Ecuador: Officials Ignore Rainforest Protection Referendum

(New York) – Ecuador’s government should expedite the closure of the approximately 240 oil wells operating in the heart of Yasuni National Park in the Amazon rainforest, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 20, 2023, the Ecuadorian people...

The Waorani Press Ecuador Over Delays in Shutting Down Yasuni Oil Wells

Waorani women in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 20. 2025. X/ @ElenaDeQuito August 20, 2025 Hour: 2:11 pm On Wednesday, leaders of the Waorani Indigenous people called out Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa over delays in closing oil wells in Block 43,...

Ecuador: Indigenous Movement Denounces Assassination Attempt Against Leonidas Iza

Photo: Ecuador National Assembly August 19, 2025 Hour: 6:38 pm The Indigenous and Peasant Movement of Cotopaxi (MICC) has issued a grave denunciation of an alleged assassination attempt against Leonidas Iza, former president of the Confederation...

Titan Minerals (ASX:TTM) Expands Gold Potential at Dynasty Project in Ecuador

Highlights,Titan Minerals expands exploration at Dynasty Gold Project,New zones identified at Cerro Verde prospect,Drilling campaign underway to advance resource growth,Titan Minerals (ASX:TTM) has released an update on its Dynasty Gold Project in...

How the Shuar of Ecuador are responding to climate change and environmental degradation

“The land does not belong to us; we belong to the land,” says Antonio Jimbicti. “Whatever we do to the land, we do to ourselves.” Jimbicti is a teacher in the Shuar community of San Luis Ininkis, Morona Santiago province, located in Ecuador’s...

If Pedro Almodóvar made a film in Ecuador, this animated show would be it

With the 1980s came an influx of Western women ascending in white-collar professions — and their increase in power demanded some formidable work wear to match. As ruthless as she is seductive, Spanish businesswoman Marioneta Negocios (voiced by...

Mazatlan vs Tigres LIVE Score Updates in Liga MX Match

This is the start time for the Mazatlán vs. Tigres match on August 23, 2025, in various countries: Costa Rica: 7:00 p.m. Tubi Mexico Azteca Deportes Live Dominican Republic: 9:00 p.m. Azteca Deportes Live Ecuador: 8:00 p.m. Tubi Mexico El...

30 Years On: Remembering Ghana’s historic 1995 FIFA U-17 World Cup triumph in Ecuador

On this day, August 20, 2025, Ghana celebrates the 30th anniversary of one of its proudest football achievements: The Black Starlets’ triumph at the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Ecuador. That victory cemented Ghana’s place in history as the first...

Mother and 6-year-old daughter from Queens deported to Ecuador | Latest

The family was deported back to Ecuador after a routine immigration check in. NEW YORK - ICE has dramatically ramped up deportations under President Trump’s immigration crackdown, conducting dozens of arrests across New York City as part of a...

ICE deports 6-year-old girl and her mom to Ecuador as New York officials blast Trump: ‘Where is your humanity?’

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Indigenous nations denounce Ecuador–Peru oil deal as illegal, demand California end imports driving Amazon destruction

The initiative, Indigenous leaders warned, is being propelled by the continued demand from California refineries, which remain the largest US importers of Amazon crude, particularly from Ecuador. Data show these refineries process hundreds of...

Ecuador agrees to Russian banana inspections

Ecuador has agreed to receive Russian specialists for the inspection of banana cultivation enterprises, according to the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor). The confirmation followed negotiations...

Three Police Officers Detained in Ecuador Following Complaint of Attempted Assassination of Indigenous Leader

(FILE) Photo: X/ @LeonidasIzaEc. August 20, 2025 Hour: 1:32 am Three police officers in Ecuador were detained on Monday by residents of the Andean province of Cotopaxi and allegedly judged under Indigenous justice, following accusations of an...

Indigenous Nations of Ecuador and Peru Reject Cross-Border Oil Deal, Urge California to End Amazon Crude Imports

Download joint statement in English | Versión en español Quito/Lima – Indigenous nations from Ecuador and Peru have issued a strong rejection of a recently announced agreement between state-owned oil companies Petroperú and Petroecuador to connect...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton interdicts over 4,475 pounds of illicit drugs in Eastern Pacific

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753) boarding team interdicting two go-fast vessels suspected of drug smuggling southeast of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June 26, 2025. The vessels were initially detected by a maritime patrol aircraft,...

I stumbled on Ecuador's best-kept sweet secret in the town of Cayambe

The recipe combines flour with butter, egg yolks, salt, wild aniseed and spring water, and the bakery that specialises in making it inside wood-fired ovens is called San Pedro. A stop at this eatery is not listed on my Cayambe itinerary - one...

NYC public school student, mom deported to Ecuador, city officials say

Gov. Kathy Hochul tells ICE to release Queens family Gov. Kathy Hochul tells ICE to release Queens family 00:32 A 6-year-old New York City public school student and her mother have been deported after they were detained by United States...

Video: Ghost Girl Photographed in Ecuador's Capitol Building?

An Ecuadorian politician recently shared a photo of what he claims is a ghost that resides in the country's equivalent of the Capitol Building. Adrián Castro Piedra, who serves in the Ecuadorean legislature, reportedly revealed the peculiar...

6-year-old NYC Public Schools student and her mother deported to Ecuador after detainment

QUEENS, New York (WABC) -- A 6-year-old girl and her mother, who were detained by ICE in Queens, have been deported to Ecuador. The girl was a student at P.S. 89 in Elmhurst, Queens. They were taken by ICE last week after a routine immigration...

Queens elected officials say mother, daughter deported to Ecuador