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Ecuador President declares 30-day emergency, 15-day nationwide curfew

Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno has declared a new 30-day state of emergency nationwide and two weeks of curfew amid fears of holiday crowds and gatherings fuelling new coronavirus cases

'Invisible hands': How millions of domestic workers fare under Covid-19

Most domestic work is informal, leaving workers vulnerable, especially in times of crisis like Covid-19

China suspends imports of Ecuador shrimp on Covid-19 pandemic risk

China began testing imported fresh and frozen food after the coronavirus was found on a chopping board used to cut salmon at a large food market in Beijing

Ecuador denies having granted asylum, land to rape-accused Nithyananda

In a statement, the Embassy of Ecuador said the country had in fact denied Nithyananda's request for asylum, and he left the country for Haiti

Ecuador arrests 370 people in two days of anti-austerity protests

The government said security forces had managed to subdue protests in some provinces and restore 'normality'

Personal data of Ecuador's entire population leaked online, say experts

The security company vpnMentor uncovered the breach on the server run by the firm Novaestrat

Bed, breakfast and chocolate in a visa-free paradise called Ecuador

Mindo has carved out a unique niche for itself in the developing world: a tourism hub where long-term goals of environmental conservation have taken precedence over the temptation of overexploitation

Ecuador rejects Wikileaks claims that it plans to expel assange

Foreign Ministry calls claims a bid to 'defile' its dignity

Ecuador chairs group of 77, to represent 134 developing countries at the UN

The group will continue promoting social and economic equality

74 swine flu deaths in Ecuador in 2016

This number of victims is still lower than that for the same period in 2013 when an AH1N1 epidemic had left 114 dead

Ecuador renews state of emergency for another 30 days

Emergency was declared after the devastating earthquake left 668 people dead and over 80,000 displaced

Death toll from Ecuador earthquake tops 650

President Rafael Correa has said that the quake caused $3 billion in damage

Ecuador hikes taxes as deadly quake compounds economic pain

The quake-hit nation is also drawing on $600 million in emergency credits from the World Bank and other multilateral lenders

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off Ecuador coast: USGS

Just days after the South American country was devastated by a deadly 7.8-magnitude quake.

Ecuador quake survivors dig for kin with bare hands

It was the earthquake, a 7.8-magnitude monster that late on Saturday toppled buildings along the coast and a ways inland, injuring at least 2,500

Flood, then earthquake: Ecuador town suffers double disaster

Dazed residents began the week in flood waters up to their chests -- and ended it Saturday evening with a devastating 7.8-magnitude quake

Ecuador earthquake: Aid begins to flow in after quake kills 246

More than 3,000 packages of food and nearly 8,000 sleeping kits were being delivered to survivors

Ecuador earthquake: Rescuers dig for survivors as quake killed 246

About 2,500 people were injured when the strong 7.8-magnitude quake hit Saturday evening

Quakes kill 233 in Ecuador

The 7.8-magnitude quake struck off the Pacific coast on Saturday and was felt around the Andean nation of 16 million people

Powerful earthquake of 7.8 magnitude kills at least 77 in Ecuador; 600 injured

The quake was centred 27 kilometres south-southeast of Muisne, in a sparsely populated area of fishing ports that's popular with tourists