Ecuador

President Daniel Noboa announces the end of a 17-month manhunt that exposed the vulnerability of the country’s security and prisons system

Solanda, south of Ecuador’s capital, is experiencing a wave of murders as a result of turf wars between criminal organizations

A scientific team has created a serum that neutralizes the venom of 19 of the most lethal species, such as the black mamba or the king cobra, using the antibodies of an American man who nearly died due to his obsession with these animals

Four of the 16 detained soldiers claim they left the minors ‘alive’ after staging a mock execution

The conservative president won re-election in a run-off against the leftist Luisa González by almost 12 points, a margin that no poll had anticipated

Peruvian-Mexican Musuk Nolte won this year’s World Press Photo in the South America stories category for his coverage of the drought in Manaus, Brazil

An email reveals how drug traffickers maneuvered to avoid being linked to 13 tons seized in Algeciras, which led investigators to alleged drug lord Ignacio Torán and a police chief arrested with millions of euros stashed in his house

The U.S. President has announced his tariff plan, however, he did not mention measures against Mexico or Canada

A hard drive in which the Spanish police dumped the contents of David Morales’ phones was allegedly tampered with while in the custody of the High Court. Over 17,000 email messages have disappeared

Immigrants expelled by the United States once again face a gang-dominated society where extortion and homicide are the norm

A Madrid court opens a probe into why the owner of a security company tried to blame the former ambassador of Ecuador, now deceased, for ordering wiretaps against the WikiLeaks founder

At 13, she is one of nine Amazonian girls who won a lawsuit against the state to stop gas flaring in the world’s largest rainforest. But her battle continues because the ruling has not been enforced

A court in Manhattan dismisses a lawsuit by American journalists and lawyers against the CIA over a covert operation revealed by EL PAÍS

The Republican administration boasts that daily arrests at the border have fallen below 200, a figure not seen in 15 years

The conservative president and the left-wing candidate were almost tied and a runoff is scheduled for April 13. The winner will have to contend with a security crisis fueled by local gangs and Mexican drug cartels

Marianny Sánchez Núñez, Paula Barrios, Catalina Martínez Coral and Ana Vera are some of the visible faces of the international movement against child pregnancy. They have been involved in litigation before the UN Human Rights Committee, which has condemned Ecuador and Nicaragua for failing to protect girls

In Chilean fields, techniques are beginning to be adopted to reduce water consumption in crops by more than 50% and to grow in extreme weather conditions

The phenomenon is expected to last until April, with more humidity in Central America and northern South America, and more droughts in the center and south of the region

In the first 10 months of 2024, over 280,000 migrants crossed the barrier between Colombia and Panama, including Venezuelans, Ecuadorians, and people from countries as far afield as Vietnam, DR Congo, and Afghanistan. EL PAÍS delves into the jungle to follow these travelers, sharing their difficult stories and big dreams. Some are left behind along the way. With the help of UNICEF, we visit the towns that welcome these weary souls on the other side

A significant milestone has been reached: the census reveals that 1,038,671 people born in Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas now reside in the region. Just 25 years ago, this number was only 81,552, highlighting the rapid pace of a wave that is reshaping the community

The residents of this jungle region have been protesting for 12 days. They have cut off the main roads of the province and surrounded the governor’s building in a bid to get authorities to drop the project

These cetaceans migrate between equatorial waters and the Antarctic to feed, but this male moved from the eastern Pacific to the western Indian Ocean

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the politician analyzes the appeals she has filed against her suspension, which was ordered by the government. Authorities have accused her of ‘unjustified abandonment’ of her duties

Amazonian organizations and the Inter-American Development Bank announce the first projects of the Amazon for Life fund in Cali

The bundles were concealed inside a fruit container arriving from Ecuador, which has become a major export point for drugs to Europe