The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) announced on Wednesday the end of the strike that began in ...

President Noboa escalates repression and lawfare against protesters, targeting Indigenous people and water and land defenders ...

GENEVA - UN experts* today expressed concern about a serious deterioration of fundamental freedoms and civic space and the rights of Indigenous ...

In August, I traveled by bus, small plane, and canoe to the sacred headwaters of the Amazon, in Ecuador. It’s a place with very few roads, yet like many areas ...

The Ecuadorian government is moving to criminalise dozens of those who fight to defend the Amazon forest from deforestation, ...

The unrest has been triggered, in part, by the targeting of environmental leaders whose work protects large swaths of the Amazon rainforest.

We call on international and regional human rights systems, European and multilateral states and institutions to maintain ...

COCHAPAMBA, Ecuador (AP) — The two candidates vying for Ecuador’s presidency in a second-round run-off never campaigned in Cochapamba. Their faces are nowhere to be seen in this remote Indigenous ...

Ecuador’s plans to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration for more than $47 billion has prompted opposition from seven Indigenous peoples in the Amazon ...

By Keith Anthony Fabro UNESCO has adopted a new 10-year strategy for its 759 biosphere reserves, set to kick in next year.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COCHAPAMBA, Ecuador (AP) — The two ...