Gang members are turning to Santa Muerte to shield them from law enforcement and ensure the success of their operations.

Ecuador, one of the countries with the highest levels of violence in Latin America, began tightening police and military ...

Shares of Lumina Gold Corp. (OTCMKTS:LMGDF – Get Free Report) were up 9% during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as $0.39 and last traded at $0.39. Approximately 87,951 shares ...

In the throes of a bloody drug war, a shrinking economy and an acute energy crisis, Ecuadorans are remarkably optimistic ...

NBC News’ David Noriega reports on how Ecuador’s presidential election could shape Latin American in the era of Trump.

It has been a year since Shirley Tobar’s husband, a security guard at a mall in Guayaquil, Ecuador, was killed amid an ...

Under President Daniel Noboa, the prisons have been declared “security zones” and are under the direct control of the police ...

Whoever wins the presidential election will be tasked with restoring security to the country.

Just 18 months after the last general elections, Ecuadorians are once again heading to the polls for a high-stakes vote in ...

Beef packer margins are deep in the red at well over $100.00 per head. As a result, packers have slashed production, with ...

The Center Square Fishermen and shrimpers in the United States have been in a decades-long battle with the very institutions meant to protect them, specifically the U.S. Treasury Department and its ...

Epipedobates are species of poisonous frogs found in dry and humid tropical forests on the western side of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru, according to a study published Feb. 6 in ...