Ecuador’s Noboa declares new security state of emergency as AG investigates eight reported extrajudicial killings
Quito, Ecuador Reuters Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa on Wednesday declared a new state of emergency in seven of the country’s 24 provinces, as well as one area of a further province, citing a rise in the number of violent deaths and other crimes in those jurisdictions. The measure will be in force for 60 days […]
Fighting for their future: In Ecuador’s Amazon, youth take up the battle against oil pollution
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how young activists in the oil town of Lago Agrio are demanding government action to remove gas flares in the rainforest following a landmark court ruling…