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A week before Ecuador’s presidential runoff election between Andrés Arauz and Guillermo Lasso, the leadership of the country’s indigenous movement remains bitterly divided on strategy. With most polls showing a tightening race, many analysts say the vote of the indigenous and their supporters could be critical in determining the next president. On Saturday, Jaime Vargas,...

A photo obtained by Fox News shows two little Ecuadorian girls — who were dropped from a barrier at the U.S.-Mexican border by smugglers, and whose plight drew worldwide concern and outrage — receiving care at a Border Patrol facility after their rescue. The girls were seen by millions in an internet video being dropped...

The Ministry of Health says that it expects two shipments of the Sinovac vaccine next week, with 300,000 doses arriving April 4 and 700,000 more arriving April 8. Ecuador’s ambassador in Beijing, Carlos Larrea, who toured Sinovac facilities last week, reported that the shipments are being packed and will arrive on schedule in Quito. According...

By Rachel Treisman The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its domestic travel guidance for fully vaccinated people, lifting certain testing and self-quarantine requirements and recommending precautions like wearing a mask and avoiding crowds. But health officials continue to discourage nonessential travel, citing a sustained rise in cases and hospitalizations. The CDC updated...

The Loja Emergency Operations Committee has asked President Lenin Moreno to declare a state of emergency for the canton. The action would require approval from the Constitutional Court under a provision that local communities hard-hit by the Covid pandemic can request that some civil rights be temporarily suspended. Several doctors at the Social Security hospital...