News Ecuador Government: Trans woman murdered in Ecuador sparks fears of anti-LGBT violence
In June, Ecuador’s highest court legalised same-sex marriage ... that changes to the Ecuadorean constitution would have to be decided and approved by the government. However, the constitutional ...
News Ecuador Government: Ecuador sends police, army to crack down on big illegal mine
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's government sent about 2,400 police officers and soldiers Tuesday to crack down on a major illegal gold mine that is dominated by heavily armed organized crime groups. ...
News Ecuador Government: Heart of Ecuador’s Yasuni, home to uncontacted tribes, opens for oil drilling
The Ecuadoran government also signed a new decree that now allows oil platforms to be constructed within the Intangible Zone’s buffer area, which was previously forbidden. QUITO, Ecuador ...
News Ecuador Government: Solgold sinks as Ecuador spat takes the shine off shares
Representatives from Ecuadoran government bodies joined them, as well as pro-mining groups. Today Otto Sonnenholzner, Ecuador’s vice president, launched a new Public Mining Policy for the country to ...
News Ecuador Government: Vijay Prashad: My friend is in a prison in Ecuador
Two months ago, the police in Ecuador arrested my friend Ola Bini at Quito airport. Ola was on his way to Japan for a two-week martial arts course. He’s a software developer from Sweden who has lived in Ecuador since 2013. Ola is not merely a software...
News Ecuador Government: US formally asks British government to hand over Julian Assange, official says
The 47-year-old – who was evicted on April 11 from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he had been holed up since 2012 after Ecuador granted him political asylum – is the subject of a recent ...
News Ecuador Government: UK signs trade continuity agreement with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
The United Kingdom has today (Wednesday 15 May) signed the UK-Andean Countries Trade Agreement in Quito, Ecuador. Government Ministers from the three Andean countries were present at the signing, ...
News Ecuador Government: Protests at Ecuador embassy amid claim US will seize...
Press release: Ecuador hands over Assange's entire legal defense ... “I feel ashamed of the way the Ecuadorian government is dealing with Julian’s case, the way they evicted him, allowing foreign ...
News Ecuador Government: Ecuador hands over Julian Assange's belongings to US
Ecuador has begun giving the US some of Wikileaks co-founder ... He is accused of participating in one of the largest ever leaks of government secrets, which could result in a prison term of up to ...
