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Devastating images show oiling and mining projects chipping away at the Amazon

The final instalment of the NextGen International project reports from Ecuador's Amazon, working with young indigenous people who share inspiring stories on their fight

Daily Mirror

Bravery of young people who stood up to energy giants and saved Amazonian river

In the final part of the NextGen project, Alexis Grefa writes how he mobilised a youth campaign which stopped a hydroelectric company from installing a dam on a sacred river

Daily Mirror

Inside the heroic Amazon tribe who took on monster diggers tearing up rainforest

Reporters joined the Shuar Arutam people on patrol to learn how they are using technology to protect the jungle from deforestation.

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Inside the heroic Amazon tribe who took on monster diggers ripping rainforest apart

EXCLUSIVE: The Mirror joined the Shuar Arutam people on patrol to learn how they are using technology to protect the jungle from extractive activities such as oil, mining and logging

Daily Mirror

FIFA Investigates Chile’s Claim Over Ecuador Player

Chile wants Ecuador out of the World Cup, alleging it fielded an ineligible player during some of its World Cup qualifiers.

Sports Illustrated

Clash between rival gangs kills 44 inmates in an Ecuadorean prison

Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo said at a news conference that one group of inmates left their cells to attack another inside the Bellavista lockup in Santo Domingo.

WEKU

Ecuador's latest prison riot leaves at least 43 dead

Dozens of inmates were killed during a riot early on Monday as rival gangs clashed in a jail in the Ecuadorean city of Santo Domingo, the government said, the latest episode of prison violence that has rocked the South American country.

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Ecuador prison riot leaves 43 dead in latest bloody episode

Sixth deadly prison massacre fueled by rival drug gangs since the beginning of 2021, bringing death toll to nearly 400

The Guardian - US

BacTech Environmental Announces Investment Protection Agreement Signing with Government of Ecuador

Groundbreaking agreement guarantees investor rights and pledges investment stability;

Benzinga

Chile call for Ecuador to be kicked out of World Cup over alleged ineligible player

The Football Federation of Chile have filed a legal challenge arguing that Byron Castillo was not eligible to play for Ecuador in World Cup qualifying

The Independent UK

Chile Claims Ecuador Had Ineligible Player in World Cup Qualifying

The Chilean soccer federation has called upon FIFA to investigate Ecuador, which could give Chile a chance at being granted a place in Qatar.

Sports Illustrated

Weaving is helping strengthen ancestral knowledge among women and children in Ingapirca, Ecuador

In the remote Andean community of El Cisne in Ingapirca, Ecuador, one of the first things you’ll notice is children’s laughter. In a courtyard, women gather with their children to trace ancestral knowledge and memories — and they do this using wool.

The Conversation

Ecuador declares emergency in three provinces on rising crime

Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso on Friday declared a 60-day state of emergency, including curfews in some areas and the deployment of thousands of security forces, in three of the country's 24 provinces, citing a rise in crime.

Reuters

Ecuador lifts indoor and outdoor mask mandates

Ecuador will immediately lift mask mandates for both indoor and outdoor spaces thanks to significant gains made against coronavirus, President Guillermo Lasso said on Thursday.

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Ecuador Energy Minister Juan Carlos Bermeo resigns

Ecuador's Energy Minister Juan Carlos Bermeo resigned on Thursday, saying he had "completed a cycle," just as the country begins the process of renegotiating oil block contracts with private companies.

Evening Standard

Estefania Carrera Barragan: Fears for influencer missing for 10 days from Barking

Police described her disappearance as ‘out of character’

Salon

Lawyer who took on Chevron finally free

Steven Donziger spent nearly a thousand days in jail or on house arrest. Amnesty says it was corporate retaliation

The Independent UK

Exiled ex-Ecuador president doesn't exclude political return

Former Ecuador president Rafael Correa says the political asylum he has been granted in Belgium is proof he is persecuted by his country’s authorities

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The Independent UK

A rediscovered flower named after its own extinction

A slice of Ecuadorian Centinela rainforest and all its biological treasures had been cleared and replaced with plantations, but a plant which was names after its own extinction has just been rediscovered, reports Julian Mark

Reuters

Ecuador police capture 18 suspected members of criminal group

Ecuador's national police have captured 18 suspected members of a criminal group who could have ties to drugs and arms trafficking, as well as murders and terrorism, with possible ties to an illegal armed group in Colombia, the organization said on Friday.

Benzinga

Why Gran Tiera Energy Shares Are Trading Higher Today

Gran Tierra Energy Inc (TSX:GTE) (NYSE:GTE) coverage has been initiated by Canaccord analyst Roman Rossi, with a Buy rating and a price target of C$2.70. According to Rossi, Gran Tierra is a very interesting play in an investor-friendly jurisdiction. The stock could be primed for more growth as the drilling campaign progresses, despite the…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The border the US shares with Mexico? We really share it with the world

About 15 years ago I was shadowing a local journalist on Peru’s northern coast who was reporting on a group of 20 Chinese nationals local police found lost in the nearby desert. They’d arrived on a container ship that sailed from China to Lima and had paid traffickers to get…

Zenger

Galapagos Experts Tag 10 Manta Rays To Establish Migration Patterns

“The research team sampled three species of rays to make comparisons with other populations in the region".

Reuters

Ecuador banana growers block roads to protest low prices

Banana growers from three provinces in Ecuador blocked main roads across the South American country on Monday to demand government action to boost prices they say are too low for them to meet production costs.

Reuters

Former Ecuador vice president released from prison

Former Ecuadorean vice president Jorge Glas was released from prison on Sunday, after a judge ruled his physical and psychological well-being were at risk, officials and Glas' supporters said.

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