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Ecuador

Emergency Cleanup Underway After Fuel Spill in Galapagos Islands Sparks Concern for Unique and Fragile Ecosystem

'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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In Victory for People's Movement, Ecuador Protests End With Government Capitulation on Fuel Subsidies

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Celebration of the Ecuadorian Indians on 13 October 2019 in Quito, Ecuador, after Lenin Moreno issued the decree 883 on a national network.

"We want peace for our brothers and sisters in this country. We don't want more...

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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

assange hearing

Rejecting Extradition to US, Assange Tells UK Court His Award-Winning Journalism Has Protected 'Many People'

assange supporter

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

Sweden Drops Investigation of WikiLeaks' Assange, But Threats in US, UK Remain

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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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Stand.earth

Amazonian Indigenous Leaders Share Earth Day Video Message With the World

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Ecuador Ends 2019 with Billions of Dollars Less in International Reserves than IMF Had Predicted, Due to IMF-Endorsed Austerity Measures

Amazon Watch

Global Human Rights and Environmental Communities Condemn the House Arrest of U.S. Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

New Report Finds Ecuador’s IMF Austerity Program Likely to Result in Economic Recession, Higher Unemployment

Amazon Watch

International Coalition Asks Ecuador’s President Moreno to Protect Earth Defenders From Attacks

Amazon Watch

Record Environmental Judgement Moves to Ontario Superior Court in Toronto

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Guillaume Long

Political Trials and Electoral Bans: The Battle for Democracy in Ecuador

Chris Hedges

How Corporate Tyranny Works

Jody Williams

It’s Time Chevron Faced Justice and Cleaned Up Its Mess in Ecuador—and It’s Time for the Persecution of Steven Donziger to End

Steven Donziger

Don’t Let Big Oil Open a New Front in Its War on Environmental Defenders

Mari Margil

Recent Developments in Ecuador: Rights of Nature

Katitza Rodriguez, Svea Windwehr

International Proposals for Warrantless Location Surveillance To Fight COVID-19

Beatriz Martínez Saavedra

Protests in the Global South: Ecuador and Chile Facing an Uncertain Economic Order

Sonali Kolhatkar

Governments Beware: People Are Rising Up All Over the World

James Dorsey

Popular Protest: Just How Effective Is It?

Alan MacLeod

The Revolution Isn't Being Televised