Ecuador

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.

AUGUST 6, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

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.

JULY 2, 2026|ByREUTERS

(L-R) Chairman of Selection Committee, The Genesis Prize Foundation, David Hatchwell, Argentinian President Javier Milei, and Josh Reinstein, President of the Israel Allies Foundation.

Lawmakers from 12 Latin American countries back Isaac Accords, Jerusalem embassy move

According to organizers, participating countries included Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Honduras, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Panama.

JUNE 30, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The United Nations headquarters before a meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the UN, in New York City, US, April 27, 2026.

Ecuadorean candidate for UN chief says world body must shrink

Guterres' successor will face an enormous task of revitalizing an organization in crisis with declining stature.

JUNE 16, 2026|ByREUTERS

Coast of Ecuador holds the largest population of manta rays - study

The concentrated population of manta rays is also likely to be extended toward the coast of Peru, which borders Ecuador.

NOVEMBER 17, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A manta ray is seen swimming off the coast of Eilat.

3 new snake species found beneath churches, graveyards in Ecuador - study

Graveyards in the Ecuadorian Andes are not only home to the deceased but are inhabited by ground snakes from the genus Atractus, which includes roughly 146 species.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022BySARA WEINSTEIN

Snakes caught being carried by young adults at Ben-Gurion Airport, August 29, 2022

Ecuador to move toward Israel at UN, opens Jerusalem innovation office

Jerusalem and Quito have had formal diplomatic ties since 1949, but Lasso's arrival here on Monday marks the first time that the country's president has visited Israel.

MAY 12, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Educator announces opening of official innovation office in Jerusalem, May 12, 2022. L to R: Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso and Israel's Science and Technology Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen, May 12, 2022.

President of Ecuador arrives with 100-member delegation

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso is the first sitting president of Ecuador to visit Israel.

MAY 11, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso at the Western Wall, May 10,2022.

At least 24 perish in Ecuador landslide

The country's disaster management agency said 48 people were injured.

FEBRUARY 2, 2022ByREUTERS

Astronaut Photo of Quito, Ecuador taken from the International Space Station (ISS) during Expedition 28 on September 5, 2011.

Ecuador prison violence leaves at least 68 dead, dozens injured

Dozens were gathered outside the prison waiting for news of loved ones, who many said they had not heard from since Friday afternoon.

NOVEMBER 13, 2021ByREUTERS

A man holds an Ecuadorian flag in the aftermath of protests against Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno's austerity measures, after Moreno imposed a military-enforced curfew in the capital Quito, Ecuador October 13, 2019.

WikiLeaks acted in public interest, 'Pentagon Papers' leaker tells hearing

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange was careful to ensure that the names of informants in hundreds of thousands of leaked secret US government documents were never published.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020ByREUTERS