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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionEcuador has no winners – both sides will pay for peaceAfter an 18-day national strike, the government and Indigenous leaders have come to an uneasy truce. Will it last?
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationA green paradox: Deforesting the Amazon for wind energy in the Global NorthA shift to wind energy is leaving a trail of destruction in Ecuador, with a brutal impact on Indigenous communities...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionCOP26: Why many are sceptical of politicians’ $19bn pledge to save the AmazonWorld leaders have committed to tackling deforestation by 2030, but Indigenous communities know such rhetoric rarely...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureThe women of the Amazon who dream the resistanceIn Ecuador, indigenous women lead a march to the capital, to demand an end to the pillaging of their land
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionA triple pandemic strikes the Ecuadorian AmazonA year on from a devastating oil spill, many Indigenous communities are still without clean water, and contaminated...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionOil exploitation is threatening the Ecuadorian rainforest – and the planet‘No to Block 28!’ Indigenous and peasant communities are fighting to protect nature and their way of life in a...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureEmbedded in the Amazon: new ways of narrating indigenous storiesThe Gabo Prize-winning series ‘Rainforest Defenders’ shows that deep empathy married with visual innovation can...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureThe Amazonian Indigenous communities fighting 'balsa wood fever' and COVIDThe extraction of balsa wood is a plague spreading through the Ecuadorian Amazon, and loggers have brought the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisA health check for democracy in Latin AmericaThis year’s election cycle will tell us whether political systems in the region can deal with social tensions made...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador’s pro-mining politics dealt a blow by Indigenous, green movementIn a historic referendum, more than 80% of the electorate in Cuenca, Ecuador’s third-largest city, voted to ban...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Interview‘Barbarism or solidarity’ at stake at Ecuador elections, says indigenous presidential candidateYaku Pérez, the leader of indigenous party Pachakutik, is running on a green platform – but can he reach outside of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaRevision of US Anti-Drug Policy will benefit all of Latin AmericaA key report published by the US Congress provides a glimpse into what the fight against organized crime could look...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaA victory for Indigenous environmental activism in EcuadorEcuador's Ministry for the Environment & Water has recognized the land collectively owned by San Isidro's Indigenous...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationIllegal Chinese fishing in the Galapagos: a threat to the biodiversity of the Latin American PacificThe growing illegal activity of Chinese fishing vessels in Latin American waters has triggered the search for new...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador’s new loan program: a tale of two IMFsThe IMF as it presents itself during the annual meetings is not the same IMF as the one putting together loan...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPolitical trials and electoral bans: the battle for democracy in EcuadorAmidst political trials and electoral bans, Moreno's assault on democracy is past the point of no return
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIndigenous self-determination: Between International Law and tragedyThe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on indigenous peoples, along with the context of violence and territorial...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe survival of the Amazon is at stakeAdvised by policymakers, CEOs, cultural icons and elected Indigenous leaders, research panel led by Carlos Nobre,...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationWomen across Latin America ‘under pressure’ to have C-sections during COVID-19Women are facing an ‘obstetric violence’ crisis made worse by the pandemic, despite laws against mistreatment and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAudacity is necessary in EcuadorIn Ecuador the time has come to undertake audacious changes, collectively, amid grief, uncertainty and fear brought...
