QUITO (AP) — El gobierno de Ecuador suspendió el lunes las actividades mineras en tres zonas de la Amazonía y sur del país tras determinar graves afectaciones al ambiente producto de la minería ilegal ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Seven Indigenous groups in Ecuador’s Amazon have denounced a government plan to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration, saying it threatens their ancestral lands ...

New data show oil and gas lease blocks cover one-fourth of Ecuador, mostly in the Amazon, overlapping Indigenous territories ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — It’s been a year since the people of Ecuador voted to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of the country’s share of the Amazon, and nothing has been done to start ...

Decenas de indígenas de tres comunidades de la Amazonía ecuatoriana realizaron el martes una marcha para exigir a las autoridades que acepten un ...

There are over 60 known tarantula species in Ecuador, with many more suspected. Click here to learn all about tarantulas in Ecuador.

BOGOTA, Colombia — Seven Indigenous groups in Ecuador’s Amazon have denounced a government plan to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration, saying it threatens their ancestral lands and ...

FILE - Waorani Indigenous women take part in a demonstration in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 20, 2024, demanding authorities comply with the decision to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of ...