However, mainland Ecuador offers visitors a getaway ... The Yasuni National Park is a protected area in the Ecuadorian Amazon ...

Eight soldiers were killed in Ecuador's Amazon area during a confrontation with a criminal group linked to illegal mining.

It added that police reinforcements had taken time to reach the area because of its remoteness and difficult access. Ecuadorian newspaper Ecuavisa said the killing happened in the Cuyabeno Wildlife ...

The Amazon is one of the planet’s last great wildernesses, stretching across nine countries in South America. It has been a ...

Ecuador’s Ministry of Defence on Monday said it had deployed 1,500 troops to an Amazon region to “find and eliminate” leftist ...

J ane Fonda has always been one to stand up for what she believes in. With a lifetime of activism under her belt, the ...

At the Esmeraldas River Estuary Mangrove Wildlife Refuge, a protected area spanning ... According to Amazon Frontlines, an ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Ecuador voters decide on August 20 whether drilling will continue in an oil-rich area of the Amazon. Yasuni National Park is one of the most ecologically diverse ...

Voters were asked whether to ban mining in the highlands and further oil drilling in Yasuni National Park in the Amazon ... the area, and the “Yes” vote won by 59%, according to Ecuador's ...