Teargas for mega-mines Corporations and their government enablers prefer to keep the ecocidal and ethnocidal reality of extractivism hidden, but activists in Ecuador are exposing the truth. The Ecuadorian government, led by the administration of President Daniel Noboa, is forcefully and illegally pursuing mineral and fossil fuel extraction without democratic consent, tear-gassing peaceful protestors in full More
A severe drought has led to power cuts in Ecuador, which relies on
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Havana, Apr 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel reaffirmed on Tuesday his country's support for Mexico after violent break-in at its Embassy in Quito by Ecuadorian authorities. The post Cuba supports Mexico after attack on Embassy in Ecuador first appeared on Prensa Latina.
As soon as I heard the news that Ecuadorian police had stormed the Mexican Embassy in Quito, arresting former vice president Jorge Glas, who had just been given diplomatic asylum, I was transported 50 years back in time. I myself had managed to take refuge in the Argentine Embassy in Santiago, Chile, to escape being More
Quito, April 11 (Prensa Latina) Former vice president of Ecuador Jorge Glas denounced today that he suffered mistreatment and torture by the uniformed Ecuadorian officers who detained him during the assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito last Friday. The post Glas denounces torture at the Mexican embassy in Ecuador first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Quito, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Public education in Ecuador is presently going through a complicated situation, with budget cuts and with no school reinsertion plan, some students and teachers warned while calling on Government to declare an emergency in the sector. The post Neoliberal policies impact negatively on education in Ecuador first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Quito, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Dialysis Centers in Ecuador warned that some 16,000 kidney patients require hemodialysis and their life is at risk due to the energy crisis. The post Power outages affect treatment of kidney patients in Ecuador first appeared on Prensa Latina.
El Niño weather phenomenon depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plantsEcuador has begun to ration electricity in the country’s main cities as a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants that produce about 75% of the nation’s power.“We urge Ecuadorians to cut their electricity consumption in this critical week,” the ministry of energy said in a statement late on Monday. “And consider that each kilowatt and each...
Ecuador has started to ration electricity in its main cities as a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants
Ecuador has started to ration electricity in its main cities as a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants
Colombia has halted electricity exports to neighboring Ecuador as its hydropower plants reach near-critical levels due to a biting drought, the government said late Monday. The severe dry spell, associated with the El Nino climate phenomenon, has also led to water rationing that is affecting 10 million people in the capital Bogota and surrounds. Mining