Traveling can change the world. PROJECT: Are you serious?

The Are You Serious? project was launched in early 2010 and brings together young people of different nationalities whose mission is to instill a sense of responsibility toward society through travel. Its first project began in February of this year and has been touring cities around the world, where they showcase objects and actions that appeal to […]

Harpy Eagle. Chronicle of a reinsertion into the heart of the jungle

PHOTO: Enrique de la Montaña/SIMBIOE After a recovery process that took more than three weeks, during which she was under observation and regaining weight at the Guayllabamba Zoo, a couple of weeks ago, a harpy eagle named Airobain was reintroduced into her habitat in the Cofán commune of Zábalo. The […]

ARTISAN FISHERMAN: The Lord of the Sea

By Pedro Vincent Bowen Etymologically, the cholo is defined as a person "descended from the Spanish mestizo." For me, respecting outside criteria, the cholo, as we traditionally conceptualize it in our coastal environment, is a special race, a unique hybrid, with no similarities in the varying world of civilizations. His morphological characteristics, customs, and abilities are unmistakable. His […]

Tips to avoid becoming a victim of Internet fraud

Image: Nayarit.gob.mx With this article, which closes Citizen Security Week, we focus on this type of crime, in which some countries in Asia and Africa (Nigeria specifically) are hotbeds of some cases of fraudsters, who target people with little computer knowledge, to obtain information or money, in some […]

Golden rules for social media security

Image: redessociales.net Special issue of the week on "Citizen Security." The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) presented a series of basic guidelines for staying safe from the risks of using social networks on International Safer Internet Day 2010. To summarize, they are as follows: […]

Report: “Large-scale mining intervention in Ecuador”

The Ecuadorian Center for Economic and Social Rights is pleased to share the report "Large-Scale Mining Intervention in Ecuador and Human Rights Violations: The Corriente Resources Case," prepared by the Ecumenical Commission on Human Rights (CEDHU) of Ecuador with the support of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and with the […]