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At least 12 people have been killed in landslides in Baños de Agua Santa, a resort town east of Ambato, with another 24 injured. As of Monday, local authorities said “dozens” are still missing. The landslide buried several homes beneath tons of rock and mud which careered down a hillside following days of torrential rain....

Many Quito neighborhoods were without electricity late Sunday following heavy rains that disabled three hydroelectric plants, including Coca Coda Sinclair on the Coca River. The closures forced the government to make an emergency purchase of electricity from Colombia. According to Energy Minister Roberto Luque, the rain in the central and northern Andes Saturday night overflowed...

Ecuador’s Constitutional Court ruled Friday that President Daniel Noboa’s emergency declaration in seven provinces is unconstitutional. It is the second time in three months the court has rejected a declaration on the grounds that the government did not provide adequate justification. In its ruling, the court said the claim of internal armed conflict was not...

Ecuador’s Vice President Verónica Abad, for now, will not be indicted in a corruption case against her son after lawmakers blocked the move on Friday. The National Assembly denied the authorization of Abad’s criminal prosecution in a vote prompted by an order from the country’s National Court to decide whether prosecutors could move forward. Although...

Newly elected Mexican president of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday she will not restore diplomatic relations with Ecuador until her country receives an apology for the April raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito. “What Ecuador did to Mexico is not something minor, so it is not a matter of sitting down and talking,” Sheinbaum...