Prior to this discovery, the largest underground thermal lake title belonged to a site in Hungary, below Turkish baths in the city of Budapest, Reuters reported in 2008. That lake is 282 feet long, 89 ...

Ecuador -- once a beacon of prosperity, stability and democracy in a troubled region -- today finds itself drenched in a bloody turf war between cartels, mafias and gangs of Colombian, Mexican, ...

Albanian, Turkish and homegrown varieties. This who's who of organized crime is vying for control of ultra-lucrative trafficking routes linking the clandestine coca plantations of Colombia and ...

Ecuador's dueling presidential hopefuls made a last-ditch pitch to late-deciding voters Thursday, wrapping a bitter campaign dominated by surging cartel violence and economic crisis. Incumbent ...

Ecuador's dueling presidential hopefuls made a last-ditch pitch to late-deciding voters Thursday, wrapping a bitter campaign dominated by surging cartel violence and economic crisis. Incumbent ...