A crude oil pipeline crack caused a thick oil slick in the Viche River in northwestern Ecuador. Employees of the state oil company Petroecuador were trying Saturday to contain the oil slick in the ...

Ecuadoreans were voting on Sunday in what is expected to be a close presidential race between incumbent Daniel Noboa, who ...

In the first round in February, Noboa edged past Gonzalez by fewer than 17,000 votes. Polls suggest the outcome of Sunday’s ...

The rupture of Ecuador's SOTE crude pipeline earlier this month spilled over 25,000 barrels of oil, the country's national disaster management agency said in a statement, affecting three rivers, ...

The two candidates battling it out to win Ecuador's presidency in this Sunday's run-off have focused their energies on the ...

An oil spill in northwestern Ecuador has turned a river black, prompting authorities to declare an environmental emergency and order residents to ration drinking water. The spill, believed to have ...

Petroecuador blamed a landslide due to heavy rains in recent weeks for the spill. Ecuador exploited in 2024 about 475,000 barrels per day of oil, one of its main export products. That year it sold ...

Ecuadoreans vote on Sunday in what is expected to be a close presidential race between incumbent Daniel Noboa, who says he ...