Ecuador

Planned protests for Netanyahu's UN speech, Ambassador Leiter's son remains in serious condition

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Israel Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, whose son Neria was seriously wounded during a car-ramming terror attack on Wednesday.
A member of the ECU-11 Guayaquil Fire Department from Ecuador takes part in rescue efforts inside a building that collapsed from the ground floor to the fifth floor, following major earthquakes, in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 29, 2026.

Foreign Ministry urges Israeli travelers in Ecuador to exercise caution amid El Niño red alert

The Foreign Ministry advised Israelis in Ecuador to follow instructions from local authorities and avoid traveling through areas vulnerable to flooding, landslides, or strong water flows.

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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (L) stands with Ecuador's Foreign Minister Roberto Kury and Interior Minister John Reimberg on August 5, 2025.

Sa’ar visits Ecuador, Colombia to strengthen Israel-Latin America ties

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar began a diplomatic visit on Wednesday to Ecuador and Colombia, where he will hold meetings aimed at strengthening Israel's relations across Latin America.

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People look at burned-down buildings after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean on June 30, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela.

Silence in the rubble: Inside the desperate race for Venezuela earthquake survivors

"In the end, we believe the days have already passed and that what we will find now is death," said Major Jorge Montanero, leader of the EQ11 team from Guayaquil, located on Ecuador's Pacific coast.

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Ecuador TV studio taken over live on air by masked people brandishing guns

Some of the invaders gestured at the camera and someone could be heard yelling "no police."

JANUARY 10, 2024ByREUTERS
Workers lie on the floor as hooded and armed people take over a tv studio of Ecuador's TV station TC during a live broadcast, in this still image of a Reuters' recording of the affair of TC signal channel, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 9, 2024.

Ecuador VP says she will go to Israel amid spat with president

Noboa assigned her the sole function of collaborating with peace efforts between Israel and Hamas in a presidential decree, a role that Abad is expected to fulfill from Ecuador's embassy in Tel Aviv.

NOVEMBER 28, 2023ByREUTERS
Ecuador's Vice President Veronica Abad walks as she arrives at a press conference, after publicly disagreeing with President Daniel Noboa, about her being assigned to support peace efforts in Israel, in Quito, Ecuador November 28, 2023.

Six people implicated in Ecuador candidate murder killed in prison

The killings took place in Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, the South American country's largest city, the attorney general's office said earlier on Friday.

OCTOBER 7, 2023ByREUTERS
Prison cells.

Three birds confirmed with bird flu on isolated Galapagos Islands

The Galapagos Islands are home to many diverse and unusual species, some of which inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
Personnel of Ecuador's Galapagos National Park (PNG) and the Agency for the Regulation and Control of Biosecurity and Quarantine for Galapagos (ABG) take a sample from a bird after the PNG said that three birds had died of avian flu on Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. September 18, 2023.

Dead suspect, six detained in killing of Ecuador presidential candidate are Colombian- police

Videos on social media purportedly from the campaign event showed people taking cover and screaming as gunfire sounded.

AUGUST 10, 2023ByREUTERS
Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio speaks during a campaign rally in Quito, Ecuador August 9, 2023.

Woman pronounced dead in Ecuador 'comes back to life', knocks on coffin at funeral

In Ecuador, a family dealing with the grief of loss was met with the ultimate surprise - their loved one was still alive.

JUNE 14, 2023ByWALLA!, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A 76-year-old woman, who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador's Babahoyo, shocked her family when she knocked on her coffin during her wake on June 9.

Six new ambassadors present credentials to President Herzog

Herzog suggested that a positive step in this direction would be to have the president of Sri Lanka come to Israel with a delegation, and the ambassador said that he would be happy to recommend it

MAY 23, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Isaac Herzog with incoming Ethiopian Ambassador Tesfaye Yetayeh Anteneh

Bother to benefit: Overcoming annoyances for the big picture - opinion

The key is to put the bothers in perspective so you don’t lose sight of the big picture. It’s a fine line. The goal now is to learn how to tread it.  

MAY 5, 2023ByBRIAN BLUM
Illustrative image of a foot in the sand.

Ecuador: An exotic exploration destination for Israelis

If you fancy a vacation based more on animals than monuments, Ecuador has it all. Just watch out for the howler monkeys on the Amazon superhighway. 

APRIL 28, 2023ByBRIAN BLUM
ISABELLA ISLAND, the Galapagos (this spread): Sierra Negra volcano.

Israeli conductor Lior Shambadel offers a taste of Israeli music in Ecuador

MARCH 29, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF