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Presidential Election in Ecuador

Military police stand guard near a polling station in Quito, Ecuador, Ferbuary 9, 2025. Ecuadorans went to the polls on Sunday to elect a president, a vice president, 151 members of the National Assembly and five members of the Andean Parliament for a four-year term. Photo by Xinhua/Carolina Endara/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Noboa Votes For Presidential Election in Ecuador

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa casts his ballot in Olon, Santa Elena Province, Ecuador, February 9, 2025. Ecuadorans went to the polls on Sunday to elect a president, a vice president, 151 members of the National Assembly and five members of the Andean Parliament for a four-year term. Photo by Ecuadorian Presidency/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Election in Ecuador

A voter casts his ballot in Quito, Ecuador, Ferbuary 9, 2025. Ecuadorans went to the polls on Sunday to elect a president, a vice president, 151 members of the National Assembly and five members of the Andean Parliament for a four-year term. Photo by Xinhua/Carolina Endara/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Election in Ecuador

Voters line up to cast their ballots in Quito, Ecuador, Ferbuary 9, 2025. Ecuadorans went to the polls on Sunday to elect a president, a vice president, 151 members of the National Assembly and five members of the Andean Parliament for a four-year term. Photo by Xinhua/Carolina Endara/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240111) -- BEIJING, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian troops patrol in Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 9, 2024. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday declared "internal armed conflict" and mobilized the army to combat organized crime linked to drug trafficking, following an escalation in violence in the South American country. Ecuador's government declared a 60-day state of emergency on Monday with a nighttime curfew to quell violence in cities and inside prisons. Tuesday's measure followed a day of riots and disturbances at several prisons, including a prisonbreak that saw 39 inmates escape from a facility in the Andean city of Riobamba and the shocking armed takeover of a television station in Guayaquil in mid-broadcast. (Photo by Mateo Armas/Xinhua)

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ECUADOR-QUITO-INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT

(240110) -- QUITO, Jan. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 9, 2024. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday declared "internal armed conflict" and mobilized the army to combat organized crime linked to drug trafficking, following an escalation in violence in the South American country. Ecuador's government declared a 60-day state of emergency on Monday with a nighttime curfew to quell violence in cities and inside prisons. Tuesday's measure followed a day of riots and disturbances at several prisons, including a prisonbreak that saw 39 inmates escape from a facility in the Andean city of Riobamba and the shocking armed takeover of a television station in Guayaquil in mid-broadcast. (Photo by Mateo Armas/Xinhua)

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ECUADOR-QUITO-INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT

(240110) -- QUITO, Jan. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 9, 2024. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday declared "internal armed conflict" and mobilized the army to combat organized crime linked to drug trafficking, following an escalation in violence in the South American country. Ecuador's government declared a 60-day state of emergency on Monday with a nighttime curfew to quell violence in cities and inside prisons. Tuesday's measure followed a day of riots and disturbances at several prisons, including a prisonbreak that saw 39 inmates escape from a facility in the Andean city of Riobamba and the shocking armed takeover of a television station in Guayaquil in mid-broadcast. (Photo by Mateo Armas/Xinhua)

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ECUADOR-QUITO-INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT

(240110) -- QUITO, Jan. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian troops patrol in Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 9, 2024. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday declared "internal armed conflict" and mobilized the army to combat organized crime linked to drug trafficking, following an escalation in violence in the South American country. Ecuador's government declared a 60-day state of emergency on Monday with a nighttime curfew to quell violence in cities and inside prisons. Tuesday's measure followed a day of riots and disturbances at several prisons, including a prisonbreak that saw 39 inmates escape from a facility in the Andean city of Riobamba and the shocking armed takeover of a television station in Guayaquil in mid-broadcast. (Photo by Mateo Armas/Xinhua)

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ECUADOR-QUITO-INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT

(240110) -- QUITO, Jan. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian police patrol in Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 9, 2024. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday declared "internal armed conflict" and mobilized the army to combat organized crime linked to drug trafficking, following an escalation in violence in the South American country. Ecuador's government declared a 60-day state of emergency on Monday with a nighttime curfew to quell violence in cities and inside prisons. Tuesday's measure followed a day of riots and disturbances at several prisons, including a prisonbreak that saw 39 inmates escape from a facility in the Andean city of Riobamba and the shocking armed takeover of a television station in Guayaquil in mid-broadcast. (Photo by Mateo Armas/Xinhua)

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ECUADOR-QUITO-INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT

(240110) -- QUITO, Jan. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian police patrol in Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 9, 2024. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday declared "internal armed conflict" and mobilized the army to combat organized crime linked to drug trafficking, following an escalation in violence in the South American country. Ecuador's government declared a 60-day state of emergency on Monday with a nighttime curfew to quell violence in cities and inside prisons. Tuesday's measure followed a day of riots and disturbances at several prisons, including a prisonbreak that saw 39 inmates escape from a facility in the Andean city of Riobamba and the shocking armed takeover of a television station in Guayaquil in mid-broadcast. (Photo by Mateo Armas/Xinhua)

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King Felipe Receives The EuroLat Assembly - Madrid

King Felipe VI (left) receives in audience the participants in the fifteenth plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), at the Royal Palace, on July 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). EuroLat represents the parliamentary dimension of the European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Bi-regional Strategic Partnership. In Madrid, the EuroLat Assembly brings together its 150 members, including members of the Latin American Parliament, the Central American Parliament, the Andean Parliament, the Mercosur Parliament and parliamentarians from Mexico and Chile. Photo by Gustavo Valiente / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The EuroLat Assembly - Madrid

King Felipe VI (c) receives in audience the participants in the fifteenth plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), at the Royal Palace, on July 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). EuroLat represents the parliamentary dimension of the European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Bi-regional Strategic Partnership. In Madrid, the EuroLat Assembly brings together its 150 members, including members of the Latin American Parliament, the Central American Parliament, the Andean Parliament, the Mercosur Parliament and parliamentarians from Mexico and Chile. Photo by Gustavo Valiente / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The EuroLat Assembly - Madrid

King Felipe VI receives in audience the participants in the fifteenth plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), at the Royal Palace, on July 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). EuroLat represents the parliamentary dimension of the European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Bi-regional Strategic Partnership. In Madrid, the EuroLat Assembly brings together its 150 members, including members of the Latin American Parliament, the Central American Parliament, the Andean Parliament, the Mercosur Parliament and parliamentarians from Mexico and Chile. Photo by Gustavo Valiente / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The EuroLat Assembly - Madrid

King Felipe VI receives in audience the participants in the fifteenth plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), at the Royal Palace, on July 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). EuroLat represents the parliamentary dimension of the European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Bi-regional Strategic Partnership. In Madrid, the EuroLat Assembly brings together its 150 members, including members of the Latin American Parliament, the Central American Parliament, the Andean Parliament, the Mercosur Parliament and parliamentarians from Mexico and Chile. Photo by Gustavo Valiente / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The EuroLat Assembly - Madrid

King Felipe VI (left) receives in audience the participants in the fifteenth plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), at the Royal Palace, on July 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). EuroLat represents the parliamentary dimension of the European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Bi-regional Strategic Partnership. In Madrid, the EuroLat Assembly brings together its 150 members, including members of the Latin American Parliament, the Central American Parliament, the Andean Parliament, the Mercosur Parliament and parliamentarians from Mexico and Chile. Photo by Gustavo Valiente / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The EuroLat Assembly - Madrid

King Felipe VI receives in audience the participants in the fifteenth plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), at the Royal Palace, on July 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). EuroLat represents the parliamentary dimension of the European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Bi-regional Strategic Partnership. In Madrid, the EuroLat Assembly brings together its 150 members, including members of the Latin American Parliament, the Central American Parliament, the Andean Parliament, the Mercosur Parliament and parliamentarians from Mexico and Chile. Photo by Gustavo Valiente / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The EuroLat Assembly - Madrid

Group photo of the audience of King Felipe VI (c) with the participants in the fifteenth plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), at the Royal Palace, on July 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). EuroLat represents the parliamentary dimension of the European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Bi-regional Strategic Partnership. In Madrid, the EuroLat Assembly brings together its 150 members, including members of the Latin American Parliament, the Central American Parliament, the Andean Parliament, the Mercosur Parliament and parliamentarians from Mexico and Chile. Photo by Gustavo Valiente / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The EuroLat Assembly - Madrid

King Felipe VI receives in audience the participants in the fifteenth plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), at the Royal Palace, on July 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). EuroLat represents the parliamentary dimension of the European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Bi-regional Strategic Partnership. In Madrid, the EuroLat Assembly brings together its 150 members, including members of the Latin American Parliament, the Central American Parliament, the Andean Parliament, the Mercosur Parliament and parliamentarians from Mexico and Chile. Photo by Gustavo Valiente / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The EuroLat Assembly - Madrid

King Felipe VI receives in audience the participants in the fifteenth plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), at the Royal Palace, on July 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). EuroLat represents the parliamentary dimension of the European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Bi-regional Strategic Partnership. In Madrid, the EuroLat Assembly brings together its 150 members, including members of the Latin American Parliament, the Central American Parliament, the Andean Parliament, the Mercosur Parliament and parliamentarians from Mexico and Chile. Photo by Gustavo Valiente / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The EuroLat Assembly - Madrid

Group photo of the audience of King Felipe VI (c) with the participants in the fifteenth plenary session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), at the Royal Palace, on July 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). EuroLat represents the parliamentary dimension of the European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Bi-regional Strategic Partnership. In Madrid, the EuroLat Assembly brings together its 150 members, including members of the Latin American Parliament, the Central American Parliament, the Andean Parliament, the Mercosur Parliament and parliamentarians from Mexico and Chile. Photo by Gustavo Valiente / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mexico regrets Peru's decision to withdraw ambassador

STORY: Mexico regrets Peru's decision to withdraw ambassador DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Mexico City CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lima 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): DINA BOLUARTE, Peruvian President 3. various of Mexico City and Lima STORYLINE: Mexico said Saturday it regrets Peru's decision to permanently withdraw its ambassador to Mexico and downgrade diplomatic relations between the two countries to the level of charge d'affaires. The Mexican Foreign Ministry reiterated in a statement Mexico's desire to "keep diplomatic communication channels open for the benefit of both societies." It also said Mexico will maintain its diplomatic and consular representation in Peru to promote ties between the two peoples and serve the Mexican community living in the Andean country, adding that it "hoped that a democratic solution to the disagreements in this sister Latin American country will soon be reached." Peruvian President Dina Boluarte announced on Friday the "permanent withdraw

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Andean condors in Peru

COLCA CANYON, Peru - An Andean condor flies over an observation spot in the Colca Canyon, southern Peru, on May 26, 2013.

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Andean condors in Peru

COLCA CANYON, Peru - An Andean condor flies over the Colca Canyon, southern Peru, on May 26, 2013.

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Andean condors in Peru

COLCA CANYON, Peru - An Andean condor flies over the Colca Canyon, southern Peru, on May 26, 2013.

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Andean condors in Peru

COLCA CANYON, Peru - An Andean condor flies over the Colca Canyon, southern Peru, on May 26, 2013.

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Andean condors in Peru

COLCA CANYON, Peru - An Andean condor flies over an observation spot in the Colca Canyon, southern Peru, on May 26, 2013.

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Alma telescope inaugurated

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (C) attends the ceremony on March 13, 2013 marking the inauguration of the state-of-the-art Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau 5,000 meters above sea level in northern Chile.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Photo shows the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Natural wonder in Andes

UYUNI, Bolivia - Photo taken in February 2013 shows "rock trees," shaped by the wearing of strong winds in the Andean area of Bolivia.

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Natural wonder in Andes

UYUNI, Bolivia - Photo taken in February 2013 shows flamingos at Laguna Colorada, red lake, in a sanctuary in the Andean area of Bolivia near the border with Chile.

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Natural wonder in Andes

UYUNI, Bolivia - Photo taken in February 2013 shows a room at the "salt hotel," which was built with salt from Salar de Uyuni, a vast salt flat in the Andean area of Bolivia.

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Natural wonder in Andes

UYUNI, Bolivia - Photo taken in February 2013 shows llamas pastured in the Andean area of Bolivia near the border with Chile.

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Natural wonder in Andes

UYUNI, Bolivia - Photo taken in February 2013 shows Salar de Uyuni, a vast salt flat in the Andean area of Bolivia, covered with water during the rainy season, which creates the world of upper and lower symmetry.

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Quinoa in focus

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2013, shows salad using quinoa, an Andean-originated crop, sold at a shop in New York. United Nations officials and members of the Andean community launched the "International Year of Quinoa" the same day, highlighting the crop's value as a traditional food that can help eradicate hunger and poverty around the globe.

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Andes Pavilion finally opens at Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Andean Amazonian Pavilion, a pavilion jointly organized by Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, is opened for press preview on May 12. Miguel Posani, representative of the Venezuelan government, said in a speech at the opening ceremony, ''There is a significance in us coming to the exposition with the theme of 'Nature's Wisdom.' We want to make use of what we learned from the ancient civilizations.''

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Japanese research team to help restore ancient Andean temple

URAWA, Japan - A team of researchers based in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, is planning to leave for Peru on Aug. 14 to participate in a U.N. project to restore the Kuntur Wasi Temple in northern Peru, shown in this file photo dated September 1994, provided by the researchers. The temple, located some 2,300 meters above sea level, includes important temple structures dating from 1100 B.C. to 300 B.C.

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Toledo supporters burn Fujimori's campaign poster

LIMA, Peru - Supporters of Peru's presidential candidate, Alejandro Toledo, burn a poster of incumbent Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori in Lima on April 10 to protest the vote-counting process. The election will probably go to a runoff between Fujimori and Toledo, a noted economist and son of an Andean peasant, since no one is likely to win a majority.

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Fujimori supporters rally in presidential election

LIMA, Peru - Supporters of incumbent Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori gather in front of the presidential office in Lima on April 9 in a show of support in the ongoing presidential election. The election race will probably go to a runoff between Fujimori and Alejandro Toledo, a noted economist and son of an Andean peasant, since no one is likely to win a majority of votes.

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PERU-LIMA-DINA BOLUARTE-NEW PRESIDENT

(221208) -- LIMA, Dec. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Dina Boluarte (R) attends a swearing-in ceremony to become president at Congress in Lima, Peru, Dec. 7, 2022. Peru's Congress on Wednesday swore in Vice President Dina Boluarte as the country's new president, making her the first woman to assume the presidency in the history of the Andean nation. (Xinhua/Mariana Bazo)

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PERU-LIMA-DINA BOLUARTE-NEW PRESIDENT

(221208) -- LIMA, Dec. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Dina Boluarte (R) attends a swearing-in ceremony to become president at Congress in Lima, Peru, Dec. 7, 2022. Peru's Congress on Wednesday swore in Vice President Dina Boluarte as the country's new president, making her the first woman to assume the presidency in the history of the Andean nation. (Xinhua/Mariana Bazo)

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PERU-LIMA-DINA BOLUARTE-NEW PRESIDENT

(221208) -- LIMA, Dec. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Dina Boluarte attends a swearing-in ceremony to become president at Congress in Lima, Peru, Dec. 7, 2022. Peru's Congress on Wednesday swore in Vice President Dina Boluarte as the country's new president, making her the first woman to assume the presidency in the history of the Andean nation. (Xinhua/Mariana Bazo)

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Fujimori supporters rally in presidential election

LIMA, Peru - Supporters of incumbent Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori gather in front of the presidential office in Lima on April 9 in a show of support in the ongoing presidential election. The election race will probably go to a runoff between Fujimori and Alejandro Toledo, a noted economist and son of an Andean peasant, since no one is likely to win a majority of votes.