Military convoys of heavily-armed soldiers are rumbling through the streets of the Ecuadorian port town of Esmeraldas. The trucks carry more than 100 soldiers wearing bullet-proof vests, trying to ...

A massacre in Ecuador’s northern port city of Esmeraldas has underlined how competition over cocaine trafficking routes is contributing to escalating violence across the country. Nine people were ...

Over the last decade, Ecuador has quietly emerged as a key piece of the global drug trade, with up to a third of Colombia’s record cocaine production now exported through the country. Cocaine produced ...

Along the coast facing the Pacific Ocean in the province of Esmeraldas (Ecuador) one can observe some stretches where a process of rapid erosion is currently in progress. If it is not prevented, it ...

QUITO, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Ecuador on Monday launched an international tender to find a new operator ready to invest in the modernizing and operating of Esmeraldas, the country's largest refinery, which ...

QUITO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Ecuador plans to launch a tender on Sept. 21 to chose a company willing to renovate state-run oil company Petroecuador's 110,000 barrel-per-day Esmeraldas refinery, the ...

Oct 12 (Reuters) - Ecuador plans to issue a tender early next year to find a firm willing to build and operate two processing units at its state-run Esmeraldas refinery, an expansion that would reduce ...

An oil spill in northwestern Ecuador has turned a river black, prompting authorities to declare an environmental emergency amid "unprecedented" damage and to order residents to ration drinking water, ...

ESMERALDAS, Ecuador, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The situation at Ecuador's state-run Esmeraldas refinery remains "critical," including problems with the catalytic cracking unit, despite a $2 billion overhaul ...

Ecuador’s state-owned Petroecuador is seeking proposals from companies interested in becoming a strategic partner in the rehabilitation, modernization, and integral operation of its 110,000-b/d ...

Brothels in the petroleum port province of Esmeraldas provide an employment magnet for underage women. A significant number are lured into the work by a man they consider a romantic partner. Third of ...

Ecuador declared an environmental emergency due to an oil spill near Esmeraldas River in the northwestern coastal province of the country. Ecuadorian authorities said that part of the Trans-Ecuadorian ...