triggered the current controversy over foreign forcers in South American military bases. Colombia this year signed and implemented an ...

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Edwards, on Thursday called on Ecuador to investigate and prosecute the alleged ...

Alice Edwards, UN special rapporteur on torture, has expressed alarm over allegations of torture against former Ecuadorian ...

GENEVA - The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture has called on the Government of Ecuador to ensure that detained former vice-president Jorge David Glas ...