Quito [Ecuador], December 13 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 18 people were killed and 25 others injured in a passenger bus accident in the Sucua canton of the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago in southern Ecuador, the Integrated Security Service ECU 911 reported Sunday.
Quito [Ecuador], November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from the clashes at the Litoral Penitentiary in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil has risen to 68, the State Attorney General's Office reported on Saturday.
Quito [Ecuador] November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 58 prisoners died and another 12 were injured in clashes in a jail in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, local authorities reported on Saturday.
Quito [Ecuador] October 20 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday (local time) informed that Washington will do everything it can to free the missionaries kidnapped in Haiti.
Quito [Ecuador], October 18 (ANI/Sputnik): A passenger bus fell off a road into a gorge in central Ecuador, killing 11 people and injuring 12 others, national media reported on Monday.
Quito [Ecuador], July 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador exceeded 460,000 COVID-19 cases, after registering 1,619 infections in 24 hours and accumulating 461,157 cases, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday, adding that there were also 13 more deaths, for a total of 15,946.
Quito [Ecuador], May 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador reported on Thursday 1,098 new COVID-19 infections and 43 more deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 422,329 and death toll to 14,909, the Ministry of Public Health said.
Quito [Ecuador], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuadorian authorities arrested 176 people over the weekend for violating a newly-imposed night-time curfew aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Government Minister Gabriel Martinez said on Monday.
Quito [Ecuador], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador's ministry of health reported on Thursday 2,550 new COVID-19 cases and 120 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the tally to 365,393 cases and 12,915 deaths.
Quito [Ecuador], April 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Guillermo Lasso from the CREO right-wing movement won Ecuador's presidential election with over 52 per cent of the votes, the National Electoral Council said, releasing final voting results.
Quito [Ecuador], April 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Former banker and three-time presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso declared victory in Ecuador's presidential runoff elections Sunday, calling it a historic day for the South American country.
Quito [Ecuador], April 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador registered 26 more Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 12,003, the Ministry of Public Health said, adding that another 1,633 infections were reported in this period, taking the total caseload to 330,388.