The A’i Cofán community of Sinangoe says its territorial guards were threatened after confronting suspected mining activity. An Indigenous community in Ecuador’s northern Amazon has appealed to international human-rights authorities after its members reported serious threats following a patrol against suspected illegal mining. The A’i Cofán community of Sinangoe says the intimidation began after its […]

Researchers are seeing worrying changes in feeding and breeding as ocean temperatures rise around the islands. The Galápagos penguin has always been an unlikely resident of the equator. Now the warm waters associated with El Niño are threatening the cold-water food supply that allows the tiny bird to survive there. Scientists working in the islands […]

Electricity rationing has spread across major industries, raising costs and bringing new uncertainty to production schedules. For factories across Ecuador, the latest electricity rationing plan amounts to a three-day workweek on the national power grid. Businesses that want to keep their machinery running the rest of the time must find another source of electricity — […]

The municipality has put money on the table, but a delayed agreement with education officials is holding up work. More than 20 public schools in Cuenca are waiting for repairs to roofs, bathrooms, classrooms and playgrounds even though the municipality says it is prepared to spend more than $1 million on the work. The problem […]

Crews are working on landslides, sinking pavement and unstable slopes along two heavily traveled mountain highways. Driving from Cuenca to Ecuador’s coast remains an exercise in patience. Two of the region’s busiest mountain highways are carrying traffic, but damaged stretches, heavy equipment and one-lane passages continue to slow travel. The trouble spots are concentrated on […]