Gangs, drugs and public safety threats are ravaging Ecuador’s largest city and may push the president to seek help from the United States.

Ecuador's government awarded an onshore oil contract to a consortium led by China's state-owned producer Sinopec on Monday, in a push to grow crude output from the country's Sacha block.

Rival factions of an Ecuadoran drug trafficking gang fought Thursday in the violent port city of Guayaquil, leaving at least 22 people dead, officials said.

An electoral court suspended the political rights of Ecuador’s second-in-command for engaging in what it said was gender-related violence, effectively removing her from office amid her feud with President Daniel Noboa.

Patricio Ernesto Aguilar Vásquez, director of the community newspaper El Libertador de Quinindé, was murdered on 4 March 2025 in Quinindé, a town in the province of Esmeraldas. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) strongly condemns this crime and demands an immediate and thorough investigation to identify and prosecute those responsible.

The toll was reported by the local police chief, Herbie Guamani, and a police source said the gunfight involved opposing factions of a gang called Los Tigerones, one of the most powerful in this formerly peaceful country.

Ecuador's president announced on Friday an amnesty for security forces fighting drug cartels in the port city of Guayaquil, where 22 people were killed in fierce gunfights between rival gangs.

A consortium formed by Chinese player Sinopec and Canada-based New Stratus Energy has been awarded a contract to take the reins of Ecuador’s largest producing field.

Juan Alexander Quizhpi Naranjo was riding north on Metcalf Ave. with a 14-year-old girl seated behind him when he crashed into a minivan.