Trump calls Petro a ‘drug leader’, cuts off aid to Colombia

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the United States will halt financial aid to Colombia, accusing President Gustavo Petro of failing to curb drug production and calling him “an illegal drug leader.” In a social media post, Trump...

Ecuador’s Amazon Oil Plans Face Indigenous and Global Opposition

New York / Quito – Amazon Watch expresses grave concern about the escalating crisis in Ecuador, where a national strike led by the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador (CONAIE) that began on September 18 over rising fuel costs,...

National strike in Ecuador against the government after 12 days of protests gains strength and resistance

Civilians clash with demonstrators during a protest against Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa over the rise in diesel prices and in support of indigenous demonstrators in the province of Imbabura. Photo: PL October 3, 2025 Hour: 8:23 pm With roads...

Ecuador shrimp sector announces clean energy transition as protests over diesel prices engulf nation

Ecuador’s National Aquaculture Chamber (CNA) and the Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) have launched a collaborative project that seeks to improve energy security in the nation’s shrimp sector and identify a scalable roadmap for its transition...

Making Projects Bankable: Legal Due Diligence and MIGA Coverage in Practice

In today’s project finance landscape, legal structuring and risk allocation are inseparable from the political risk insurance that underpins bankability in emerging markets. For the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the...

Ecuador faces second prison massacre in a week: 17 dead in Esmeraldas

The criminal gang “Los Tiguerones” would have provoked the confrontation with an “external order,” according to police reports released by local media. The Ecuadorian army carries out control and security operations in the center. Photo:...

The Health Commission of the Asamblea Nacional of Ecuador Recognizes the Practice of Surrogacy as Violence against Women

On 25 September 2025, the Commission on the Right to Health of the Asamblea Nacional approved the report for the first debate of the bill “Ley de Reproducción Humana Asistida”. This bill was initially proposed to allow surrogacy. With the joint...

Ecuador’s Constitutional Court Clears Referendum on Constituent Assembly

President Daniel Noboa. X/ @noplancho September 25, 2025 Hour: 9:32 am On Wednesday afternoon, Ecuador’s Constitutional Court approved an initiative by President Daniel Noboa to hold a referendum in which citizens will decide whether to establish...

Podcast: Jungle Fumble - The Ecuador Lawsuit Against Texaco/Chevron

Environmental consultant Dave Russell recounts his involvement in the Ecuador lawsuit against Texaco/Chevron over Amazon rainforest contamination. Hired in 2003 to assess cleanup costs, Russell produced a $6.1 billion estimate based on unverified...

EUROTRASH: PEZ Prognostication Proves Prescient as Laporte Wins Tour of Holland

Your semiweekly cycling news summary, including Christophe Laporte’s comeback win, a new sprinter on the block, late-season time trialing — and winners and losers in the UCI relegation saga. Plus a question for our readers — see below! TOP STORY:...

Ecuadorian banana workers file EU trade complaint

The Agricultural Workers and Farmers Trade Union Association (ASTAC) in Ecuador, together with European partners ActionAid France, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), ASTM Luxembourg, and Baldon Avocats, has filed a complaint...

Against History: Art, Culture, and Business-as-Usual under the Gazan Genocide

The Israeli mass killing in Gaza has been unrelenting. More than 70,000 tons of bombs dropped. At the time of writing, the death count is 46,584; an underestimate given that in June 2024 it was estimated that 200,000 Palestinians had been murdered...

Ecuador facing the voracity of hyperpresidentialism

“We cannot become what the people rejected,” declared Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa during the national convention of his party, Acción Democrática Nacional (ADN), on September 6 in Guayaquil. The event, held at the Coliseo Arena Fedeguayas...

Indigenous-Led Movement Against Austerity Is Gaining Momentum in Ecuador

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! The video is shocking. The footage is low quality, shot from above and behind the scene: A group of people run from state security forces up an empty...

Ecuadorian Government Shuts Down Indigenous TV Channel Amid Protests

Indigenous women protesting in Ecuador, Sept. 24, 2025. X/ @Expedientes_ec September 24, 2025 Hour: 2:08 pm On Wednesday, the Indigenous and Peasant Movement of Cotopaxi (MICC) accused the administration of President Daniel Noboa of ordering the...

FBI raids Kendall home of Ecuadorian businessman with alleged ties to assassination plot

The FBI raided the Kendall home of an Ecuadorian businessman on Thursday as he is being investigated for alleged ties to the assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador. Xavier Jordan said agents were at his multi-million dollar home for...

In Nobody’s Backyard: Open Letter Opposing US Military Incursions and Reaffirming the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace

Yesterday, October 19, marked the anniversary of the US invasion of Grenada. Forty-two years later, regional sovereignty remains a vexed question in the Caribbean, and it is being put to the test by the current US military incursions that have...

Detienen a Rolando Federico Gómez Quinde, presunto líder del grupo criminal Las Águilas fugado en junio de cárcel de Ecuador

Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español Rolando Federico Gómez Quinde, alias “Fede”, el presunto líder del grupo criminal Las Águilas, que en junio se fugó de una cárcel de Ecuador, fue detenido este jueves en Colombia, dijeron el presidente de...

USMNT roster for friendlies vs. Ecuador, Australia announced

The USMNT roster for October friendlies against Ecuador and Australia has been announced, with Mauricio Pochettino calling up pretty much all of his star players. WATCH — Latest USMNT schedule, how to watch info But there are still a few key...

Ecuadorian journalists who fled country receive press freedom award

Two Ecuadorian journalists who were forced to flee the country have been honored by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Elvira del Pilar Nole and Juan Carlos Tito were recognized for their work as part of the CPJ’s annual International...