Category Archives: noticias

Inter-American Court of Human Rights arrives in Sarayaku and will then meet in Guayaquil

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will arrive in Ecuador in the coming days. During its stay, it will visit the Kichwa indigenous people of Sarayaku (Pastaza Province) starting on Saturday, April 21st, and then hold its 45th Extraordinary Session in Guayaquil from April 23rd to 27th. The […]

The company pollutes, the authorities ignore it, the people rise up.

A complaint that has been made by the residents of Valdivia for more than 15 years due, they say, to the problems suffered by the constant environmental pollution caused by the waste dumped by the INDUVAL and IMPORVAC sardine canning factories. "First it was the river that was polluted by the waste from […]

Participates in “Leadership for Transformation”. 2012

"Leadership for Transformation" is a program based on a Technical Cooperation Agreement between the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) and the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL). Its purpose is to identify, select, and train leaders—women and men—so they can exercise their leadership with responsibility and knowledge.

Once again the Assembly refuses to debate Block 31 within the Yasuní.

On the morning of Tuesday, April 3, during the Plenary Session of the National Assembly, an attempt was made again to include on the agenda a proposal to strengthen the Yasuní-ITT Initiative and the inclusion of Block 31 (located in the heart of the Yasuní National Park, right next to Block […]

NORTHERN BORDER. Global premiere today.

Today marks the world premiere of the Ecuadorian-filmed miniseries "NORTHERN BORDER." It is the result of a nine-month investigation conducted on Ecuador's northern border (with Colombia) in 2011. It focuses on the issue of human trafficking.

Women arrested for protesting against the signing of a mega-mining contract

Eight Ecuadorian women carrying out a "peaceful takeover" of the Chinese Embassy were arrested in Quito minutes ago after riot police arrived, read them their rights, and informed them they were being detained in Chinese territory, according to Ecuador's Popular Reporters. The women were part of a […]

Manu Chao's Return to Ecuador

Hot music, inspiration for those gloomy days. MANU is back… After more than a decade of waiting (a long decade), Manu Chao's visit to our country is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated in the music scene. In 2006, when he was on the "Tómbola Tour," it couldn't be made […]

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