no comment Ecuador: clashes between protesters and police on fuel price cuts Protesters in Quito burn tires as police use tear gas during a march to demand a fuel price cut amid rising inflation, unemployment, and poverty in the oil-producing South American country. 14/06/2022
Republic of Ecuador Another Ecuador prison clash leaves 43 inmates dead A clash between rival Ecuadorian gangs has left 43 inmates dead, officials said Monday, little more than a month after another prison riot resulted in 20 deaths. 09/05/2022
Taste How has the Russia-Ukraine war devastated Ecuador's banana industry? It seems like a strange question but Ecuador is the world's largest banana exporter, and the sector has been hammered by the war in Ukraine. 06/04/2022
Nature Ecuador grants wild animals legal rights in landmark court case It is thought to be the first time the country’s constitutional protection of nature has been applied in court. 01/04/2022
Republic of Ecuador Police: Ecuadorian prison clash leaves dozens dead Clashes inside Ecuador’s largest prison early on Saturday left at least 58 inmates dead. 13/11/2021
no comment Ecuador: Road blockade on second day of strikes Main roads in at least ten provinces of Ecuador remained blocked on Wednesday on the second day of a national strike against fuel price hikes and President Guillermo Lasso's economic policies. 28/10/2021
Republic of Ecuador State of emergency declared in Ecuador’s prisons after 116 die in riot Officials said at least five of the dead in the riot at Litoral penitentiary in Guayaquil were beheaded. 30/09/2021
no comment Galapagos' pink iguanas now critically endangered The rare Galapagos' pink iguanas earlier this week were declared as a critically endangered species by environmental organizations, after an expedition in early August estimated only 211 specimens still populate their native Wolf Volcano. 01/09/2021
United Kingdom Ecuadorian court revokes citizenship for Julian Assange Ecuadorian authorities say Assange’s naturalization letter had multiple inconsistencies, different signatures, the possible alteration of documents and unpaid fees, among other issues. 28/07/2021
Republic of Ecuador Ecuador picks conservative Guillermo Lasso for president Ex-banker Guillermo Lasso defeated left-wing economist Andrés Arauz in Ecuador's presidential runoff. 12/04/2021
no comment Ecuador prison riots: Number of inmates dead in rises to 79 Authorities have said the clashes that began on Monday night were precipitated by a search for weapons carried out at the facilities in the South American nation. 25/02/2021
no comment Endangered Galapagos giant tortoises released back into the wild Tortoises were quarantined and marked before their release on Espanola Island, which now hosts the Cheloinidis hoodensis species of the tortoise. 17/06/2020
world news COVID-19 spreading across Latin America Cases of coronavirus are spreading rapidly in parts of Latin America and threaten to overwhelm already weak medical services 26/04/2020
no comment Scientists find tortoise genetically linked to extinct species She is thought to be linked to Lonesome George, who died in 2012 and was the last known tortoise of the Pinta Island (Chelonoidis abingdonii) species. 01/02/2020
Spain Meet the communist town in Spain that switched to the far-right Totana became the only municipality ruled by the communist United Left party to vote massively for the far-right Vox party. 19/11/2019
Living Can a chocolate bar end poverty? The story of radical equality 'The Other Bar proves a combination of technology and consumer choice can tackle poverty.' 14/10/2019
Republic of Ecuador Ecuador's president sends soldiers onto the streets as protests worsen Ecuadorean indigenous group Conaie said late on Saturday that it would continue anti-austerity protests after President Lenin Moreno imposed a military-enforced curfew in the capital Quito 13/10/2019
no comment Venezuelan migrants protest after Ecuador shuts border crossing Ecuador shut its border on Monday (August 26) to hundreds of Venezuelans waiting to cross, as new restrictions from Quito on migrants fleeing the OPEC nation come into effect. 27/08/2019
United Kingdom Assange is 'not very well' says lawyer after court no-show WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange missed a scheduled court appearance on Thursday because he is unwell, his lawyer said. 30/05/2019
USA 'Close associate' of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange arrested in Ecuador Ecuadorian Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo said a "close associate" of Assange had been arrested "for investigative purposes" 12/04/2019
United Kingdom A timeline of Assange's nearly 7 years in the Ecuadorian Embassy Assange's complicated, almost decade long case came to a turning point today, when he was arrested in London as the U.S. seeks his extradition 11/04/2019
United Kingdom Police drag Julian Assange out of embassy after US extradition request Assange is wanted in the US over an investigation into WikiLeaks' leaking of classified documents concerning the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The US Department of Justice said the charge related specifically to conspiracy to commit computer intrusion with US whistleblower Chelsea Manning. 11/04/2019
United Kingdom WikiLeaks: Is spying on Assange ironic? The organisation said individuals had threatened to leak the private documents, videos and audio gathered on its founder, Julian Assange. 10/04/2019
United Kingdom No decision to expel Julian Assange, says senior Ecuador official Assange has been holed up inside Ecuador's London embassy since 2012. 05/04/2019
Venezuela Watch again: Venezuelans demonstrate in Caracas as Guaido returns Guaido is risking arrest with his return after he ignored a court-imposed travel ban and toured Latin American countries to boost support for his campaign to oust Maduro. 04/03/2019
United Kingdom Julian Assange meets German MPs in London Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is meeting with German politicians today. 20/12/2018
