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A day of violent rioting at a prison in southwest Ecuador on Sunday (November 9, 2025) caused the deaths of at least 31 inmates, the country’s prisons agency said. Twenty-seven prisoners in port town Machala, south of Guayaquil, died due to asphyxiation and “immediate death by hanging,” according to a statement shared on X by…
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Ecuador’s prosecutor’s office said on Monday (October 20, 2025) it would not detain the Ecuadorean survivor of a U.S. military strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean. The man, rescued by U.S. forces after the strike, arrived in Ecuador on Saturday (October 18, 2025) and was released after the prosecutor’s office said there…
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New Delhi: Ecuadorian influencer, Landy Parraga Goyburo, was shot dead after her Instagram post gave away her location to the attackers, reports say. Just before her death, Goyburo had posted a picture of her having ‘octopus ceviche’ for lunch at a restaurant, which is where she was targetted by two armed men. The incident was…
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The story so far: A political and diplomatic chasm has split Latin America. The epicentre of the crisis is Ecuador’s capital Quito; the immediate trigger was a police raid on the Mexican Embassy to arrest a political opponent convicted of corruption. President Daniel Noboa, in an unprecedented move, ordered raids on the embassy to arrest…
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Anacondas are incredibly useful sources of information for the ecological health Researchers in the Amazon have discovered the world’s largest snake species – an enormous green anaconda – in Ecuador’s rainforest that split off from its closest relatives 10 million years ago though they still nearly look identical to this day. A video shared online…
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Gabriela Rodriguez worked at Devonshires Solicitors for two years. A cleaner in the United Kingdom was fired by a top London law firm for eating a leftover tuna sandwich which she found in a meeting room, according to a report in the Guardian. The woman Gabriela Rodriguez, hailing from Ecuador, worked at Devonshires Solicitors for…
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Daniel Noboa is the son of one of Ecuador’s richest men. Thirty-five-year-old Daniel Noboa became Ecuador’s youngest-ever president-elect after the electoral authority declared him the victor and socialist rival Luisa Gonzalez conceded defeat. Here are five points on Daniel Noboa: Mr Noboa is the son of one of Ecuador’s richest men, who himself has five…
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A stunning 85th-minute equalizer from Eduard Bello earned Venezuela a rare draw at Brazil while world champions Argentina made it three wins out of three in South American World Cup qualifying with a hard-earned 1-0 win over a determined Paraguay on Thursday. Darwin Nunez struck a stoppage time penalty as Uruguay fought back for a…
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Authorities announced the hostage-takings on Thursday. (Representational) Quito, Ecuador: Inmates in six Ecuadoran prisons on Friday released the 50 guards and seven police officers who had been taken hostage in the latest spasm of narcotics-related mayhem, the state prison institute said. The prison guards and police “were freed and are undergoing medical evaluation to verify…
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