The historic center is so striking and well-preserved, in fact, that it was the first capital city in the world to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978.

Wildfires on the outskirts of Quito were affecting air quality in Ecuador's capital on Wednesday, as authorities advised people to stay indoors. The fire started on Tuesday in a forested area and ...

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, 59, was shot and killed Wednesday by an unidentified gunman while at a political rally in the country’s capital of Quito.

A bomb threat in Ecuador's capital, Quito, led to the evacuation of an area near a bus station after authorities were alerted about a backpack with an alleged explosive in a garbage can.

Firefighters battled five blazes on the outskirts of Ecuador's capital Quito on Wednesday, as wildfires continue to rip through South American nations turned into tinderboxes by droughts linked to ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A court in Ecuador has ruled that pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through the capital, Quito. The city ...

The historic center is so striking and well-preserved, in fact, that it was the first capital city in the world to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A court in Ecuador has ruled that pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through the capital, Quito. The city government appealed the unusual ruling, which ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A court in Ecuador has ruled that pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through the capital, Quito. The city government appealed the unusual ruling, ...