Quito Metro pursues extension funding options

Development bank considers financing 5km northern extension of Line 1. AN official mission from the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) visited Quito last month to review the proposed northern extension of Quito Metro’s Line...

Trump Cuts Off US Aid to Colombia, Calls Petro ‘Drug Leader’

President Donald Trump arrives at West Palm Beach International Airport on Oct. 17. (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump accused Colombian President Gustavo Petro of being an “illegal drug leader” and said the US would halt all aid to the country,...

Ecuadorian women from the flotilla report abuses and warn about Palestine

Quito, Oct. 8 - Ecuadoreans Nicole León and Carmen Alexandra Portero participated in the Sumud Global Flotilla humanitarian mission and recounted the abuses they suffered, while drawing attention to the humanitarian crisis facing the Palestinian...

Ecuador’s Oil Industry Hit with Worst Environmental Disaster in Decades

Ecuador’s oil industry is caught in a death spiral. Decades of corruption, dwindling private investment, corroded infrastructure and environmental disasters are all weighing on production and reserves growth. Environmentally damaging oil spills...

Ecuador Arrests Five After Attack on Noboa

Ecuadorian authorities have arrested five people following what officials describe as an assassination attempt on President Daniel Noboa during a visit to Cañar province Tuesday. Environment and Energy Minister Ines Manzano reported that...

Ecuador: Alert over repression of protests, judicial independence and enforced disappearances 

Amnesty International is concerned about the continued deterioration of the human rights situation in Ecuador, under the administration of President Daniel Noboa. The seriousness of the situation has worsened in recent days, against a backdrop of...

Trump threatens to strike Colombian drug fields, cuts subsidies to country

“President Gustavo Petro, of Colombia, is an illegal drug leader strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs, in big and small fields, all over Colombia,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday. “The purpose of this drug production is the...

Ecuador on edge after alleged assassination attempt on President Noboa

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa narrowly escaped an alleged assassination attempt on October 8, deepening political tensions in a nation already shaken by weeks of social unrest and violent protests. The attack, which occurred during a visit to...

Pope Leo makes beloved ‘doctor of the poor’ Venezuela’s first saint

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Ecuador: Government decries 'assassination attempt' on Noboa

Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa escaped injury after his convoy was attacked by protesters in a rural town on Tuesday. His government has labeled the attack an assassination attempt, saying that shots were fired at the car, as political tensions...

Ecuador: CONAIE Denies Alleged Assassination Attempt on President Noboa

Protests against President Daniel Noboa in Tumbaco, Ecuador, Oct. 7, 2025. X/ @TumbacoI October 8, 2025 Hour: 7:41 am On Tuesday night, Ecuador’s Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (CONAIE) rejected accusations of an alleged “assassination...

Ecuador’s president unharmed after protesters attack his motorcade

Ecuador’s president Daniel Noboa has escaped unharmed after his motorcade was targeted by stone-throwing protesters and what one minister described as a volley of gunshots. Noboa was inaugurating a water treatment plant in central Ecuador on...

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa Survives Assassination Attempt Amid Violent Protests

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa survived an assassination attempt after protesters attacked his convoy in Cañar, prompting arrests and nationwide outrage over escalating unrest. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa escaped unharmed after his convoy...

‎When Is the Time to Talk About Black Against Black? By Osmund Agbo

In this magnificent world we inhabit, the Black man is reminiscent of that child with profound autism, whose mother grows uneasy whenever he throws a tantrum in public. To shield herself from humiliation, she might sequester him in a group home,...

Ecuador Noboa's motorcade comes under rock-throwing attack, 5 detained

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has survived what authorities called an assassination attempt during nationwide unrest sparked by his decision to end decades-old fuel subsidies. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa escaped unharmed on Tuesday after...

Ecuadorian Flotilla members report abuses and raise warnings on Pales

In an interview with local radio station Radio Pichincha, Leon recounted that Adara, the boat she was traveling on, was intercepted in international waters by Israeli forces. This, the young woman insisted, amounts to a kidnapping. For more than...

Cardiff student who became drug trafficker and ended up in Ecuadorian jail

'Posh Pete', the Cardiff student who became an international drugs baron(Image: Wales Online) A former Cardiff student who later trafficked cocaine disguised as tent groundsheets into the UK from South America witnessed "mayhem and murder" after...

Ecuador president survives assassination attempt in motorcade attack

QUITO: Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa escaped unharmed after his motorcade came under attack from rock-throwing protesters in what his energy minister described as an assassination attempt. Environment and Energy Minister Ines Manzano formally...

Ecuador and Yasuní oil: A challenge for democracy and the integrity of the Amazon

By Kevin Koenig Two years ago, Ecuador surprised the world with a historic referendum: more than 58% of the population voted to keep nearly one billion barrels of crude oil underground in Yasuní National Park – one of the most biodiverse places on...

Iberia Economy & Business Class 10% To 60% Award Sale For Travel October 13 – December 31, 2025 (Book By November 16)

Iberia has launched an excellent economy and business award sale for travel between October 13 and December 31, 2025, across most of its network (routes to Asia excluded). The discount varies between 10%, 30% and 60%, and most transatlantic...