Rights group calls on government to address structural problems as prison riot left at least 44 inmates dead this week.
Authorities say at least 43 people killed after a fight broke out between rival gangs at prison 80km from Quito.
Thousands of police and troops will be deployed under the state of emergency and a curfew imposed.
Ecuador’s president from 2007 to 2017, Correa was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for bribery.
Banks have declined to provide the funds to pay for the deliveries following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Some 6,300 barrels of oil leaked into a natural reserve in Ecuador in a protected area of the Amazon.
Landslides in Ecuador’s capital sweep over homes, killing at least 24 people and injuring 48 more.
Quito officials say rainfall in one sector was highest since 2003, pouring 75 litres of rain per square metre.
Ecuador’s environment ministry says pipeline spill is ‘major’ event and requests company measure its full impact.
About 200 pink iguanas are left on the slopes of the Wolf volcano on Isabela Island, the largest in the Galapagos.
From new protected areas to ozone layer gains, this year saw some positive trends, even as myriad problems persist.
The threat of soil erosion has forced the shutdown of the country’s two pipelines that carry crude across the Andes.
Steven Donziger was convicted of contempt of court in October, after years battling Chevron over pollution in Ecuador.
Ecuador is seeking to ease overcrowding in its prisons after gang-linked riots killed more than 300 people this year.
