Ecuador

The crew survived what became the world's longest raft journey across 14,000 kilometres from Ecuador to the NSW North Coast.

Ecuador is wedged between the world's largest cocaine producers, Peru and Colombia, with drug traffickers finding containers filled with bananas to be the perfect vehicle to smuggle their product.

Six Colombian men found hiding in a house in Quito are captured and arrested over the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.

Fernando Villavicencio was killed during a campaign event in Quito, the capital of a country where crime violence has recently escalated.

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is fatally shot at a campaign event.

The family of the Ecuadorian 76-year-old continues to investigate why the woman was declared dead, before knocking on her coffin five hours into her wake. 

The 76-year-old woman was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador after being rushed to the emergency room with a possible stroke and cardio-pulmonary arrest.

An investigation has been announced into the hospital that declared the 76-year-old dead.

At least 12 inmates die in an Ecuadorian jail amid a new clash between gangs, in the latest chapter in the South American nation's prison violence.

More than 2,000, 1-kilogram boxes of cocaine are found by authorities while inspecting a load of bananas in transit from Ecuador to the Netherlands, bringing the Caribbean nation's total to 5 tonnes of drugs seized so far this year. 

Rescue operations are ongoing after a landslide in a small Ecuadorian city killed 11 people. With at least 67 people still missing, families and emergency teams are searching for loved ones and bodies.

The prosecutor's office has opened a terrorism investigation, without stating why the news stations were specifically targeted, or by whom.

At least 12 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of Ecuador and northern Peru.

At least 14 people are killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of Ecuador and northern Peru, causing structural damage to multiple homes, schools and medical centres.

Tanzanian-born teenager Nestory Irankunda has been called up to Australia's national side at just 17 years of age, after taking the A-League by storm.

The new species is unusual for having a "vestigial pelvis", a characteristic of primitive snakes, taken as evidence by some that snakes descended from lizards that lost their limbs over millions of years.

Research find some frogs in South and Central America are "hiding" their red blood cells while why are sleeping in order to become transparent.

The endangered pink iguana has been seen for the first time on Galapagos Isalnd in Ecuador.

Endemic to the slopes of Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island, the iguana is considered critically endangered and just several hundred of the animals are estimated to be left.

The unrest at the prison in Quito is the latest challenge to the country's corrections system.

A 400-year-old yeast discovered by a bioengineer is said to be the secret behind unlocking a beer recipe dating back to the 1500s. 

There are strong signs the natural ecosystem is healing on Santiago Island as newborns of a reintroduced native iguana species are found for the first time since the 1800s.

Colombia discovers two more wrecks close to the coveted San José galleon, with its billions of dollars worth of sunken treasure, the ownership of which is heavily disputed.

A rare albino Galápagos giant tortoise, the first known albino member of the species, makes its public debut at a Swiss zoo.

Jai Hindley has retained second place in the Giro d'Italia after crossing the line with leader Richard Carapaz, in a stage won by Colombian Santiago Buitrago.