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Border Command
In these territories, the group controls coca-growing areas and oversees the transportation of cocaine and marijuana shipments to departure points in Ecuador and Brazil ... has even pushed into ...
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Ecuador’s next debt-for-nature deal falls short of Indigenous involvement
Ecuador completed a debt-for-nature swap to support Amazon conservation through the creation of the Amazon Biocorridor. While ...
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Deep in the Amazon Rainforest, ‘I Am the Nature’ Celebrates Indigenous Cultural Philosophy
"I Am the Nature" poetically plumbs the human interconnection with nature through the eyes of the Indigenous Achuar people.
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Ecuador set for run-off vote as leftist candidate pushes president close in tight election
Ecuador’s center-right President Daniel Noboa is likely to fall short of securing an outright majority in the country’s general election, according to preliminary results Sunday, setting the ...
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Ecuador announces 27% tariffs on Mexican goods
Ecuador will apply a 27% tariff on Mexican goods to “ensure fair treatment” of Ecuadorian producers, President Daniel Noboa said on Monday. In a post on X, Noboa said he is open to signing a ...
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Mining dredges return to Amazon River’s main tributary, months after crackdown
The return of the floating structures shows the resilience of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, which destroys the riverbeds ...
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Ecuador’s Presidential Race Heads to a Runoff
By Genevieve Glatsky Reporting from Quito, Ecuador Ecuador’s young president, Daniel Noboa, who is known for aggressive law-and-order policies and a mastery of social media, failed to win a ...
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They Were Here First: Law Students Travel to the Amazon To Explore Indigenous Rights
S tudents in the Human Rights Study Project at the University of Virginia School of Law spent a week of their winter break in ...
Socialist candidate on track to force Ecuador leader into runoff
Socialist challenger Luisa González did better than forecast in Ecuador’s presidential election, likely forcing President Daniel Noboa into an April 13 runoff in the crisis-hit nation.
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Ecuador votes for a new president after years of violence and blackouts
He has also advocated for the US to re-establish a military base in Ecuador to help fight the drug trade. He even attended US President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January and later followed ...
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Ecuador’s President Has Had a Year of Chaos. Why Is He Still So Popular?
Supporters holding cardboard cutouts of President Daniel Noboa during a campaign event on Wednesday in Quito, Ecuador.Credit...Johanna Alarcón for The New York Times Supported by By Genevieve ...
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Ecuador's Trump? Daniel Noboa's Rise Could Reshape Latin American Politics
With Ecuador set to hold national elections on Sunday, it was a calculated move—a final push from a politician whose rapid ascent is disrupting not only his nation but could also reverberate ...