Tag Archives: Ecuador

At least 68 inmates have died following a gun battle between rival gangs inside Ecuador’s largest prison.

A husband and wife team from Ecuador have made it into the record books after they were officially recognised as the world’s oldest married couple.  Julio Mora, 110, and Waldramina Quinteros, 104, have a combined age of just under 215 years and have been married since 1941.

Ecuador handed Julian Assange over to British authorities Thursday, ending a standoff that left the controversial WikiLeaks founder holed up in the Ecuadoran embassy in London for nearly seven years.