Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Ecuador in Transition: Marcel Mettelsiefen on Documenting a Nation in Crisis

Filmmaker Marcel Mettelsiefen talks about making the documentary ‘Drug War in Ecuador,’ an on-the-ground look at the country’s ongoing crisis.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Ecuador’s Military Detained an 11-Year-Old Boy. Then He Was Found Dead.

Facing surging gang violence & drug-linked crime, Ecuador’s government launched a military crackdown that critics allege has ‘disappeared’ innocents, including 11-year-old Steven Gerald Medina Lajones ...

Largest snake in the world? Expeditioners find a 20.7-foot anaconda on a TV show shoot

A new species of giant anaconda, the northern green anaconda (Eunectes akayima), has been discovered in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest during the filming ...
NPR

The U.S. is designating Ecuador's largest gangs as terrorists

QUITO, Ecuador — The United States will designate two of Ecuador's most powerful gangs — Los Lobos and Los Choneros — as foreign terrorist organizations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced ...