Ecuador, Japan, Mexico join travel warning list after deadly fake alcohol poisonings

Travel warnings were issued for eight countries due to the risk of methanol poisoning from fake alcohol, the United Kingdom Foreign office announced. The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) created methanol poisoning warnings...

Ecuador president seeks to reduce number of legislators by half

Ecuadorian President Daniel NoboaF's plan calls for the National Assembly toshrink from 151 members to just 71. This change could save the country about $16 million a year, according to Ecuavisa TV network File Photo by Gaston Britos/EPA Oct. 27...

Ecuador’s Indigenous communities face violent state repression

On 30 September, hundreds of Indigenous people formed a long procession through the small Andean town of Quiroga, Ecuador. Flying colourful wiphala – the square-patterned emblem of South American Indigenous nations –alongside Ecuadorian tricolores...

Ecuador's banana sector seeks global leadership in sustainability

Ecuador's banana sector aims to implement a water and carbon footprint measurement tool developed by the FAO's World Banana Forum to obtain an accurate picture of its water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions reduction. This tool was...

Ecuador Reacts to the Elimination of the Diesel Subsidy

On September 12th, President Daniel Noboa’s administration announced that it was eliminating the diesel subsidy causing nationwide protests in Ecuador. With the withdrawal of this subsidy, the government can refocus $1.1 billion towards social...

ECUADOR: ‘Protesters are demanding a more transparent state accountable to its citizens’

Interviews 25 October 2025 CIVICUS discusses protests in Ecuador caused by the elimination of diesel subsidies and the resulting social unrest with Micaela Estefanía Puente Betancourt. A student at the University of San Francisco in Quito, Micaela...

Study abroad group evacuated from Ecuador

What began as an opportunity for 12 occupational therapy students to practice their skills and gain experience in a foreign country ended in a helicopter evacuation amid political turmoil. Second-year occupational therapy students at Grand Valley...

In Ecuador, the river never forgets — nor do the communities

The oil slick flowed downstream for more than 80 km until reaching the Pacific Ocean, where it left at least nine beaches heavily polluted. Photo: Pontificia Universidad Católica Sede Esmeraldas (PUCESE), used with their permission. This story is...

Auction of works of art in Ecuador in solidarity with Cuba

The proceeds from the auction of the works will be used to purchase medical supplies for the Caribbean nation. Auction of works of art in solidarity with Cuba. Photo courtesy of Pilar Bustos October 26, 2025 Hour: 9:07 pm Latin American artists...

Ecuador Strikes Gold Miners With Air Force Bomber Jets.

- Advertisement - Ecuador’s military has begun a new and tougher fight against illegal mining. On Monday, air force jets bombed three illegal mines in Buenos Aires parish, Imbabura Province. The strikes destroyed trucks, tractors, buildings, and...

Ecuador Vice President commends Vietnam’s role in global efforts to combat cybercrime

Vice President of Ecuador Maria Jose Pinto Gonzalez Artigas (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vice President of Ecuador Maria Jose Pinto Gonzalez Artigas has hailed Vietnam’s leadership role in the global anti-cybercrime efforts as the Southeast Asian...

Collectives in Ecuador join forces in opposition to Noboa’s consultation

Social organizations reject issues on social security, the location of foreign military bases and the Constitutional reform. As part of the official campaign in rejection of the consultation, a national mobilization with teachers and students is...

Ecuador's Noboa considering hosting foreign military bases

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa is considering allowing foreign military bases, potentially on Baltra Island in the Galápagos, pending a November referendum. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has confirmed that his administration is assessing...

Noboa’s Iron Fist Forces End Of CONAIE’s National Strike In Ecuador

Above photo: Communities in Saraguro, Ecuador mobilizing as part of the national strike called for by CONAIE. CONAIE / X. The death toll stands at three, with hundreds injured after nearly 30 days of protests. After more than 30 days of...

Ecuador’s Hidden Guardians Chart a Future the World Can’t See

Along the Bobonaza River in Ecuador’s Pastaza province, the Kichwa families of Pakayaku move by canoe and patrol with spears, not for ceremony but survival. They defend seventy-one thousand hectares of rainforest—ancestral land mapped by hand,...

Ecuador President Daniel Noboa Survives Multiple Assassination Attempts

The Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa has faced three alleged assassination attempts in a month – the latest, as claimed, linked to gifts in the form of jam and chocolate soaked with toxic substances. According to Noboa, relayed by Fernando del...

Ecuador’s president claims poisoned chocolate and jam used in new attempt on his life

Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa has had quite a month, surviving not one, not two, but three alleged assassination attempts – the latest of which apparently involved gifts of jam and chocolate laced with poisonous chemicals. The president made...

Ecuador's President says they tried to poison him with jam and chocolate

Friday, October 24th 2025 - 19:47 UTC Noboa's safety has been questioned ahead of a Nov. 16 referendum to change the Constitution Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa insisted that he was the target of an alleged assassination attempt through...

Ecuador's president says he was target of foiled chocolate and jam poisoning

Ecuador's president has said someone attempted to poison him by putting three highly concentrated toxic substances in gifts of chocolate and jam. Daniel Noboa said his team had proof to support the claim, though he has yet to publicly provide any...

Five Shot Dead At Pool Hall In Ecuador

Five people were killed in a shooting at a pool hall in western Ecuador, police said Saturday — the latest homicides in a country struggling through a bloody wave of drug gang violence. Three men got out of a van and opened fire at the hall in...