Restoring Ecuador’s páramos brings water and wildlife back to life

A massive páramo restoration effort near Quito is reviving water supplies and wildlife after centuries of degradation from overgrazing and development. Ana Cristina Alvarado reports for Mongabay. In short: Ecuador’s Antisana páramo, once damaged...

A Chinese E-Commerce Glut Is Meeting Resistance in Latin America

An avalanche of cheap Chinese stuff is landing on doorsteps across Latin America. Bargain-hungry consumers are giddy, local retailers are getting pummelled and customs agencies are swamped. Enter the taxman. Governments from Mexico to Chile are...

Ecuador Oil Production Plunges Due to Pipeline Shutdowns

Ecuador’s oil production has plunged to multi-year lows after heavy rains and erosion caused the shutdown of the two largest crude pipelines, potentially costing the country as much as $300 million in lost revenue. On 2 July, Ecuador’s national...

€60m Hincapie Tops Arsenal’s Defender Wish List

Gunners Eye Left-Sided Defensive Reinforcement Arsenal are reportedly pursuing a deal for Bayer Leverkusen defender, Pierro Hincapie. The Gunners are looking to add a left-sided defender this summer, and the possibility of signing the Ecuador...

Reading to mark Ecuador's Independence Day

READING, Pa. – The City of Reading plans to celebrate Ecuador's Independence Day this weekend. The Ecuadorian flag will be raised at City Park on Sunday at 1 p.m. The ceremony will honor the Ecuadorian community and feature traditional music....

4 killed when gunmen attack boat off Ecuador, reports say. More than a dozen believed missing

Gunmen attack a boat off Ecuador’s coast, killing at least 4 with more than a dozen missing

His Majesty Sultan Haitham congratulates President of Ecuador

Ecuador Protest

$350 per body: Mafias take over a public cemetery in Ecuador

When Luis, 80, died this past April after a long illness, his daughter Mariana went to the offices of the María Canals Cemetery, one of the five public cemeteries in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At the counter, she was informed that the burial would be...

UFC Vancouver: Canadians Charles Jourdain, Kyle Prepolec added to Fight Night card

Canadians Charles (Air) Jourdain and Kyle (Killshot) Prepolec have been added to the Oct. 18 UFC Fight Night card in Vancouver.Article content Jourdain (16-8-1) will face English bantamweight (Dangerous) Davey Grant (17-7-0) while Prepolec...

Highlights and best moments in Stage 3 of La Vuelta 2025

Thanks! We're off! Our coverage of stage 3 of La Vuelta 2025 with 134,6 km course between San Maurizio Canavese and Ceres comes to an end. Thanks for joining us! Stay tuned to VAVEL.com to keep up to date with the world of sports. 🔟🟥 Top 10 -...

Neymar sidelined, Vinicius rested as Brazil prepare for final World Cup qualifiers

Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti did not recall Neymar and spared Vinicius Junior for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Bolivia next month with Lucas Paqueta returning to the national team. The 33-year-old Neymar, who returned to Santos in...

Fito: The Rise and Fall of Ecuador’s Most Wanted Crime Boss

This is the story of José Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito,” one of Ecuador’s top crime bosses and the leader of a powerful criminal group called the Choneros. As a young man growing up in the coastal city of Manta in the 1990s and 2000s, Fito...

Ecuador orders ‘preventive evacuations’ from Galapagos beaches

Aerial view of Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador on May 11, 2024. FILE PHOTO/Agence France-Presse QUITO — Ecuador ordered preventive evacuations of beaches, docks and low-lying areas in the Galapagos Islands off its coast late Tuesday, after an...

Titan’s plan to make it big in Ecuador

“Garimpeiro” columnist Barry FitzGerald has covered the resources industry for 35 years. Now he’s sharing the benefits of his experience with Stockhead readers. It was a cold night and Melainie Leighton was battling a heavy cold. But the Titan...

Restoration brings back fresh water, wildlife to degraded páramos in Ecuador

Ecuador’s Antisana páramo, southeast of Quito, was degraded for centuries by cattle ranches. In 2010, the Quito Water Conservation Fund and the Quito’s water utility secured funding to buy one of the most heavily impacted properties. The Quito...

A life unravelled and rebuilt: One woman’s journey from the US to Ecuador to the Algarve

Alicia, a Latina writer and executive coach originally from the United States, did not leave to escape or chase a fantasy. She left because the life she had built, successful on the surface, no longer felt aligned with who she truly was. Today,...

Ecuador US Noem

Goshen, IN (46526) Today Showers and thundershowers this evening will give way to steady rain overnight. Low 61F. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90%.. Tonight Showers and thundershowers this evening will give way to steady rain...

South Africa to attend BRICS+ Fashion Summit in Moscow

By Stephen MANZINI The South African Delegation will represent the country at the upcoming BRICS+ Fashion Summit, a major international platform shaping the future of the global fashion industry. The delegation includes Stephen Manzini, Founder...