The 60-day period of the state of emergency will continue until the February presidential election campaign. Italy and Peru have provided Ecuador with air support to help contain the fires.

The 60-day state of national emergency comes as the country has struggled to take control over a series of wildfires taking place in several provinces. The Ecuadorian energy crisis has exacerbated ...

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 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 ...

Quito, Ecuador.- Two Ecuadorian sisters were arrested at Quito’s Mariscal Sucre International Airport after authorities found ...