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The U.S. has signed an agreement to support Ecuador in its campaign to keep drug traffickers out of the country. The agreement, which invites the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to provide on-the-ground assistance, was signed Wednesday in Quito. “We need the expertise of the United States, as well as that of all countries willing...

According to Ecuador’s National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), Quito will be Ecuador’s largest city after the 2020 national census. INEC predicts that Quito will have a population of 2,781,000 while Guayaquil will stand at 2,723,000. The projections are based on the metropolitan area, not on the parishes that comprise the central city. According...

It provides an energy boost, improves sexual prowess, and helps you lose weight. And, according to a study by Rutgers University in the U.S., it contains a rare antioxidant compound that stimulates overall health and helps prevent cancer. The borojó fruit, which grows only in Ecuador, Colombia and a small area in Panama, has long...

Editor’s note: How would you rate the world’s top travel destinations? The Flight Network, one the largest international travel websites, asked the question to 800 travel professionals. Among their top choices was Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. Here’s what the editors had to say about the islands. To see the full list, click here. The Galapagos Islands...

The decision of six members of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) to suspend their membership has left the Quito-based organization on life support. Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay and Peru last week informed Bolivia, which holds the pro tempore presidency of Unasur, of their decision to end participation in the 10-year-old organization for...

Colombia is looking for a new mediator in its peace negotiations with a rebel guerilla organization. In an official statement, Ecuador said that it would no longer be a guarantor of peace talks between the government in Bogota and the National Liberation Army (ELN), a leftist rebel group, as long as ELN continues to carry...

Ecuador is in much better position to defeat drug traffickers than Colombia and it’s not just because the country produces almost no illegal drugs of its own. “When the journalists from El Comercio were kidnapped and then killed, tens of thousands of people from all over Ecuador turned out for vigils,” says author and Colombia...