Could organic farming, which proposes the avoidance of pesticides and genetically modified seeds, be a solution to addressing global hunger? That was the question posed through keynote lectures, discussions, and displays of produce from dozens of Ecuador's best agroecological farms.
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged its member states to guarantee full respect for the human rights of indigenous peoples of the Americas on the occasion of their international day, August 9. The IACHR called for "full respect for the human rights of indigenous peoples […]
Nearly 500 archaeological artifacts, currently being studied at the National Institute of Cultural Heritage to determine if they are original, were confiscated on August 7 by the National Police's Specialized Unit for the Investigation of Crimes Against Cultural Heritage. The 469 artifacts were found in an apartment in the citadel […]
A short list of "inconvenient truths" about SUSTAINABILITY, which, although known by many, are expressed by very few. Knowing and accepting them can lead us toward better behavior as a human collective. Only those inhabitants of the planet who lead unsustainable lifestyles care about becoming more sustainable. In many cases, those who have […]
The ClimaCleando project continues its journey, and since last week it has been rolling along the southern coast of Ecuador, carrying a clear message of awareness and action against climate change at each stop. ClimaCleando is made up of a team of seven young people from the city of Quito, including 23 […]
Indigenous peoples have always sung of their land, the joys and sorrows of love, their heroes, the beauty of their women, and the courage of their people. All of this, wrapped in longing and poetry that springs from the heart of the people, to the rhythm of the magical instrumentation of their voices, their pingullos, their […]
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 […]
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 […]
Top image, Panantza (Morona Santiago), an area that President Correa announces could be the second largest copper mine in the world, and below, the activities of the current first largest mine in the world in Chuiquicamata (Chile). We are increasingly hearing from the sectors sponsoring and interested in mega-mining […]
Prior consultation is a right and a mechanism for social participation, a public, special, and mandatory process; it is not a concession granted by states, much less by corporations. Prior consultation meets the need of communities, communes, indigenous peoples and nationalities, Afro-Ecuadorians, Montubio peoples, and other communities, as well as the general public, to demand that their […]
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