(MENAFN) A car bomb detonated Tuesday evening in the financial district of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, killing at least one person and injuring two others, local authorities confirmed. The explosion occurred around 6:30 p.m. near the main...
(MENAFN) Tensions flared in the northern Ecuadorian town of Otavalo as confrontations between armed forces and protesters led to injuries among 13 military personnel. The surge in demonstrations was sparked by President Daniel Noboa’s...
(MENAFN) A powerful car bomb detonated late Tuesday in Guayaquil’s bustling financial district, Ecuador’s largest city, killing at least one person and injuring two others, authorities confirmed. The explosion struck around 6:30 p.m. local time...
(MENAFN) In northern Ecuador’s Otavalo, escalating protests against President Daniel Noboa’s diesel price hike turned violent, resulting in 13 soldiers sustaining injuries during confrontations with demonstrators. The Armed Forces of Ecuador...
(MENAFN) A powerful car bomb detonated on Tuesday evening in the financial sector of Guayaquil, the most populous city in Ecuador. The explosion occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time near a prominent business headquarters linked to the...
(MENAFN) Clashes between Ecuadorian security forces and demonstrators in Otavalo, northern Ecuador, left 13 soldiers injured amid growing protests over President Daniel Noboa’s decision to raise diesel prices, according to reports. The Armed...
(MENAFN) Ecuadorian authorities have detained five people following what officials described as an assassination attempt on President Daniel Noboa, Energy Minister Ines Manzano said on Tuesday. The attack took place amid ongoing protests against...
(MENAFN) Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa survived what authorities described as an assassination attempt, Energy Minister Ines Manzano announced on Tuesday, with five people detained in connection to the incident. Noboa has recently faced...
Dr. Tom Mullikin says S.C. and the Galápagos Islands, face similar threats from erosion, sea-level rise, and extreme weather events SAN CRISTOBAL, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, ECUADOR, October 6, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Dr. Tom Mullikin, director of...
(MENAFN) The United Nations General Assembly selected 14 countries on Tuesday to join the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council for three-year terms starting January 1. The newly elected members are Angola, Egypt, Mauritius, South Africa, India,...
Indigenous and environmental leaders in Ecuador say they are facing a wave of state intimidation ahead of a national referendum next month on whether to rewrite the world’s only constitution that recognises the rights of nature. The pressure is...
Home South America Blasts Hit Ecuador Bridges In Retaliation For Illegal Mining Raid "The line we are pursuing is one of retaliation for what we have been doing in Imbabura (province), in terms of controlling the strike and cracking down on...
Explosions have rocked different parts of Ecuador, with officials accusing a local criminal gang and Colombian ex-FARC dissidents of targeting two bridges in retaliation for a major military operation against illegal miners. It is the latest wave...
Otavalo, Ecuador – October 15, 2025 – In a dramatic escalation of nationwide unrest, violent clashes erupted in the Indigenous town of Otavalo on Tuesday, leaving 13 Ecuadorian soldiers injured after they were targeted by demonstrators hurling...
QUITO, Ecuador — Two explosions rocked different parts of Ecuador on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after a vehicle exploded in a port city in the South American country and left one person dead. Explosives were placed on bridges “to block...
Police and soldiers stand at the site where a vehicle exploded outside a shopping mall, as a second vehicle containing explosives was found nearby, but did not detonate and was immediately neutralized, according to Ecuador’s Interior Minister John...
On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 6:00 PM, a pickup truck parked on Avenida José Joaquín de Orrantia, in front of Mall del Sol, exploded violently. The blast, classified as a terrorist act by Guayas Governor Humberto Plaza, occurred next to a...
Por Ana María Cañizares y Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español El Gobierno de Ecuador y algunas organizaciones indígenas acordaron este miércoles poner un alto a los bloqueos que se han mantenido en la provincia de Imbabura durante las últimas tres...
QUITO - The detonation of explosive devices on two bridges in Ecuador early on Wednesday was retaliation for a major military operation against illegal miners, the country's interior minister said. Interior Minister John Reimberg indicated that...
The sign reads, “Out with Noboa!” X/ @BernaolaMaria October 15, 2025 Hour: 8:20 am Early Wednesday, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) denounced that actions by state security forces caused the death of a Saraguro...
