Ecuador

Ecuador says vessel sinkings part of joint US drug trafficking probe

US sinks third alleged Ecuador drug gang boat this week

US Southern Command published a video on social media of a strike on a boat that it said belonged to Ecuadoran gang Los Choneros.

A prawn superpower rises

The humble prawn is big money for Ecuador, which sold more than US$8 billion worth last year, more than India, Vietnam and Indonesia combined.

Singapore, Ecuador ink deal to cooperate in human development

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam (right) and Ecuador President Daniel Noboa Azin during the state banquet at Goodwood Park Hotel on Aug 24.

Ecuador President to make South American country’s first state visit to Singapore

Ecuador‘s President Daniel Noboa Azin will make a two-day state visit to Singapore, the first by a head of state from the South American country to the Republic.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Aug 20, 2026

An electronic display showing the national debt in Washington, DC on Aug 19.

Ecuador intel chief, five Americans killed in Kenya tourist helicopter crash

Kenya tourist helicopter crash kills 7, including Americans and Ecuador security chief

A rescue official works at the site of a tourist helicopter crash that caused multiple casualties, according to the police, in Samburu County, Kenya, August 19, 2026. Kenya Red Cross/Handout via REUTERS

Between cartel threats and US airstrikes, Ecuador fishermen have nowhere to hide

Fishermen unload their fresh catch near a market as local fishermen are increasingly being pursued by Ecuadorean gangs to move drugs and for their skills navigating the Pacific waters along Ecuador's coast, which has become a hub for the international smuggling of narcotics over the last half-decade, in Manta, Ecuador, June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Karen Toro

Ecuador police seize nearly 370kg of cocaine bearing Erling Haaland’s photos

Images of Erling Haaland were found on a 369kg cocaine shipment seized by Ecuador police.

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