This is Part 4 of a four-part series on Indigenous land rights in Ecuador. Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Twenty months ...

This is Part 1 of a four-part series on Indigenous land rights in Ecuador. Read Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. In Ecuador, a 2023 ...

A trend of Ecuadorian criminal leaders turning up in neighboring Colombia underscores the country's role as both a refuge and ...

Ecuador’s government is offering a $100,000 reward for information on a lawmaker whom authorities accused of raping a minor ...

Ecuador’s parliament has passed a law allowing private companies to help manage protected areas, prompting backlash from ...

A peer-reviewed study found Afro-descendant territories outperform comparable lands in preventing forest loss thanks to ...

The study focused specifically on recognized Afro-descendant lands in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Suriname. Afro-descendant peoples in these countries hold management rights on 9.9 million ha of ...

The Ecuador attorney general's office and Chilean state miner Codelco both claimed victory on Friday after an international ...

John Cannon This is Part 3 of a four-part series on Indigenous land rights in Ecuador. Read Part 1 and Part 2. Part 4 will be published tomorrow. A landmark land title in an Amazon protected area, ...

José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar, the alleged leader of Los Choneros, will face drug and weapons charges in New York ...

President Noboa was elected to fight spiraling gang violence, but serious abuses are being reported under his crackdown.