Ecuador
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LIFE
Ecuador’s Cloud Kingdom, Where Ancient Conifers Guard Rivers Against Greed
Mist drapes the ridgelines of southern Ecuador, then slides into ravines where orchids bead with rain. Between two Andean spines,…
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Ecuadorian Dreams of Disney, Lands in America’s Asylum Waiting Room
A promised Disney vacation turned into an escape from Guayaquil's spiraling violence, sending a mother and her daughter into the…
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Colombia Faces Parallel States as Guerrillas Govern Neglected Amazon Borderlands
On the San Miguel River, where the water itself marks the frontier with Ecuador, a guerrilla commander nicknamed Popéye pushes…
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Ecuador’s Constitutional Crisis Pits Security Against the Soul of Its Democracy
In Quito, a president marches against his court, judges face threats, and a nation watches its constitution tested in real…
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Ecuador’s ‘El León’ Lands in New York, but His Narco Empire Still Roars at Home
He once ruled a prison like a five-star hotel, but this week, Ecuador's most feared drug lord, José Adolfo "Fito"…
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How Colombia and Ecuador Are Rewriting Law to Listen to Nature Itself
In Colombia and Ecuador, rivers and forests can now sue for their survival. By granting ecosystems legal rights, two Andean…
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Untold Silence: How Latin America’s Bloodshed Became Background Noise
From Ecuador's exploding homicide rate to Haiti's near-total collapse, Latin America's bloodshed is real, rising, and relentlessly ignored. As our…
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Dynamite Buried in the Rainforest: Ecuador’s Explosive Indigenous Betrayal
In the depths of Ecuador’s Amazon, children chase each other across the forest floor—blissfully unaware that beneath their feet lie…
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Untold Details of Ecuador’s Marble-Bunker Takedown and the Cocaine War Still Raging
Just before sunrise on June 19, Ecuadorian commandos smashed marble tiles inside a seaside mansion and dragged the country’s most…
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In Ecuador’s Rainforest, Women Gather to Defend the Amazon With Law—and Sisterhood
Forty Indigenous leaders, lawyers, and organizers journeyed deep into the Ecuadorian Amazon last week, not for protest or spectacle, but…
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