America Ecuador Scientists in the country have discovered 6 new species of rain frogs, and immediately recommended that they all be added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list of threatened species
America Ecuador This year, foreign investments have grown by approximate 218%, showing how the country’s investment policies that were implemented last year have been successful
America Ecuador Thousands of women took to the streets and blocked local businesses to protest against the femicides that continue to take place, which have claimed the lives of nearly 200 women this year
America Ecuador The government has begun a plan to reunite with their families 5.000 abandoned Ecuadorian kids at the US border, which consists in screening each one of them to send them to their nearest family member regardless in what country they’re currently in
America Ecuador The country, along with Peru, decided to destroy 63 bridges in their shared border, as a solution to solve daily terrestrial migration
America Ecuador As part of the country’s plan to regularise prison information and possibly release inmates to ease prison population, the government just conducted the first penitentiary census in its history
America Ecuador The state has officially begun the process to provide legal documentation for over 300.000 Venezuelans seeking refuge in the country
America Ecuador The Sangay Volcano has erupted over 180 times in just 10 hours, causing a state of alert and several displacements in its surroundings
America Ecuador Due to the country’s medicinal shortage, a new programme has been implemented in which citizens can get their medications from authorised private pharmacies instead of the currently heavily trafficked public hospitals
America Ecuador The town of Zaruma is suffering from the creation of enormous sinkholes caused by 1000 years of gold mining, still often ‘artisanal’
America Ecuador Cacao growers will begin using drones to face labor shortage: drones will be used to spray pest and supply fertilisers
America Ecuador After almost a month of protests and the declaration of a state of emergency, a peace agreement was signed between the government and the delegation of indigenous associations, granting indigenous communities their territories back
America Ecuador The government decided to intensify price controls in the midst of the protests that are taking place in the country: governors will have to carry out operations and price control mechanisms to prevent speculation