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Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement threatens Indigenous rights and territories in the Amazon

Canada and Ecuador’s new free-trade agreement is threatening the rights of Indigenous peoples and their territories, and increasing social and environmental conflicts across the country. These are just some of the concerns being brought forward by the National Confederation of Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador and other civil rights organizations in…

The Conversation

Ecuador enlists founder of Blackwater private army as ally in ‘war’ on crime

Daniel Noboa, who is seeking re-election as president, announces partnership with Trump supporter Erik Prince

The Guardian - US

AI Chatbot Helps Victims Of Digital Sexual Violence In Latin America

Two women from Mexico and Ecuador who spent years fighting to be recognized as victims of online sexual violence have inspired an artificial intelligence chatbot that helps others facing abuse.

International Business Times

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Ecuador's Second Presidential Election of 2025

Incumbent Daniel Noboa and challenger Luisa González have different economic visions, but both support militaristic crime policies.

Reason

Women worldwide march to demand end to violence, inequality

Demonstrations from Buenos Aires to Lagos demand justice for victims of femicide and urge reforms to protect women.

Al Jazeera

Ecuador Security Forces Given Blanket Amnesty In Cartel Fight

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa on Friday announced a preemptive amnesty for security forces fighting drug cartels in the violence-wracked port of Guayaquil, where 22 people were killed in clashes between rival gangs.

International Business Times

Gang Gunfight In Ecuador Leaves 12 Dead

The toll was reported by the local police chief, Herbie Guamani, and a police source said the gunfight involved opposing factions of a gang called Los Tigerones, one of the most powerful in this formerly peaceful country.

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His coffee is coveted around the world. His son doesn’t know if his future is on the farm

‘Pepe’ Jijón loves his life in the Ecuadorian cloud forest, but for his son Jose, the excitement of New York city calls

The Guardian - US

Mashpi Lodge, Ecuador hotel review

HOTELS: Daisy Lester checks in

The Independent UK

Ecuador will seek foreign military aid to combat drug cartels as violence surges

The government of Ecuador has taken another step in its effort to gain help from foreign military forces to combat drug cartels and various organized crime groups

The Independent UK

‘Society makes us invisible’: Black Ecuadorians fight to defend their culture

Afro-Guayaquileños mostly live in the impoverished belts of Guayaquil and have been made to believe their customs are ‘the worst’, say activists

The Guardian - US

Latin America's global abortion impacts

Although implementation will depend on each country, these sorts of rulings have a potential for global influence

Salon

‘Biologists were not part of the crime food chain’: why Ecuador’s scientists are facing violence, threats and kidnapping

Despite government efforts, armed groups control many remote areas. Now researchers are caught in the crosshairs

The Guardian - UK

Hitmen Mow Down Air Force Colonel In Violence-torn Ecuador

Hitmen gunned down an Ecuadoran air force colonel Friday in a city hard hit by drug crime that has turned the once-peaceful South American country into one of the most violent.

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Ecuador's Wild West Shows Limits Of Noboa's 'Iron Fist'

In a darkened military command center near the Peruvian border, eight Ecuadoran marines armed with rusting M4 rifles prepare for a patrol.

International Business Times

Ecuador's Wild West Shows Limits Of Noboa's 'Iron Fist'

On Ecuador's lawless southwest coast, drug gangs operate with impunity and terrified residents ask if their president's "iron fist" security policies are just words.

The Independent UK

In Ecuador's highlands, an Indigenous community faces choice between 2 candidates they don't trust

The two main candidates vying for Ecuador’s presidency never campaigned in Cochapamba

The Conversation

Why ‘low carbon’ roses are flown around the world

As you read this, planes full of roses are heading from east Africa and South America to almost every corner of the world. If you buy someone a rose this Valentine’s Day, it may be in the air right now or perhaps in a refrigerated warehouse in the Netherlands.

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Ecuador Prepares For Presidential Runoff Amid Crime Concerns

Ecuador's crucial presidential runoff election between Noboa and González focuses on crime and corruption, with far-reaching implications for the nation.

International Business Times

Ecuador's Dueling Presidential Hopefuls

Ecuador's closer-than-expected presidential election is likely headed for an April runoff between two very different candidates who have faced each other three times already.

The Independent UK

Ecuador's conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer advance to presidential runoff

Ecuador will choose its next president in a presidential runoff election after conservative President Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González garnered enough votes Sunday to beat 14 other candidates

International Business Times

Violence-hit Ecuador Chooses Next President

Some 14 million Ecuadorans will go to the polls Sunday to decide who will lead their violence-wracked Andean nation through its worst crisis in half a century.

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