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Ecuador's highest court on Wednesday began hearing the final appeal in a criminal libel case filed by President Rafael Correa in which three executives and a columnist of the opposition newspaper El Universo were each...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Interested in adventure and exploring new places? An international magazine is looking for volunteers to spend a month in Cuenca, Ecuador to test its potential as a retirement destination. Applicants must be near retirement age, from the United States or Canada and be willing to relax, explore, shop, try local restaurants, maybe take a Spanish class, and report on their ...

A controversial new law took effect in Ecuador Monday to regulate the media, banning the broadcast or publishing of reports government authorities believe favor certain candidates or ideologies.

A libel case in which newspaper executives and an editor have been ordered jailed and fined $40 million has turned Ecuador into an object of "ridicule," a defense lawyer said as an appeal hearing got under way.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's highest court on Wednesday began hearing the final appeal in a criminal libel case filed by President Rafael Correa in which three executives and a columnist of the opposition newspaper El Universo were each sentenced to three years in prison.

"Corrective rape," forced isolation, and physical torture are only some of the methods used to “cure” homosexuality in Ecuador throughout scores of so-called rehabilitation clinics. The clinics, often run under the guise of drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, have been thrust into the international spotlight, pitting gay rights activists against the government in this tiny Andean nation.

2 Chileans detained in Peru for being found near military bases: Innocents or spies?

Ecuador's foreign minister says police in Italy found nearly 90 pounds (40 kilos) of cocaine in diplomatic mail sent to the Mediterranean country and two suspects have been arrested.

Blooms need to be bug-free Express-News Copyright 2012 Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:02 p.m., Friday, February 10, 2012 In recent weeks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at Laredo's Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge, the No. 4 port in the country for floral imports, have ...

Kinross Gold Corp., Canada’s third- largest producer of the metal, said it will delay developing projects in Ecuador and Chile and concentrate on expanding its Tasiast mine in Mauritania.