On November 12, 2012, the Fifth Criminal Court of Chillanes (Bolívar province) issued a pretrial detention order against Manuel Trujillo and Manuela Pacheco, both leaders of the San Pablo de Amalí Community, for allegedly committing acts of sabotage and terrorism. According to the defense attorney […]
The Bogotá Botanical Garden is hosting the "Quito Garden of Quindes" exhibition, featuring 65 sculptures depicting the hummingbird, the emblematic bird of Quito, whose name in Quechua is "Quinde." This urban art and environmental education project is being presented within the framework of the Climate Change Summit […]
The NO TO MINING project was born in response to a law prohibiting open-pit, nuclear, and radioactive mining, which violates the human right to live in an uncontaminated environment with access to clean water. This project seeks to raise awareness among as many people as possible about the need to review the mining model.
Since mid-November 2012, the General Directorate of Maritime Interests (DIGEIM) has implemented and made available to all citizens its Virtual Library, where all academic information generated by this General Directorate related to Maritime Awareness and any other component of National Maritime Interests will be stored. […]
System developed to extract ocean oil spills using a magnetic method. Oil spills at sea could have a new solution: a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a method to separate water from oil using magnets.
'Space debris' refers to active or inactive satellites that have been launched or decommissioned from orbit and sunk at sea, as well as old and operational space rockets and other objects resulting from fragmented debris, generated, for example, in explosions. Space debris orbiting the Earth […]
The ancient inhabitants of the Andean world, that is, the original indigenous peoples, understood the Earth as Mother (Pachamama in the Kichwa language), believing that she had provided them with everything they needed for life. Therefore, they treated her with respect and honor, accepting the intimate relationship with all creatures within her […]
I look around me, I see destroyed forests, fallen trees, dead animals, and rivers running with polluted water and no fish. The land is degrading, the white man has no compassion. Wealth and ambition kill, the Amazonian Indian silently watches his death approach. Forests shelter the Indian, for love of his loyal […]
The National Assembly of CONAIE is being held in Baños de Aguasanta (Tungurahua). The following will be discussed: an analysis of the pre-legislative consultation on the Water Law, the 11th Oil Round in the Amazon, and the political and electoral landscape. At the opening of the Assembly, Humberto Cholango, president of CONAIE, addressed me […]
One of the trawlers that will have to abandon this type of fishing starting in December. The National Government is offering alternatives for the industrial fishing sector, which is abandoning trawling as of December 15th. Guillermo Morán Velásquez, Vice Minister of Aquaculture and Fisheries, stated that the National Government, through the Ministry of […]
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