Explore Quito, Ecuador's capital! Discover its UNESCO historic center, Andean peaks, El Panecillo, Mitad del Mundo & vibrant culture. A South American gem.

In Ecuador, farmers who bet on cocoa beans rather than bananas, the country's top agricultural export, are cashing in as a global shortage of the main ingredient in chocolate feeds a price bonanza.

Ecuador is a remarkably biodiverse country, home to two of the world’s most captivating natural sites: the Galapagos Islands and a large portion of the Amazon. An ‘avenue’ of volcanoes ...

An Ecuadorean court on Monday convicted 20 of 21 total defendants in a wide-ranging organized crime and drug trafficking case involving the Andean country's judicial system, sentencing them to ...

A judge in Ecuador on Monday ordered 30 people to stand trial in a wide-ranging organized crime and drug trafficking case involving the Andean country's judicial system.

The discovery places monumental architecture in the region 1,500 years earlier than previously thought, researchers said. “Most researchers in the Andes argue that monumental architecture is a product ...

Three men in Otavalo, Ecuador, with braids. Photographer Irina Werning's long-term project on long hair in Latin America took her to the Kichwa community for its final chapter.

Defying predictions and expectations, incumbent Daniel Noboa won Ecuador’s presidential election with a clear lead, securing his power at a time when the right on the South American continent ...