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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIndigenous migrant women from Venezuela: extremely vulnerable to COVID-19The border closure caused by the pandemic impacts Venezuela’s indigenous migrants particularly harshly. And the...
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Published in: 50.50We are cheap labour to fight COVID-19I was put on the frontline against the coronavirus. I’m a medical resident. We have no tests, protection or...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionCovid-19: Why is it so important to protect indigenous territories?In the face of the rapid advance of the Covid-19 pandemic around the world, it is worth asking who are among the...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationEcuador and Costa Rica promise to probe US-backed ‘crisis pregnancy centres’Health authorities say they’ll open formal investigations following openDemocracy’s reporting – though it’s unclear when
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow is Ecuador facing up to COVID-19?The government wants to prevent mass gatherings of people, but this is made difficult because the informal economy...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationRevealed: US-linked anti-abortion centres ‘lie’ and ‘scare women’ across Latin AmericaLawmakers in Mexico, Ecuador and Argentina demand action following “truly scandalous” misinformation revealed by...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionSomething is happening in ColombiaColombia is going through a cycle of protests, led mainly by young people in the cities. Although it is too early to...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta2019: Protests and disruptive changes in Latin AmericaIn 2019, we saw protests and disruptions take place in several countries across Latin America. Español
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFrom Hong Kong, to Beirut, to Quito, to Barcelona, the frustration extends throughout the world.Frustration is growing and often turning into urban violence. There are a number of reasons why this is happening...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaSocial and political earthquake in EcuadorEcuador lives through another major earthquake. But this time it is not a seismic movement, but a violently...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIn Ecuador gays and travestis demand justice and recuperate historic memoryThe current demand for historical memory, collective reparations and justice for gays and travestis in Ecuador...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow Indigenous Peoples Won a Landmark Victory Protecting the Amazon From Oil DrillingThe Waorani people of Ecuador won a historic lawsuit to save their homes—and the planet—from destruction. Español
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaChevron vs Ecuador: international arbitration and corporate impunityThe infamous story of the environmental pollution of the Ecuadorian Amazon by Chevron-Texaco – which has come to be...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaInSight Crime’s 2018 Homicide Round-UpIn its Homicide Round-Up, InSight Crime looks into the murder rates country by country and the factors behind them. Español.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have appointed new ministers in charge of the Amazon. Who are they?Four countries in the Amazon basin have appointed new environment ministers in the past eight months, at a time when...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWe, the industrialized ones, and the International Rights of NatureIn 2008, Ecuador incorporated the Right of Nature in its constitution. Ten years later, an international symposium...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta‘The Last Guardians’ Film: indigenous people’s fight in EcuadorIn their resistance to foreign oil consortiums, Ecuador's indigenous communities are not only fighting for...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHeated and abandoned: the Ecuador-Colombia borderFiguring out what is going on at the northern border of Ecuador is like trying to put together a puzzle with a huge...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador’s not-so-pink tide: a Citizen’s Revolution against its citizensThe Citizen Revolution has strengthened the State at the detriment of the public, and its authoritarian hand has...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador’s case for Assange’s asylum is stronger than everSix years after Assange walked into its embassy, Ecuador’s initial fears of political persecution, far from being...
