What can be done to save the last uncontacted indigenous peoples in Ecuador?

The lives of isolated Indigenous people, the most vulnerable within a historically sensitive and abandoned region, have returned to existence in the Ecuadorian and global imagination only through their deaths. Is it possible for us, as an organized society, to confront these situations and prevent their extinction? We firmly affirm that it is possible to do so […]

100 reasons to declare Ecuador free of GMOs

In the current context of Ecuador, where the Ecuadorian government, in collusion with the National Assembly, violated the Ecuadorian Constitution to allow the entry of genetically modified seeds and crops through a law that violates the Constitutional norm (supposedly, the most important one in Ecuador) and due to the widespread lack of knowledge of […]

GMOs: LET'S BE CLEAR

Image: Another Side of Art REPRODUCTION REQUESTED OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC Mr. President Rafael Correa Delgado: In recent months, a public debate has reopened about the appropriateness or otherwise of releasing genetically modified crops and seeds in Ecuador. You have repeatedly expressed your disagreement with the mandate […]

Spirituality and Symbolic Power of the Peoples of Pre-Columbian Ecuador

An innovative technique for the creation of anthropomorphic figurines throughout the Americas was the use of molds by ceramists belonging to the Chorrera culture of Ecuador. Based on this invention, several indigenous Ecuadorian cultures mass-produced figurines representing high-ranking figures participating in shamanic rituals or […]

Forbidden America. (The American origin of the European peoples)

By Manuel Palacios* Hungarian researcher Juan Móricz, in his book "The American Origin of European Peoples," explains how the exclusion of the American continent from the historical-cultural movement of peoples is the cornerstone of the distortion of our current knowledge of prehistory. The complex problems of the origin of peoples and culture cannot be resolved, […]

The Great Navigators of Ancient Ecuador

For over 4,000 years, people of the Valdivia culture have been able to navigate the high seas, as they made pilgrimages to a sacred island—Isla de la Plata—located 30 kilometers off the coast. The artistic representation shows canoes carved from a single log, a technique also found in […]

Ideas for Responsible Seabird Watching

APPROACHING BIRDS FROM BOATS Sometimes we find spectacular concentrations of seabirds at sea; groups of birds feeding at the surface, diving, or simply resting and bathing. Many of these birds have traveled hundreds or thousands of kilometers, often to feed their young. Being aware of birds in […]

Incentives for responsible and ethical tourism are announced in Ecuador

The Ministry of Tourism (Mintur), through Luis Falconí (Vice Minister), and the Ecuadorian Institute of Standardization (INEN), through its director, Patricia León, signed an institutional cooperation agreement seeking to develop regulatory studies on quality management for tourism institutions. The signing of this agreement, which was attended by […]

What to do in case of earthquakes?

The Santa Elena Fire Department shares this safety informational material with us. It's always important to emphasize the ideas that should remain in the community's awareness regarding the measures to take in the event of these types of events. A prepared community will be more likely to survive these events […]

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