The state of exception and nightly curfew in the coastal provinces of Guayas and Esmeraldas will be in place for 45 days, and allows the government to limit freedom of assembly and movement.

QUITO, May 12 (Reuters) - Petroecuador's Esmeraldas refinery has progressively restarted operations, the state-run oil producer said on Monday, after it was damaged in an earthquake late last month.

Military convoys of heavily-armed soldiers are rumbling through the streets of the Ecuadorian port town of Esmeraldas. The trucks carry more than 100 soldiers wearing bullet-proof vests, trying to ...

An explosion caused a fire to break out at the largest oil refinery in Ecuador on 26 May. The plant’s operator EP ...

No injuries were reported. The earthquake was centered in the Pacific Ocean 13 miles northeast of the city of Esmeraldas, and it had a depth of 21.7 miles, according to the United States ...

The epicentre of the quake, which took place at about 6:45am local time (11:45 GMT), was near the Pacific coast of the northwestern city of Esmeraldas, at a depth of 30km (18.6 miles), said the EMSC.

Comenzamos nuestro recorrido por la Ruta del Spondylus desde la provincia verde de Esmeraldas, donde visitamos unas impresionantes playas casi vírgenes y recorrimos algunas islas. Nuestro Equipo ...

Handout picture released by Esmeraldas Fire Brigade showing a huge cloud of smoke during a fire at the oil refinery in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, on May 26, 2025. (Photo by Handout / ESMERALDAS FIRE BRIGADE ...

State-owned Petroecuador said there was no impact on exports. The Esmeraldas Refinery, the country's largest with a capacity of 110,000 barrels per day (bpd), still remains shut for inspection ...

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It turned out to be a new species. Researchers hiked into the rainforest of Esmeraldas Province several times between 2009 and 2024 in search of some cryptic amphibians known as caecilians ...

In the eight cantons of the province of Esmeraldas in Ecuador and the South Pacific of Colombia, this cultural event takes place. To the rhythm of marimba, cununos and traditional and ancestral songs, ...