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March 27, 2024 at 1:57 PM. By Alexandra Valencia and Oliver Griffin. (Reuters) - Ecuador is struggling to bring spiraling violence under control, with mayors fearing for their lives and the ...
Corruption allegations have also swirled around Ecuador’s justice and security system. In 2022, the US withdrew visas from high-ranking officers of Ecuadorian state security forces, alleged to ...
Security in Ecuador has worsened since the coronavirus pandemic, which also battered the Andean nation's economy. The number of violent deaths rose to 8,008 in 2023, the government has said ...
Ecuador–United States relations. Ecuador and the United States maintained close ties based on mutual interests in maintaining democratic institutions; combating cannabis and cocaine; building trade, investment, and financial ties; cooperating in fostering Ecuador's economic development; and participating in inter-American organizations.
Spanish is the official and most commonly spoken language in Ecuador. Northern Quechua and other pre-colonial American languages were spoken by 2,300,000 in the past (Adelaar 1991). Ethnologue lists 24 languages of Ecuador: [2] Achuar–Shiwiar. Awa–Cuaiquer.
2°00′S77°30′W / 2.000°S 77.500°W. Ecuador is located on the west by the Pacific Ocean, and has 2,237 km of coastline. It has 2237 km of land boundaries, with Colombia in the north (708 km border) and Peru in the east and south (1,529 km border). 283,561 km 2 (109,484 sq mi) is land and 6,720 km 2 (2,595 sq mi) water.
QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday decreed a state of emergency in five coastal provinces because of "internal armed conflict". The measure marks the second security ...
Power was nearly fully restored in Ecuador on Wednesday afternoon, after a nationwide electricity outage struck residential users, hospitals as well as the capital's subway system, a failure ...