Ecuador

Once at the helm of the city of Mérida, he now faces possible deportation to Ecuador, where he has no ties, despite having gone through the legal asylum process in the US

The Democratic Socialists of America candidate promises to fight against Donald Trump’s policies: ‘I am ready to defend my immigrant community, even if it requires putting my body in the line of fire’

The five-year-old remains in a center with his father in Texas. His case has reignited the debate about the conditions of juvenile detention in the United States

Los Choneros, the reigning criminal organization in Manabí, Ecuador, is linked to shark hunting and finning, complimentary activities to its primary trade of drug and fuel trafficking

William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, head of Los Tiguerones, was released from prison after a deadline to file pre-extradition safeguards expired. ‘The legal authority decided to set a terrorist free in Spanish territory,’ said Ecuador’s interior minister

A book that compiles the recovery of ancestral recipes from the Americas, from Canada to the Amazon, maps strategies in the face of climate change and agribusiness

Community leaders denounce environmental damage, restricted movement, and militarization following the launch of one of the Ecuadorian government’s flagship projects

The assassination of footballer Mario Pineida exposes the growing violence in Ecuador, where sports betting mafias have made players targets for hitmen

Since colonial times, Black bodies have been viewed as mere labor, rather than as subjects with full rights. The four Afro-descendant children who were murdered in Ecuador were victims of structural racism. The notion of serving without a master means embracing practices of care and creation that don’t answer to state hierarchies or the market. It’s about serving the community — serving life — without being accountable to visible or invisible patterns

The first anniversary of the forced disappearance of Nehemiah, Steven, Ismael, and Joshua brought together family members and neighbors, who are anxiously awaiting a verdict in the case

As drug production and trafficking increase across the continent, criminal groups of all sizes are diversifying their operations and increasing their firepower. Governments, meanwhile, stumble between hard-line policies and paralysis

From the United States to the Andes or Brazil, the project brings together portraits of older people living in regions affected by global warming and explains how they are coping with it

The head of UN Women argues that, in the face of political setbacks, the region’s feminist movement offers many reasons for hope

A journey to the world’s third largest exporter of the flowers reveals long working hours, pesticide exposure, illness and oftentimes-dismal wages for laborers

The Manhattan courthouse, where over 1,000 people and recently entire families have been arrested while attending routine appointments, is the epicenter of Trump’s immigration offensive

The US president signs trade agreements with Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala and Ecuador that ‘will bring prices down very quickly’ according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

International cooperation is one of the most successful methods in the fight against drug trafficking, with detection of ships by the US and UK proving fundamental

Roque Sevilla is the first Ecuadorian to receive the International Union for Conservation of Nature award

At least one of the attacks took place off the coast of Colombia, amid escalating tensions between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro

The president has unsuccessfully tried to quell the social protests with heavy military deployments and economic announcements

Murders of minors have risen by 50% in a country wracked by violence and drug trafficking

Renato Ortuño has become the second person to legally claim his right to a dignified death in Ecuador

Gangs that rob gadgets are looking for new ways to extract more value from them. An expert analyzed the work of one organization as it was dismantled by the police

The US Secretary of State will also stop in Ecuador to advance his government’s ‘key priorities’ in the region

Doctors report that the health system is experiencing one of its worst crises due to budget cuts and a lack of supplies