State of emergency to allow government to send more money, people to help bring blazes under control, minister says.

Ecuador declared a national emergency on Monday due to water shortages, drought, and forest fires that destroyed more than 10 ...

The 60-day state of national emergency comes as the country has struggled to take control over a series of wildfires taking ...

Ecuador on Monday declared a national emergency due to water shortages, drought and forest fires that have razed more than 10,000 hectares in the south of the country so far this month.

The state of emergency will allow the freeing of funds ... have already been consumed by the wildfires. This comes as Ecuador struggles with an energy crisis that has led to power outages of ...

Ecuador, a South American country that continues to experience severe drought and wildfires, has declared a 60-day state of emergency. In Ecuador, wildfires have now burned more than 100 square ...

Ecuador on Monday declared a national emergency due to water shortages, drought and forest fires that have razed more than 10,000 hectares in the south of the country so far this month. The state ...