Leonidas Iza, Ecuador’s presidential candidate with the Indigenous-aligned Pachakutik political movement, outlines his vision ...

By Kimberley Brown Intense protests flared up last December in communities opposed to Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa’s plans to build two maximum-security prisons in sensitive ecosystems and ...

Inti Raymi, celebrated on June 21, marks the winter solstice and pays tribute to Inti, the Inca sun god. Communities ...

Ecuadorian Indigenous leader, lawyer ... 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 a ...

Both prisons were planned in areas with sensitive ecosystems and claimed by Indigenous communities; yet the state failed to seek the consent of the communities, as required under Ecuador’s ...

Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a Canadian-owned mining project threatens the way of life of local Indigenous communities.

That “mano dura” approach has shown limited results. The homicide rate in 2024 dropped nearly 20 percent — but figures remain ...

S tudents in the Human Rights Study Project at the University of Virginia School of Law spent a week of their winter break in ...

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said Monday that the 27% tariff to be applied on Mexican goods was aimed at boosting local ...