Brazil without Neymar and Vinicius as Paqueta back for World Cup qualifiers

Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti did not recall Neymar and spared Vinicius Junior for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Bolivia next month with Lucas Paqueta returning to the national team. The 33-year-old Neymar, who returned to Santos in...

Ecuador Shooting Leaves Eight Dead, Three Injured

(MENAFN) Eight individuals lost their lives and three sustained injuries Sunday when armed assailants unleashed gunfire on a crowd outside a nightclub in Santa Lucia, located in Ecuador’s western Guayas province, according to local media reports....

'Attentive' Spurs given green light to make move for £52m Hincapie

Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly given the green light to move for Bayer Leverkusen defender Piero Hincapie, who has a £52m release clause in his contract. Tottenham Hotspur have supposedly been handed encouragement in their pursuit of Bayer...

Mario Díaz-Balart discusses legislative achievements and Ecuador policy stance on social media

Mario Díaz-Balart, U.S. Congressman representing Florida’s 26th District since 2003, shared his views on recent legislative and international developments in a series of posts on August 15, 2025.In a post at 14:38 UTC, Díaz-Balart highlighted his...

Isak, Donnarumma and Rodrygo: The seven biggest deals that could still happen

Sports Mole looks at the seven biggest deals that could still be done in the summer transfer window, including Alexander Isak to Liverpool and Rodrygo to Manchester City. The summer transfer window of 2025 has already etched itself into the...

Ecuador Seeks Recognition from WFME Following Argentina’s Restrictions on Ecuadorian Medical Students

(FILE) Photo: Presidency of Ecuador. August 11, 2025 Hour: 3:10 am Ecuador’s Government confirmed on Sunday that it is currently going through the process of obtaining recognition from the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) to accredit...

Ecuador, once a peaceful haven between the world's two top cocaine exporters Colombia and Peru, has seen violence erupt in recent years as gangs with ties to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control

Ecuador, once a peaceful haven between the world's two top cocaine exporters Colombia and Peru, has seen violence erupt in recent years as gangs with ties to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control

Ecuador nightclub shooting leaves eight dead amid rising gang violence

A shooting at a nightclub in Ecuador on Sunday killed eight people and injured three others in the latest violent incident to hit the spiraling South American country, authorities said. The shooting took place in the rural area of Santa Luca in...

Ecuador: 8 people killed in shooting outside nightclub

Eight people were killed and two others were injured in a shooting outside a nightclub in southwestern Ecuador, police said Sunday. Police Colonel Javier Chango told a press conference that seven people died at the scene, and another died in the...

Amazon leaders unite to advance regional action on rainforest protection

Presidents and top officials from Amazon nations met in Bogotá to adopt a new joint declaration aimed at increasing cooperation and delivering on past promises to protect the world’s largest tropical rainforest. Steven Grattan reports for The...

Ecuadorians Rally in Quito to Defend Constitutional Court Judges

Ecuadorians protesting in Quito, Aug. 14, 2025. X/ @LaPeriodicanet August 15, 2025 Hour: 12:14 pm On Thursday, thousands of Ecuadorians took to the streets of Quito to defend the judges of the Constitutional Court and protest against President...

A longtime Tucson columnist reflects on the Old Pueblo’s 205th anniversary

Tucson celebrated its 250th anniversary last week. The Old Pueblo has a long and storied history — beginning with a red-haired Irishman-turned-loyal servant of New Spain named Hugo O’Conor scouting out a site for a fortress along the Santa Cruz...

Ecuador nightclub shooting leaves eight dead

The shooting took place in the rural area of Santa Luca in the coastal province of Guayas, considered one of the country’s most dangerous. Seven of the victims, who were between 20 and 40 years old, died at the club and the eighth one at a...

To Ecuador with Love: ‘Women Wearing Shoulder Pads’ Creator Gonzalo Cordova on His Wild New Adult Swim Show

***This article was written for the Sept./Oct. 25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 352)*** What would you get if you merged the madcap, surreal frames of ’80s-era Pedro Almodóvar movies with the beautifully art-decorated stop-motion world of...

Interference with Constitutional Court threatens rule of law and safeguards against abuse of power: Ecuador

OHCHR GENEVA – An independent human rights expert* today expressed deep concern over reported threats, intimidation and political pressure by high-level public officials against Ecuador’s Constitutional Court and its judges. “When high-ranking...

¿Como Bukele o como Rafael Correa? Las comparaciones que despierta el libreto de Noboa en Ecuador

Análisis por Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español Los ecuatorianos son testigos en estos días de una verdadera medición de fuerzas entre el Gobierno de Daniel Noboa y la Corte Constitucional, en una batalla que tiene como consigna el combate a la...

UNO CORP takes over Primax business in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru

The deal between UNO CORP and Grupo Romero is a mixture of ownership and strategic alliance.Honduran conglomerate UNO CORP has agreed to acquire 80% of Primax, a deal covering the fuel retailer’s networks of service stations and distribution...

Ecuador, once a peaceful haven between the world's two top cocaine exporters Colombia and Peru, has seen violence erupt in recent years as gangs with ties to Mexican and Colombian cartels vie for control

Art project by East Lothian children inspires author in Ecuador

Children from Little Artists, a group set up two years ago in North Berwick, were excited to get involved in the project again after seeing their work used last year. Author Rebekah Murray has taken on a challenge to write a short story every day...

UK-Ecuador Partnership Strengthens  

Together, the UK and Ecuador are building a legacy of cooperation, innovation, and environmental stewardship British water treatment specialist Hydro Industries has won three significant contracts in Ecuador, in what is being hailed as the largest...