First came the flood and then the "long, long" earthquake, a shaking so hard the two-story, covered market came down in a heap in this small town in western Ecuador. Dazed residents began the week in ...

Military and police officers guard a restaurant where an armed group shot at customers and workers in Montañita, Ecuador – Copyright AFP/File Yuichi YAMAZAKI ...

SALCEDO, Ecuador (AP) — Ice-cream production in Salcedo, a quaint town in Ecuador's central highlands, began in the mid-20th century, born from the ingenuity of Franciscan nuns. Locals say the sisters ...

In 2000, palm oil company Energy & Palma bought some land in the district of Esmeraldas in northern Ecuador. This land is home to the Afro-Ecuadorian community of Wimbi, a town of some 400 people ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SALCEDO, Ecuador (AP) — Ice-cream production ...