José Adolfo Macías Villamar, nicknamed "Fito," and considered the leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang accused of smuggling ...

I moved from Canada to Quito, Ecuador, to be with my boyfriend. It was supposed to be temporary, but the weather, nature, and ...

Prosecutors say José Adolfo Macías Villamar is the leader of the Los Choneros gang that murdered, kidnapped and tortured ...

The increasing volumes of cocaine reaching the U.K. meet a soaring demand that has reportedly resulted in the country having the second-highest cocaine usage rate in the world. The post Ecuador's ...

After spending months building prosthetic hands for young kids, they’re finally delivering them to families in Ecuador.

Joan Paul Alcivar De La Cruz fled persecution in Ecuador and was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at his ...

Ecuador extradited top drug lord Adolfo “Fito” Macías to the U.S. on a special flight to New York. Body of missing Rachel ...

Notorious Ecuadoran drug trafficker Adolfo Macias, alias 'Fito,' pleaded not guilty to narcotics charges in a US court Monday ...

The facility features 2,280 square metres of temperature-controlled warehouse space, a 6,445 square metre manoeuvring yard, ...

In many parts of Latin America, evangelical churches have grown at a feverish pace. In tiny Ecuador, for one, evangelical churches are booming. Not only are parishioners flocking to services, but ...

Afro-descendant peoples in four Amazon countries show remarkable achievements in environmental stewardship, according to new research from Conservation International, published in Nature ...

A new study finds that Afro-descendant communities in four Amazonian countries are linked to lands with high biodiversity and ...