Ecuador’s earthquake death toll rose to 350 as traumatised survivors rested amid the rubble of their homes and rescuers dug for survivors in the Andean nation’s shattered coastal region.

La Liga is returning, a little later than first expected, with plenty of new and old questions to be resolved.

Pope Francis has challenged Latin America’s youth to take up his environmental protection campaign, saying the defence of God’s creation is not just a recommendation but a requirement.

Intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has applied for asylum in 21 countries, the WikiLeaks website said today.

The Obama administration faced a breakdown in confidence yesterday from key foreign allies over secret surveillance programmes that reportedly installed covert listening devices in EU offices.

Senior European officials expressed concern at reports that US intelligence agents bugged EU offices on both sides of the Atlantic, with some leftist politicians calling for concrete sanctions against Washington.

Ecuador's President has said the US has asked him to reject an asylum request from fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden.

From Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Cuba’s Raul Castro, about 30 heads of state joined the funeral of Hugo Chávez in a last goodbye to the charismatic but divisive Venezuelan leader who changed the face of politics in South America.

Venezuela’s vice president flew to Cuba to visit the ailing Hugo Chavez and his family, while the leaders of Argentina and Peru also travelled to Havana saying they hoped to ask about the Venezuelan president’s condition.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is recovering after a successful cancer operation in Cuba, his vice president said.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accused US president Barack Obama of seeking to exploit the Arab uprisings for personal and political gain as he addressed a fringe meeting of the United Nations General Assembly via videolink from his embassy hideout.

Foreign ministers from the American continent have urged Britain and Ecuador to peacefully end the stand-off over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

A police officer today accidentally revealed plans to seize Julian Assange “under all circumstances” if he steps outside the Ecuadorian embassy.

The British government has written to the Ecuadorian embassy in London to resume talks about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the building for the past two months.

The British Government has written to the Ecuadorian embassy in London to resume talks over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the building for the past two months.

The WikiLeaks leader has impugned the reputations of two member states, says Ana Palacio

It would be “suicide for Great Britain” if authorities tried to enter Ecuador’s embassy to reach Julian Assange, the country’s president said.

Foreign ministers of South America’s 12-nation union have condemned Britain’s threat to forcibly enter the Ecuadorian embassy in London and arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

In the two months since Julian Assange ducked into Ecuador's London embassy to seek political asylum, president Rafael Correa has been consistently deferential to Britain while insisting on his right to protect a free speech advocate facing persecution.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will be offered asylum to Ecuador according to the Guardian newspaper.

Ecuador's president said today he hoped to be able to announce this week whether he would grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Ecuador’s foreign minister says Swedish officials have refused to accept his country’s offer to let them question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

The Ecuadorian ambassador is understood to be flying out to her nation’s capital this weekend for talks on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange last night applied for political asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after failing in his bid to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sex crime allegations.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the left-leaning ALBA bloc have backed Argentina in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.

Ports and beaches were temporarily shut and islanders and coastal residents ordered to higher ground up and down Latin America’s Pacific seaboard ahead of the tsunami surge triggered by the killer Japanese quake. But it did little damage.

US President Barack Obama called Ecuadorean counterpart Rafael Correa to urge that tensions in that country be resolved through democratic means, the White House said.

Soldiers firing automatic weapons and concussion grenades rescued Ecuador’s president today from a hospital where he had been trapped by police rebelling over benefit cuts.

Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa’s chief of security has died of swine flu, the government said today.

An army plane slammed into an apartment building in an upmarket neighbourhood of Ecuador's mountainous capital, killing five people aboard the aircraft and two more on the ground.

A summit of Latin American leaders aimed at cooling Colombia’s growing border crisis turned into an angry showdown today, with the president of Colombia accusing his Ecuadorian counterpart of having been financed by Colombian rebels.

Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega says he is breaking off relations with Colombia over the country’s raid on a guerrilla base in Ecuador.

Venezuela and Ecuador have punished Colombia for killing a rebel leader in the Ecuadorian jungle by expelling its diplomats, ordering troops to the border and cracking down on trade.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered tanks and thousands of troops to the border with Colombia, accusing it of pushing South America to the brink of war by killing a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil.

A project to wean the Galapagos Islands off fossil fuels, which includes three giant wind turbines on one of the World Heritage site islands, was officially launched today.

ECUADOR says tourism is threatening the Galapagos Islands and has asked Unesco to add the habitat that inspired the theory of evolution to its endangered list, the culture agency said yesterday.

Left-wing leaders including Bolivian president Evo Morales and Nicaraguan president-elect Daniel Ortega rejoiced in the rise of their progressive movement in Latin America as they marked Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s 80th birthday.

Leftist Rafael Correa, an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, looks set for a win over a pro-US banana tycoon in Ecuador’s presidential elections