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Six Environmental Heroes Awarded Goldman Prize for 'Taking a Stand, Risking Their Lives and Livelihoods, and Inspiring Us'
The winners of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize were announced Monday. (Photos: Goldman Environmental Foundation)
Emergency Cleanup Underway After Fuel Spill in Galapagos Islands Sparks Concern for Unique and Fragile Ecosystem
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The islands have some of the highest levels of species found nowhere else on the planet.
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'We Cannot Continue to Live Like This': Mass Protests in Colombia Latest in Latin American Uprisings
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
People march during a nationwide strike called by students, unions and indigenous groups to protest against the government of Colombia's President Ivan Duque in Medellin, Colombia, on November 21, 2019.
"What happened in Chile sent a forceful message."
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With Assange on Verge of Extradition to US, Sweden Drops Years-Long Rape Investigation Into WikiLeaks Founder
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
From the start of the Swedish investigation, said the WikiLeaks Defense Fund, "...
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Celebration of the Ecuadorian Indians on 13 October 2019 in Quito, Ecuador, after Lenin Moreno issued the decree 883 on a national network.
In Victory for People's Movement, Ecuador Protests End With Government Capitulation on Fuel Subsidies
Demonstrators in Quito
Ecuador's President Moves Government From Capital as Protests Over Austerity Measures Continue
A Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) at Isabela Island, Galapagos Archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean on February 21, 2019. The seal will share its environment with the Pentagon per a new plan from the Ecuadorian government that would extend a landing strip at the region's airport to accommodate U.S. military aircraft.
Proposal to 'Pave Paradise' in Galapagos Islands for US Military Airstrip Met With Criticism in Ecuador and Beyond
Calling Treatment of Julian Assange 'Psychological Torture,' UN Expert Demands End to US Extradition Attempt
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Rejecting Extradition to US, Assange Tells UK Court His Award-Winning Journalism Has Protected 'Many People'
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Ahead of Key Hearing on US Extradition, Assange Gets 50 Weeks in Prison for UK Bail Violation
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is joined by Shadow Health Secretary Diane Abbott
Citing Assange's Work Exposing US 'Atrocities,' UK Labour Leaders Speak Out Against Extradition Effort
'A Crime Humanity Will Never Forget': Ecuador's Former President Rafael Correa Condemns Successor for Stripping Assange's Asylum Status
van with a billboard in support of American whistleblower Chelsea Manning and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
As Rumors Swirl, UN Expert Warns Extraditing Julian Assange to US Would Violate Human Rights Protections
Assange Attempts to Unmask US Extradition Effort With Legal Challenge Against Trump Administration
'Profound' Threat to Press Freedom Looms as Ecuador Prepares to Hand Assange Over to UK
Julian Assange gestures as he speaks to the media from the balcony of the Embassy Of Ecuador on May 19, 2017 in London, England. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
Ecuador Cuts Off Julian Assange's Internet Access

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#AskChevron: How Many Dead People in the Third World Does It Take to Extract 1 Barrel of Oil?
Along with protests at Chevron's annual shareholder meeting focused on the oil giant's ongoing devastation of the Ecuadoran Amazon and its nasty fight to avoid accountability, a new #AskChevron Twitter campaign asks vital questions like, "Do you have any remorse about poisoning the Amazon?" and "Are you the devil?" Brought to you by Toxic Effect.
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Amazonian Indigenous Leaders Share Earth Day Video Message With the World
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Ecuador Ends 2019 with Billions of Dollars Less in International Reserves than IMF Had Predicted, Due to IMF-Endorsed Austerity Measures
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Global Human Rights and Environmental Communities Condemn the House Arrest of U.S. Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger
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New Report Finds Ecuador’s IMF Austerity Program Likely to Result in Economic Recession, Higher Unemployment
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International Coalition Asks Ecuador’s President Moreno to Protect Earth Defenders From Attacks
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Record Environmental Judgement Moves to Ontario Superior Court in Toronto
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