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NYPD: Merchant held for ransom, tortured for month

A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in Ecuador did not have, authorities said.Full story

Oil demand threatens Ecuador's rainforest

Tribes in Ecuador will fight rain forest auction

Canadian judge dismisses lawsuit against Chevron

12-year-old Mass. Boy wins National Geographic Bee

  Sathwik Karnik cruised to victory in the National Geographic Bee. To clinch the title, the 12 year old from Plainville, Mass correctly named Chimborazo as the mountain in Ecuador that represents the farthest point from the Earth’s center.  NBC’s Ali Weinberg reports.   

Ecuador withdraws ambassador in Peru over supermarket brawl

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador removed its ambassador in Peru from his post on Monday over his involvement in a supermarket brawl in Lima, an incident that threatened to sour relations between the neighboring countries. Full story

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Ecuador seeks to end investment protection treaty with U.S.

Ecuador's Correa plans no sweeping reforms, wants investment

Ecuador's Correa vows to make socialist revolution 'irreversible'

Ecuador's re-elected Correa vows media and land reforms

Factbox: Ecuador and President Rafael Correa

Preview: Ecuador's Correa favored to easily win re-election

Tribunal presses Ecuador to halt Chevron case enforcement

Two killed, four injured in Ecuador pro-government rally

Former Ecuador judge on Chevron case says plaintiffs bribed court

State spending fuels Correa's re-election bid in Ecuador

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  Eruptions increase from volcano in Ecuador

Voluntary evacuations are underway in Ecuador where activity from Mount Tungurahua is increasing. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Tourists freed from kidnappers in Ecuador

Two female tourists are free after being kidnapped in Ecuador near the Colombian border and spending two days with captors in the jungle. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Arsonists blamed for wildfires in Ecuador

Officials in Ecuador are searching for suspected arsonists behind the devastating wildfires that have burned thousands of acres of farmland. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Volcano in Ecuador shoots off tower of ash

Ecuador's Tungurahua Volcano rumbled to life on Sunday causing alarm among residents living in the area. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  International standoff over Julian Assange continues

One day after Ecuador granted Julian Assange political asylum, Britain is responding by increasing the police presence around the Ecuadorian embassy and saying they will not grant the WikiLeaks founder “safe passage out of the United Kingdom.”

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Thousands of citizens listen as Ecuador's President Rafael Correa delivers his speech after his inauguration ceremony at Bicentennial Park in Quito May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja (ECUADOR - Tags: POLITICS)

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Ecuador's President Correa delivers a speech to thousands of citizens after his inauguration ceremony at Bicentennial Park in Quito

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa delivers a speech to thousands of citizens after his inauguration ceremony at Bicentennial Park in Quito May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Granja (ECUADOR - Tags: POLITICS)

Ecuador's President Correa gestures during a speech to thousands of citizens after his inauguration ceremony at Bicentennial Park in Quito
Ecuador's President Correa gestures during a speech to thousands of citizens after his inauguration ceremony at Bicentennial Park in Quito

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa gestures during a speech to thousands of citizens after his inauguration ceremony at Bicentennial Park in Quito May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Granja (ECUADOR - Tags: POLITICS)