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Both cities have been caught up in fighting between rival drug gangs which has seen homicide rates in Ecuador soar. The van ended up stalled in the middle of the road with broken windows and ...

Before visiting Ecuador, the eponymous equator wasn’t the most eagerly-anticipated moment on my bucket list trip. There were giant tortoises to meet, cloud forests to climb and Indigenous ...