Discover why Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo is the closest point to space, despite Mount Everest's greater height above sea level ...

Inmates in Ecuador fought each other with guns and explosives in a riot that left 13 prisoners and a guard dead, police said. The mayhem was the latest in a series of bloodbaths to engulf gang-ridden, ...

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Explore Ecuador’s natural diversity in crisp 4K, featuring Andean mountain ranges, lush tropical forests, and scenic Pacific coastlines. This visual journey captures the country’s rich ecological ...

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Over the past two decades, the Argentinian photographer Irina Werning has traveled around Latin America with a specific directive in mind: find women — and eventually, men — with the longest hair.

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The spread of agriculture, including the use of fires to clear native vegetation, have devastated Ecuador’s páramo, a high-altitude ecosystem that represents a critical source of drinking water for ...

At least once a week for more than 60 years, a man in a traditional black felt hat began a trek up Ecuador’s highest peak with donkeys at his side. For about five hours, they ascended a rocky path to ...

Ecuador's last mountain ice harvester, Baltazar Ushca, who spent over half a century climbing the country's highest summit to extract ice at the top, died Friday at the age of 80, authorities in his ...