Ecuador's state oil company resumed pumping through the country's main pipeline on Tuesday, four days after it was damaged by a landslide. But crude spilled by the accident reached tributaries of the Amazon River and polluted drinking water for a regional capital far downstream.Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ecuador is planning to issue sovereign debt, perhaps before the end of this year or in the first quarter of 2014, marking a return to international debt markets five years after it defaulted on $3.2 billion of sovereign bonds despite an ability to pay. Full story
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
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.
Up to 8 million acres of pristine Ecuadorian rainforest is under threat by a new plan to drill for oil. A local tribe vows to fight to protect their land. NBC's Ann Curry reports.
The Wauroni tribes, who live in the forests of Ecuador, are getting ready to challenge the Ecuadorian government’s plan to sell as much as 8 million acres of rainforest for oil drilling, saying they are prepared to fight to the death to protect the land. NBC’s Ann Curry reports.
Voluntary evacuations are underway in Ecuador where activity from Mount Tungurahua is increasing. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves from a window with Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino at Ecuador's embassy in central London June 16, 2013. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks with Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino at Ecuador's embassy in central London June 16, 2013. Assange sought asylum in the embassy on June 19, 2012, in an attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS M
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stands with Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino at Ecuador's embassy in central London June 16, 2013. Assange sought asylum in the embassy on June 19, 2012, in an attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS M
