This is the second part of a three-part series on underreported issues involving Canadian mining companies and Indigenous ...

Noboa is facing a tough challenge against his charismatic rival Gonzalez, who is hoping to become the country's first woman ...

Situated at more than 3,600 meters (12,000 feet) above sea level, Cochapamba is home to approximately 6,000 people, whose livelihoods center around cultivating and selling white onions. They are ...

One of the indigenous groups who led the protests against the “pact of the corrupt” in 2023 is called the 48 Cantons of ...

The court ruled that Ecuador must expand protection zones where the uncontacted Indigenous communities ... of its kind examining protections for people who live outside of regular contact with ...

Ecuadorian Indigenous leader ... which he added that it would be an honor to represent “the most humble people of Ecuador.” He also said that his vice-presidential running mate will be ...

Canadian mining companies have a long history of human rights abuses and environmental destruction in Latin America. According to a 2023 report by the non-profit Amazon Watch, of the 37 Canadian ...

At least 15 Canadian mining companies currently operate in Ecuador. Opponents of the free-trade agreement argue the open market will only further encourage Canadian mining development in the country.

Just 17,000 votes separated the top two candidates in the first round of Ecuador’s presidential election. A third contender raked in half a million votes, meaning supporters of his Indigenous ...

80 per cent of the world’s people who identify themselves ... with the majority located in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru. In Africa, indigenous peoples are scattered over an ...