Ecuador’s government said Monday it would seize a family business group’s stock shares in 58 companies to help recover debts generated by the collapse of the family’s former bank.

Central Bank President Carlos Vallejo says Ecuador is going to keep using the U.S. dollar as its currency despite concerns that its weakening value may spur inflation.

A proposed new constitution grants Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa broad powers including the ability to dissolve Congress and set monetary policy, and would let him stay in office through 2017.The charter, up for initial approval Thursday, is...

Lonesome George, the long-living Galapagos Islands giant tortoise thought to be the last of his kind, might soon be a father.The Galapagos National Park announced Monday that a female tortoise that has accompanied George since 1993 laid three intact eggs...

Ecuadorean officials seized two private television stations in early morning raids Tuesday, and they indicated the government will run them at least temporarily.Officials of the state Deposit Guarantee Agency, backed by dozens of police, took over the...

Hundreds of jailed convicts are celebrating Ecuador’s decision to pardon low-level drug couriers known as “mules.”The pardons were approved Friday by Ecuador’s constitutional assembly, which has taken on legislative powers after suspending the...

Colombian rebels in northern Ecuador are an old problem that previous governments failed to confront, Ecuador’s defense minister told The Associated Press, announcing additions to a growing arsenal aimed at securing the Andean nation’s borders.Defense...

A 7-year-old Ecuador boy has become the youngest passenger ever aboard a zero-gravity flight.Jules Nader says he wasn’t scared during the four minutes of weightlessness he experienced aboard an air force plane.He told The Associated Press on Friday that...

Two Colombians arrested in an alleged plot against President Rafael Correa claimed to have links to Colombian paramilitaries and said they were offered US$1.5 million to kill Ecuador’s leader, according to security officials and police documents.Police...