Ecuador has been democratic since 1979 ... due to ongoing military operations and violence. Border regions are heavily militarized and there are land mines in some areas, which aren't always ...

The Peruvian government of President Dina Boluarte Tuesday ordered the deployment of troops and law enforcement forces to the 1,500-kilometer-long border with Ecuador to prevent the violent ...

In the province of Esmeraldas, on Ecuador's northern border, members of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces located a 60-millimeter mortar shell for military use in the Mataje area, a community known as ...