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With the climate emergency, this landmark case has taken on added urgency: the absolute imperative being now that carbon and water sequestering forests, and the biodiversity that they contain, are protected and kept intact.

2 Aug 2020 4 minute read

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Battle of the heavyweights

Jan Goodey reports on the legal bid to save the Amazon fringe that could set a worldwide precedent for...

30 Jan 2019 5 minute read

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Venezuelans flee violence in Ecuador

Despite worsening conditions in their home country, growing xenophobia is causing many to consider moving back home to...

1 Jul 2017 1 minute read

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Introducing Ecuador's Lenin Moreno

Ecuadorians have replaced one Leftist president with another, writes Richard Swift.

25 May 2017 3 minute read

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Ecuador rips up 16 toxic trade treaties

President Correa continues to blast the interests of corporations and international finance, reports Nick Dearden...

1 Mar 2017 5 minute read

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One woman against Big Oil and patriarchy

Alicia Cawiya, an indigenous activist prepared to defy the powerful to save Ecuador’s Yasuní, talks to...

20 Feb 2017 2 minute read

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Ecuador votes to bar politicians from having assets in tax havens

The ‘yes’ vote wins in the first, historic referendum of its kind, writes Alessio Perrone.

Exclusive: Ecuador to hold historic referendum on tax havens

16 Feb 2017 3 minute read

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Exclusive: Ecuador to hold historic referendum on tax havens

Will Ecuadoreans deliver an anti-corruption ultimatum to their politicians and civil servants this Sunday? The country's...

16 Feb 2017 3 minute read

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'On the other side': Ecuador's foreign minister blasts Britain on tax justice

The country often blocks tax havens and other predatory fiscal policies, argues Ecuador's Foreign Minister Guillaume...

15 Jun 2016 6 minute read

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What is digital humanitarianism and what did it do for Ecuador?

Kimberley Brown looks at how technology could help the South American country’s earthquake victims.

1 Jun 2016 3 minute read

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Country profile: Ecuador

Greg Wilpert reports on a country diverse in geography, politics and people.

1 Mar 2016 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

What the Saudi leaks tell us: An interview with Julian Assange

Since June 2015 WikiLeaks has been releasing details of leaked cables and other documents from within the Saudi Foreign...

1 Oct 2015 1 minute read

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Southern Exposure: Daniel Patino Flor

The Ecuadorian photographer Daniel Patino captures a moment of relaxation on Santay Island.

12 May 2014 5 minute read

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Amazon community ‘grants asylum’ to critics of Correa’s government

Ecuadorian journalist Fernando Villavicencio speaks to David Hill about why he has sought refuge among...

1 Apr 2014 7 minute read

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Ready to drill in Yasuní rainforest? A cautionary tale

Tim Gee investigates Ecuador's failure to 'keep the oil in the ground’, and the activism that could yet...

24 Jan 2012 1 minute read

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Save Yasuní - sign the petition

Add your name to those urging the UK government to support Ecuador's initiative to keep the oil in the ground.

5 Jan 2012 4 minute read

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Chevron found guilty in Ecuador… again

But it won’t be long before they come up with another excuse, says Mike G from the Rainforest Action Network...

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