QUITO Top Stories

Soldiers patrol in the perimeters of an open-air market in Portoviejo, Ecuador, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024
AP / Ariel Ochoa
2024-04-22, The Peninsula
Quito: A solid majority of Ecuadoran voters on Sunday approved the extradition to the United States of organized crime bosses in a referendum on measures against drug...
FILE- In this Sept. 30, 2020, file photo, a Boeing 737 Max jet, piloted by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson, prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle.
AP / Elaine Thompson
2024-04-10, Al Jazeera
US aviation authorities have begun investigating new whistleblower claims accusing Boeing of poor safety standards, the latest in a series of safety-related controversies...
Ecuador’s Vice President Jorge Glas attends his sentencing at court in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017.
AP / Dolores Ochoa
2024-04-09, CNN
Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas has been hospitalized, days after his arrest during a high-profile raid of the Mexican embassy in Quito. Glas was taken a...
China.dot.org: QUITO, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Five soldiers and three civilians were killed in an Ecuadorian...
Beijing News: California [US], April 26 (ANI): A recent study suggests that people with a rare condition known as growth hormone receptor deficiency (GHRD), also called Laron syndrome, may have better cardiovascular health. GHRD, which is defined by the body's inability to...
Al Jazeera: With rifles, riot shields and helmets, the Ecuadorian police scaled the white concrete gate, burst through the embassy doors and arrested Jorge Glas, a former vice president accused of corruption. The April 5 raid on Mexico’s embassy in Quito sparked a...
Wtop: April 19-25, 2024 A transitional council tasked with bringing political stability to gang-ravaged Haiti has been installed....
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: As much as I detest the Iranian regime and their global aggression against our interests and Israel’s existence, I felt a visceral twitch when I heard of the April 1 Israeli attack which destroyed Iran’s Damascus consulate. Even though the attack eliminated a...
The Huntsville Item: On April 5, Ecuadorian police stormed the MexicanEmbassy in Quito and dragged former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas out and into custody, in the process roughing up numerous Mexican Embassy workers. ......
Gulf Today:  Dr Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi and Alberto van Klaveren during a meeting in Santiago. WAMThe United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Chile have successfully concluded negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two...
Colombia One: Feid, the Colombian reggaeton phenomenon, recently announced the dates for his 2024 tour. This time, the Medellin-born-and-raised singer will tour Latin America, starting in Mexico on August 20, 2024, and concluding in Medellin on December 7, 2024. The...
Public Technologies: ) NewsGlobal 25 April 2024 Venezuelan Migrants DriveUSD 529.1M Boost to Colombia's Economy: IOMStudy Venezuelan entrepreneur Mery Espinoza runs a cleaning products business at the city of Quito, Ecuador. Photo: IOM 2022/Ramiro Aguilar VillamarínGeneva/...
Public Technologies: ) NewsGlobal 25 April 2024 Venezuelan Migrants Drive $529.1M Boost to Colombia's Economy: IOMStudy Venezuelan entrepreneur Mery Espinoza runs a cleaning products business at the city of Quito, Ecuador. Photo: IOM 2022/Ramiro Aguilar VillamarínGeneva/ Panama...
Xinhua: QUITO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid-bound forward Endrick was on target as Palmeiras recovered from two goals down to clinch a 3-2 away victory over Independiente del Valle in their Copa Libertadores group match on...
TravelDailyNews: NEW YORKJetBlue Airways Corporation reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2024. “Thanks to our incredible crewmembers and our reinvigorated focus on improving reliability, our operation performed above plan in the first...
The Gulf Time: QUITO / WAM Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, and Sonsoles Garcia, Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries of Ecuador, signed a joint statement in Quito announcing the intention to begin negotiations...