Indigenous women witness environmental harm in Ecuador’s Amazon

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Indigenous women tour Ecuador oil field as warning against Amazon drilling expansion

NUEVA LOJA, Ecuador (AP) — Standing beside a stream stained dark with oil in Ecuador’s northern Amazon, an Indigenous woman shook her head in disbelief as she stared at the oily sheen drifting across the water and broken pipes cutting through the forest. …

Trump administration finalizes Ecuador trade deal to cut tariffs

(Bloomberg) -- US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Friday signed an agreement finalizing a trade deal with Ecuador, reducing tariff rates on a number of goods traded between the two economies. “President Trump is unlocking commercially meaningful …

Ecuador imposes a curfew in several coastal provinces to combat organized crime

The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, has decreed the imposition of a nighttime curfew in several coastal provinces in order to strengthen the fight against criminal organizations and support military operations conducted in these regions. The measure …

As Left-Wing Opposition Banned, Ecuador Court Rejects Terrible UAE Treaty

In a major rebuke to President Daniel Noboa, Ecuador's Constitutional Court ruled unanimously on March 9 that his controversial Bilateral Investment Treaty with the United Arab Emirates cannot be fast-tracked and must be approved by the National …

FBI Opens First Ecuador Office as Quito Prepares for Major Offensive on Criminal Groups

Is the U.S.-Ecuador military partnership a vital crackdown on narco-terror or a dangerous endorsement of authoritarian violence? Above: Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump in Doral, Florida, on March 7. Image …

Indigenous women tour Ecuador oil field as warning against Amazon drilling expansion

Women Paving the Way: Closing the Gender Gap in Road Maintenance in Ecuador

Road maintenance, drainage clearing, pothole repair—these are still widely stereotyped as “men’s jobs.” But across rural Ecuador, women are proving otherwise. In the provinces Manabí, Tungurahua, and Pichincha, community-based road maintenance associations …

As Iran war rages, Washington opens a new front in Ecuador

As the world’s attention is focused on the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran, the United States has, with little fanfare, opened another front in its expanding campaign against so-called “narco-terrorism” in the Western Hemisphere. Since this new "war on …

Ecuador declares curfew in coastal provinces for security operations

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa delivers a speech during the International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean 2026, in Panama City, Panama, January 28, 2026. REUTERS/Aris Martinez QUITO, March 13 (Reuters) - ⁠Ecuador's President …