Ecuador

April 11, 2019, 1:47 pm

British police arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Ecuador says it approved raid on its London embassy, where Assange has been staying since 2012, citing international convention violations

By Agencies

In this file photo from May 19, 2017, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. (Justin Tallis/AFP)

April 5, 2019, 12:25 pm

Ecuador denies decision made to expel Wikileaks founder from embassy

Though president accuses Julian Assange of hacking his personal phone, top official says Quito not planning to oust him from its London mission

By GONZALO SOLANO and Joshua Goodman

Inge Ginsberg performs heavy metal with the TritoneKings. (YouTube screen capture)

January 2, 2019, 5:40 am

97-year-old Holocaust survivor, spy, and heavy metal singer is ready to rock you

In the sunset of an adventurous and unconventional life, Vienna-born Inge Ginsberg declaims her ‘divinely inspired’ poems — backed by a death metal band

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Jewish immigrants on a farm 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Quito. (Courtesy Eva Zelig)

December 8, 2018, 1:43 pm

How tiny Ecuador had a huge impact on Jews escaping the Holocaust

A new book by author Daniel Kersffeld tells how when many countries shut their doors to Jewish refugees, one welcomed them in, allowing them to thrive in the arts and sciences

By Rich Tenorio

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Jose Valencia speaks at en event in the capital of Quito on November 9, 2018, to restore Manuel Antonio Munoz Borrero as a member of the country's diplomatic service. (Screen capture: YouTube)

November 14, 2018, 7:16 pm

Ecuador restores credentials of late diplomat who saved Jews from Nazis

Ecuadorian FM leads ceremony honoring Manuel Antonio Munoz Borrero, who was removed as consul in Stockholm for issuing passports to fleeing Jews

By JTA

Israeli Nobel Prize winner Ada Yonath, who is also a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science, at a press conference in Rehovot. (Flash90)

August 7, 2018, 5:31 am

Ecuador honors first Israeli woman to win the Nobel Prize

South American state’s legislature hails Ada Yonath for helping to ‘strengthen inter-exchange opportunities’ between the countries

By JTA

Communications Minister Ayoub Kara speaks at a Likud party event in Lod on December 31, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

February 4, 2018, 2:55 pm

Minister claims mystery ‘prince of Bahrain’ is visiting Israel

Ayoub Kara says he discussed ties with the tiny Gulf nation during meeting in Tel Aviv, but Foreign Ministry says it has no knowledge of the royal visit

By Raoul Wootliff

Likud Minister Ayoub Kara meets with prime minister of the Sahrawi Republic of southern Morocco, Abdelkader Taleb Omar in Ecuador on May 24, 2017. (Courtesy)

June 22, 2017, 2:35 am

Morocco complains to Israel about minister’s photo with rival leader

Foreign Ministry says Ayoub Kara’s brief meeting with Sahrawi Republic PM did not receive official approval

By Raoul Wootliff

The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (CC BY-SA Thorkild Tylleskar/Wikipedia)

May 27, 2017, 1:20 am

Britain, US oppose UN health body’s resolution singling out Israel

Critics say it is hypocritical of WHO to support motion, which speaks of need to improve services for Palestinians, that was co-authored by Syria

By JTA

Likud Minister Ayoub Kara (r) meets with representatives from Oman, Yemen and Qatar in Ecuador on May 24, 2017. (Courtesy)

May 25, 2017, 4:47 pm

Israeli minister meets publicly with Arab officials in Ecuador

Crediting Trump’s initiative, Ayoub Kara says Gulf states ‘expressed their approval to move forward with negotiations’

By TOI staff and AFP

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, February 5, 2016. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

May 20, 2017, 5:25 am

Assange claims victory after Sweden drops rape probe

US prosecutors examine possible charges against WikiLeaks founder that could include conspiracy and violations of Espionage Act

By AFP

President of Israel Reuven Rivlin (seated, left) and President of the Hebrew University Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson (seated, right), meet with rectors from universities in Latin America. (Mark Naiman/GPO: Courtesy of Hebrew University)

December 18, 2016, 9:00 pm

20 Latin American universities sign cooperation agreements with Hebrew U.

First-of-its-kind conference co-organized by Foreign Ministry lays groundwork for academic collaboration

By JTA

Image of the Ecuadorean representative to the United Nations Horacio Sevilla Borja taken from a September 2, 2016 interview. (screen capture: YouTube)

December 6, 2016, 7:02 pm

Israel demands explanation as Ecuador UN envoy compares Zionism to Nazism

Jerusalem summons local diplomat after Horacio Sevilla Borja decries ‘genocide’ against Palestinians

By JTA

December 4, 2016, 6:11 pm

Quoting Castro, Ecuador’s UN envoy compares Zionism to Nazism

Jerusalem demands clarification after Horacio Sevilla Borja decries ‘persecution and genocide’ committed against Palestinians by ‘imperialist’ Israel

By JTA and Raphael Ahren

In this Oct. 4, 2016 photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange participates via video link at a news conference marking the 10th anniversary of the secrecy-spilling group in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

November 4, 2016, 11:34 am

WikiLeaks founder denies Russia behind Podesta email hacking

Amid ongoing email dump, Julian Assange tells Russian state television US intelligence agencies’ claims of Moscow’s involvement ‘false’

By Stephen Braun and Gregory Katz