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Ecuador law reforms spark concern for children’s rights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday warned that a newly enacted law in Ecuador threatens the rights and protections of children, particularly those recruited or used by organized crime groups. The Public Integrity Law, passed by the National...

Former Ecuadorian vice president detained in embassy raid gets 13 years in prison
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The former vice president of Ecuador who was detained last year during a highly criticized police raid on Mexico’s embassy in the South American country was sentenced Monday to 13 years in prison. Jorge Glas had been accused...

Ecuador court orders 13 more years in prison for former VP Glas
QUITO (Reuters) -An Ecuadorean court on Monday sentenced former vice president Jorge Glas to 13 additional years in prison for misusing public funds allocated to rebuild areas affected by a devastating 2016 earthquake. Glas, 55, is currently in...

Ecuador’s Kichwa language is kept alive in the US
–Imanalla, ñukaka Micaelami kani (“How are you? My name is Micaela”), says the teacher at the start of the Kichwa class. –Ñukaka alli kani, yachachik Micaela (“I’m fine, Miss Micaela”), say the students. Today’s class is a review lesson in which...

Ecuador launches new national union for fishing, aquaculture sector
Ecuador has officially launched the Union de Pescadores y Acuicultores del Ecuador, a new nationwide union aimed at uniting and strengthening the country's fishing and aquaculture sector, according to a press release by the Tuna Conservation Group...

Ecuador Apologizes to Abused Abacaleros, Plantation Remains Silent
Ecuadorian government officials issued a public apology on May 31 to a group of the 300 “abacaleros” workers subjected to slave-like conditions for nearly six decades at the Japanese-owned abaca plantation, Furukawa Plantaciones. The textile...

Embassy Reports Passengers Visiting Honduras Do Not Need Vaccines
Cruisers sailing the Western Caribbean to popular destinations like Roatan, Honduras, can relax. A new vaccination rule in Honduras that sparked confusion last month has been clarified. According to a July 4, 2025 update from the US Embassy in...

Inside the Roosevelt, a migrant shelter no more, echoes of a crisis
Workers — with no one left to attend — dozed off inside the empty lobby, its chandeliers still pocked with deflated balloons that had welcomed migrants to New York City. The luggage room, once just for tourists, held a few suitcases left behind by...

President of Ecuador meets Envoy of UAE’s Minister of FA
Omar Sultan Al Olama: • Under the directives of its wise leadership, the UAE continues to enhance ties and expand constructive cooperation with countries worldwide. • The visit to Ecuador and meeting the President builds on the 50-year strategic...

Ecuador Gang Leader 'Fito' Captured, Faces U.S. Extradition
The leader of Ecuador’s Los Choneros gang—long considered the country’s most wanted fugitive—is set to be extradited to the United States after being captured 18 months after his escape from prison. Jose Adolfo Macias, also known by the alias...

Ecuador's indigenous Kichwa community celebrated in Belmont Cragin mural
Tucked away on a Belmont Cragin corner, a rich mural helps Chicago’s Kichwa Ecuadorian community honor and remember their homeland. A member of that community, a group indigenous to Ecuador, painted the mural. Fernando Lechón of New York spent...

Ecuador’s most wanted Narco found cowering under kitchen counter
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A criminal who escaped from prison in late 2023 was found in an underground bunker only accessible through a kitchen counter....

'Champions League level' - Brighton confirm £17m deal as Manchester United transfer opens up
The arrival of left back Maxim De Cuyper could pave the way for Pervis Estupinan’s exit Brighton have signed left sided defender Maxim De Cuyper from Belgian side Club Brugge for a fee believed to be around £17m. The 24-year-old has signed a...

Spanish playgroup takes root in Wānaka
Ana Estefania Kim is Korean by blood, was born and raised in Buenos Aires, completed her studies in Los Angeles and is now raising her daughters in Wānaka. Her journey is proof that cultural identity is fluid and cannot be confined to a single...

Archbishop Vásquez Receives Pallium from Pope Leo XIV
44 By Ruth Ann Ruiz The Post Newspaper Features Editor On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Archbishop Joe S. Vásquez and 53 newly appointed metropolitan archbishops from around the world received the pallium. The pallium is a liturgical...

Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown for 18 months after...
Ecuadorian security forces recaptured the kingpin Wednesday at an underground bunker beneath a marble-walled house in the port city of Manta, some 260 kilometers (161 miles) southwest of the capital of Quito. In a remarks to reporters Thursday,...

Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown after jailbreak
QUITO, Ecuador -- Ever since Ecuador's most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, authorities have been searching the world, offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the capture of Adolfo Macías, alias...

Latnord gears up for mining sustainability focused conference in Luleå
IM is the official Media Partner of the forthcoming international conference The Nordics and Latin America: Sustainable Mining in Luleå, Sweden. This is the second edition of the event, organised by Latnord, the first having been held in 2024 in...
Ecuadorian president lays wreath at Monument to People's Heroes on Tian'anmen Square

Ecuador: Public Integrity Law Endangers Children
(New York) – Reforms passed by Ecuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa severely threaten children’s rights and fail to protect children who are recruited or used by organized crime groups, Human Rights Watch said today. On...