HOUSTON, Sept. 17, 2002 — Noble Energy Inc. announced it has started commercial electricity generation from its Machala power plant located in the Republic of Ecuador. Initial generating capacity ...

People across southern Ecuador and northern Peru were digging out from rubble and picking up the pieces of shattered lives Sunday after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake killed 15 people on Saturday. Juan ...

QUITO, Ecuador — Deadly rioting that broke out at a prison in Ecuador where inmates were set to be transferred to a new maximum-security facility has left at least 31 inmates killed and 30 others ...

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QUITO, Ecuador — Some affectionally call Machala the “Banana Capital of the World.” This port community on Ecuador’s Pacific coast is home to about a quarter million people and normally bustles with ...

At least 14 people were killed, several were wounded and buildings were damaged in a powerful earthquake that shook Peru and Ecuador Saturday, authorities said. Destroyed buildings, crushed vehicles ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck near Machala in Ecuador on Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 60.6 kilometres (37.66 miles), USGS said.

SNAI said most victims died from asphyxiation and hanging during the violence. The unrest follows a series of deadly gang-related prison clashes across Ecuador. A day of violent rioting at a prison in ...