This is the tense moment a Brazilian Navy tall ship almost capsizes as it hits a bridge in Ecuador. The Brazilian Navy vessel dubbed the 'Cisne Branco' ('White Swan') nearly overturned when it hit a pedestrian bridge near the Ecuadorian port city of Guayaquil on Monday, 18th October. Although not…
Five miners have died and three more escaped with injuries after a landslide buried them at a location where illegal mining was reportedly being carried out in Ecuador. The incident was reported in the sector of Los Ajos, in the San Lorenzo canton in the northwestern Ecuadorian province of Esmeraldas,…
Meet the couple whose house directly on the border between Colombia and Ecuador is split between the two countries and who have to pay taxes in both. Local news outlet Publimetro report Edelberto Portilla, 85, and his wife Maria Rosero, 75, live in the house, half of which is located…
This kindhearted Ecuadorian cop has made the headlines after being snapped cradling a toddler in the middle of the road as the child's injured mum is treated by paramedics following a car crash. The incident took place on Simon Bolivar Avenue in the Ecuadorian capital Quito when a road accident…
Credit: CEN/@mariapaularomo An alleged criminal gang member has been arrested for kidnapping and killing of a team of local reporters in Ecuador. The suspect was arrested in the northern Ecuadorian province of Esmeraldas, near the border with Colombia. The Government Minister of Ecuador, Maria Paula Romo, told local media that…
