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Cocoa at a crossroads: Fix farm-gate before Ecuador passes Ghana
Record price swings should be a windfall. For too many Ghanaian farmers, they weren't. Here's how to change that fast. Global cocoa prices rose, but most Ghanaian families did not feel it in their pockets at the right moment. Prices here move...

Ecuador: Noboa Cuts Off Communications in Areas Where Protests Are Taking Place
A vigil in memory of Efrain Fuerez in Cuenca, Ecuador, September 28, 2025. X/ @tomvillota September 29, 2025 Hour: 8:09 am On Sunday, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) denounced that President Daniel Noboa cut off...

How China fosters growth, innovation amidst global uncertainties through past 5-Year Plan
Analysis BEIJING – This year marks the conclusion of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), which has steered the country through global uncertainties while maintaining growth and electrifying innovation over the past five years. Despite global...

Ecuadorian FM: Leadership shown at COP29 is evident in preparations for COP30
Baku Climate Action Week is also an opportunity to show respect to the people of Azerbaijan who have devoted all their knowledge, skills and dedication to the climate issue, said the President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly;...

Koboko Receives Grant from Global Cities Fund to Boost Migrant Economic Inclusion
David Mwanje Koboko Municipality has been selected as one of six inaugural grantees to receive catalytic investment and support from the Mayors Migration Council’s (MMC) Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees (GCF). The $3 million fund aims...

Colombia’s leader accuses US of murder, prompting Trump to halt aid
“US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters,” Petro wrote on social media. He said the man killed in the mid-September attack, Alejandro Carranza, was a “lifelong fisherman” whose boat had...

Philippines, Japan to enhance agricultural trade, tech ties
Christine Boton - The Philippine Star October 6, 2025 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and Japan have committed to enhancing cooperation in agricultural trade and technology, with Manila pressing Tokyo to remove tariffs on...
Red Sea, Panama Canal led to poorer port performance in 2024: World Bank
The ongoing diversion of ships away from the Suez Canal and the drought that limited Panama Canal transits led to a decline in port performance worldwide in 2024, according to the World Bank’s latest global survey. However, some ports in the...

Previa Minnesota Vikings vs Philadelphia Eagles: Duelo de Poder NFL
El domingo 19 de octubre del 2025 Minnesota Vikings se enfrentarán a Philadelphia Eagles en lo que será la séptima semana de la temporada de la NFL, en el U.S. Bank Stadium , en Mineápolis, Minnesota. Aquí los detalles acerca de este gran duelo....

15 Active Roadblocks Mark Indigenous Protests in Ecuador: Urgent Calls for Dialogue and Social Justice
Indigenous demonstrators maintain roadblocks across Ecuador, pressing for social and economic justice demands. October 5, 2025 Hour: 12:33 pm Indigenous Protests in Ecuador: Ecuador faces widespread indigenous protests with 15 roadblocks across...

Noboa declara estado de excepción en 10 provincias de Ecuador debido a protestas por el precio del diésel
Por EFE El presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, declaró este sábado un nuevo estado de excepción en 10 de las 24 provincias del país por “grave conmoción interna”, debido a las protestas indígenas por el alza del precio del diésel que, según el...

Greengo Travel: Ecuador’s Trailblazing Travel Agency Wins Big in Cancún
In the heart of Cancún’s glittering coastline, where the travel world gathered to honour excellence, one name stood out among the Latin American elite: Greengo Travel. Crowned Ecuador’s Leading Travel Agency 2025, this dynamic company has once...

Ecuador’s President Noboa Rejects Dialogue With Indigenous Organisations
Members of the Armed Forces guard the city this Wednesday, in Otavalo, Ecuador. Photo: EFE/ Jose Jacome September 27, 2025 Hour: 10:13 pm Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has dismissed any possibility of dialogue or negotiation with the...

Ecuador’s Constitutional Court Overturns Two Landmark Laws of President Noboa’s Agenda
Ecuador’s top court struck down two major laws fast-tracked by President Noboa, intensifying a political clash that could reshape the country’s constitutional order. Ecuador’s Constitutional Court annuls two central laws of President Daniel Noboa,...

How protected is the Swiss National Bank compared with the US Federal Reserve?
The Swiss National Bank is just a few steps from the Federal Palace. Keystone / Peter Schneider Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with...

Ecuador suspends Canadian-owned mining licence after mass protests
Critics accuse Ecuador's president of a conflict of interest due to his family's investments in a Canadian mining firm that could be shielded by a pending Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement. Ecuador’s president says he has initiated a process to...

Bank freezes spark controversy amid indigenous-led strike in Ecuador
Ecuadorians will vote on a Constituent Assembly, military bases, party financing, and creation of Borbón canton. Referendum and consultation confirmed for November The National Electoral Council (CNE) formally launched the electoral process on...

Trump Axes Colombia Aid, Brands President Gustavo Petro 'Drug Leader'—Next Move ‘Won't Be Done Nicely’
President Trump on Sunday accused Colombian President Gustavo Petro of being an "illegal drug leader" who encourages massive drug production for the United States market. He promptly announced cutting all subsidies and payments to the South...
Otro fin de semana típico en EE.UU.: una familia quedó destrozada tras el paso de ICE antes de un festejo de cumpleaños
Por María Santana y Ray Sánchez, CNN Ese domingo amaneció despejado y azul, un día perfecto para celebrar un cumpleaños. La familia Enciso se dividió en su suburbio de Chicago: los padres y el hijo mayor se detuvieron en una tienda para desayunar,...

Protests in Ecuador leave one dead, dozens injured, and human rights violations.
The protests that began on September 22 in Ecuador have so far resulted in 143 cases of human rights violations, 63 arrests, 92 injuries, 11 people, “temporarily missing,” and one death. ~ cubadebate ~ Indigenous leader Efraín Fuerez, recognized...