Ecuador votes to stop oil drilling in Amazon reserve: "Historic"
NGO Amazon Frontlines said the vote was a "demonstration of climate democracy, where people, not corporations, get to decide on resource extraction and its limits."
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Ecuador hit by earthquake and cyberattacks amid presidential election
Ecuador was hit by a magnitude 5.5. earthquake and, officials said, the country's overseas voting system was targeted by cyberattacks as the country voted for its next president.
Ecuadorians head to the polls weeks after candidate assassinated
Sunday's ballot has the names of eight candidates, including Fernando Villavicencio, the anti-corruption crusader who was killed Aug. 9 while leaving a campaign rally.
Ecuador faces unrest after assassination
Ecuador's president has declared a state of emergency following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was killed 10 days before the country's general election was set to take place. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano reports from the capital of Quito.
6 arrested in Ecuador assassination
The Los Lobos criminal gang has claimed responsibility for the assassination of Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. Villavicencio was shot and killed at a rally Wednesday, after campaigning against cartels and corruption. The country's attorney general said six suspects have been arrested and another died following a shootout. Will Freeman, a Latin America studies fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joined CBS News to discuss the latest developments.
Ecuadorian presidential candidate assassinated leaving rally in Quito
Fernando Villavicencio, a former journalist and anti-corruption crusader, said he'd received threats before he was murdered leaving a rally in Quito.
Slain Ecuadorian candidate received threats
Ecuadorian officials say their country's election will go on as scheduled following the assassination of candidate Fernando Villavicencio on Wednesday. Villavicencio had campaigned against cartels and corruption. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has the latest.
Ecuador prison riot leaves 31 dead as gangs war in packed facility
It took 2,700 soldiers to quell the gang battle at the prison, and they found 9 rifles, a grenade launcher, 6 handguns and 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
Ecuadoran woman who knocked on coffin during her own wake has died
Bella Montoya had spent five hours inside her coffin at a funeral home in Babahoyo, southwest of Quito.
"Dead" woman knocks on coffin during her own wake in Ecuador
Media reported the unusual incident, with headlines celebrating the woman's "resurrection," but doctors said her condition remains dire.
U.S. takes new steps to reduce migrant arrivals with Title 42 set to end
The U.S. will set up migrant processing centers in Latin America, increase deportations and expand legal migration pathways to reduce the number of unlawful border crossings.
Police defuse bomb strapped to guard by suspects demanding money
In a video released by the police, the man is seen with packages taped to his chest — tubes and wires sticking into the air.
3 human heads found in Ecuador province plagued by drug trafficking
Two of the heads were identified by their mother, who said one of them was a teenager, police said.
5 journalists receive letter bombs in Ecuador, one explodes
One journalist received a USB stick which exploded when he inserted it into a computer, his employer said.
Earthquake in Ecuador and Peru kills at least 14, causes widespread damage
The 6.8-magnitude earthquake was centered just off the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles south of Guayaquil, Ecuador's second-largest city.
Town elects man as its mayor day after he's assassinated
Mayoral candidate Omar Menendez took more than 46% of the vote, just hours after gunmen on motorcycles killed him and one other person.
Team USA faces Wales in men's World Cup
The U.S. Men's National Soccer team is set to face off against Wales in its first match of the 2022 World Cup, but controversies over host country Qatar are overshadowing the event. CBS Sports soccer analyst Grant Wahl joins Lilia Luciano and Tony Dokoupil to discuss the impact on the World Cup brand.
Soccer fans cheer for beer
Ecuador's fans chanted "We want beer!" during their opening match Sunday against FIFA World Cup host Qatar, who banned alcohol sales at stadiums two days earlier.
5 officers killed, headless bodies hung from bridge in Ecuador
In one city, inmates took eight guards hostage and two headless bodies were found hanging from a pedestrian bridge, officials said.
At least 15 killed as inmates in a packed Ecuador prison go to war
The violence was just the latest episode in gang warfare that has come to define Ecuador's overcrowded prison system.
3 dead, 12 injured after falling nearly 200 feet while climbing volcano
The climbers were attempting to summit the central Andean volcano when they fell about 200 feet.
Prison massacres, beheadings in Ecuador linked to drug trafficking
Hundreds of tons of cocaine leave Ecuador's ports every year. Most of it heads to the United States and Belgium.
Drug traffickers groom kids as young as 10 at "school of assassins"
One man recounted shielding his grandson's eyes from two headless bodies left behind by drug traffickers.
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