Ecuador

The United States squared off with Ecuador on Friday night in Connecticut in Landon Donovan's last game for the USMNT. The night was all about Donovan and paying homage to America's greatest ever soccer player. Read More

25-year old Ecuadorian striker Enner Valencia, scored one of the more impressive goals you will ever see on Monday night in his debut for his new team, West Ham of the English Premier League. Valencia rocketed a shot off of his right foot through 5 defenders. Read More.

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said today that his government will safeguard the human rights of Julian Assange.

Another star soccer player who made a name for himself at the World Cup is headed to a major club overseas. Ecuador striker, Enner Valencia is currently undergoing a physical at West Ham as it appears Valencia will be joining Argentina’s Mauro Zárate on the West Ham front line.

A ten man Ecuador held France to a 0-0 draw at the Maracana in Rio. It wasn't enough for Reinaldo Rueda's men though as they are sent home early. Recap, analysis and highlights for the Group E matchup can all be seen here.

Stay with us throughout the course of the match as we bring you commentary, highlights, scores and more as "La Tricolor" takes on "Les Bleus" with a trip to the knockout stage on the line!

Ecuador come into their final Group E matchup needing three points to have any chance of advancing into the Round of 16. Karim Benzema and France stand in their way though as they will be looking to secure 9 out of a possible 9 points. Previews, live streams and all the necessary info that you need for this vital showdown can be seen here.

Two Enner Valencia goals lead an Ecuador comeback to give the South American side a chance to qualify to the knockout rounds

Ecuador face Honduras in a must-win for both sides that will yield attacking football from two teams who failed to impress in their opening matches.

Ecuador meets Honduras in their second World Cup Group E match on Friday with both teams desperate for points in a tough group also featuring France and Switzerland.

Stay with us throughout the course of the match as we bring you live updates, commentary, highlights, scores and more of "La Tricolor" and "La Nati."

Ecuador will be a tough match for the 6th ranked nation of Switzerland. It will be an exciting back and forth game, but I believe the class of Switzerland to outshine Antonio Valencia's Ecuador.

Ecuador comes face-to-face with European side Switzerland in the opening match of Group E, which promises to be a good one.

Antonio Valencia is the key to Ecuador's success. If they want to have any chance of coming out of the group, the Manchester United man will surely need to be at the top of his game.

Mexico defeated Ecuador 3-1 in Arlington, Texas, with both teams looking ahead to their World Cup debuts in Brazil 2014

The canonization of Popes John XXIII and John II is to be presided over by Pope Francis and Benedict XVI, however, the event is going to be followed by millions.

Latin America has featured prominently on the New York Times' annual list of top places to travel. Indeed, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Brazil and Belize all featured on the paper's list of top destinations.

El Tri's pre-World Cup friendly matches have been announced and the Mexican team will be facing Nigeria, South Korea and Ecuador in the lead up to the World Cup in Brazil.

Find out when and where to watch Chile take on Ecuador in a qualifying match that has major World Cup implications.

Uruguay will try to wrest a spot at the World Cup from Ecuador as they travel to Quito's 9,350-foot-high Atahualpa Olympic Stadium on Friday. Check out where to see the action as it streams live.

Three retired Ecuadorian military and police officers are facing a trail after being accused of crimes against humanity.

Correa, who was in Cuba to take a tour of homes for Hurricane Sandy victims built by Ecuadorian military engineers, said he spoke with Fidel Castro for two hours and praised him as the "living history of Latin America".

In celebration of the 178th anniversary of Charles Darwin's visit to the Galapagos Google has launched a street view of the islands.

In a Twitter comment earlier this week, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa struck back against press outlets which had criticized his lifting of a ban on oil drilling in the country’s Yasuni National Park, mocking their pro-environmental stance and threatening to propose legislation making newspapers “all-digital” to save paper.

Correa said Ecuador would choose not to ask the US Congress to renew the preferential trade deal and estimated the loss to trade at $23 million dollars, which he called a "pittance".

Relations between the US and Ecuador have been icy since WikiLeaks revealed a cable from the American ambassador in which she accused Correa of appointing a corrupt police official to a government post because the official could be easily manipulated.

Argentina holds on to first place, lead closes as it and Ecuador deadlock at 1.

As World Cup qualifying continues, Argentina and Ecuador prepare to meet in a South America group contest. Find out when and where to watch the match.

Under the new constitution passed into law in his first term, Ecuadorian presidents can only serve two terms, but the country's supreme court had ruled that Correa was eligible for a third term because the constitution's term-limit law did not come into effect before he began his first.

Portugal, an accountant in Queens' Jackson Heights neighborhood -- one of the most diverse in the nation, with a high percentage of South Americans -- is still in the hospital, recovering from the ordeal.