Following this, crude oil flowed downstream for more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) through the Esmeraldas River and its tributaries towards the mouth at the Pacific Ocean. Witnesses described a ...

Esmeraldas is more than 183 miles (296 kilometers) northwest of Quito, Ecuador's capital. Sign up for the Breaking News ...

including the Esmeraldas River, and causing water shortages and health issues. In this scenario, native groups gathered under the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie ...

The crude has since spread from the Esmeraldas River, where it started, to at least four other waterways. About half-a-million people have been affected in one way or another, many cut off from ...

The spill, believed to have been caused when a landslide ruptured a major oil pipeline, has contaminated a section of the Esmeraldas River in the province of the same name. Residents in the town ...

The crude has since spread to at least five waterways, including the Esmeraldas River that flows into the Pacific Ocean. State-owned Petroecuador, which manages the damaged pipeline, announced ...

The crude has since spread to at least five waterways, including the Esmeraldas River that flows into the Pacific Ocean. State-owned Petroecuador, which manages the damaged pipeline, announced Tuesday ...