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Ecuador, Belgium sign deal to fight crime after mega cocaine bust

Ecuador and Belgium on Monday agreed to increase bilateral cooperation in their fight against international organized crime, a day after Ecuadorean police seized nearly nine tonnes of drugs bound for the European country.

Reuters

New species found in ‘magical ecosystem’ in Ecuador gets name inspired by Tolkien

Often referred to as the father of modern fantasy, author J.R.R. Tolkien created a larger than life world inhabited by goblins, giant spiders and fire-breathing dragons.

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Chelsea 'reach verbal transfer agreement' to snap up yet another South American wonderkid

Kendry Paez, the midfield starlet who plays for Independiente del Valle in his native Ecuador, is set to join Chelsea when he turns 18 after Todd Boehly and co reached a 'verbal transfer agreement'

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Ecuador Indigenous organization ends talks with gov't, calls for Lasso resignation

A major Ecuadorean Indigenous organization said on Friday it will not continue talks with the government of President Guillermo Lasso, saying the government has not complied with accords, and called for Lasso's resignation over alleged corruption.

Reuters

Ayahuasca, 'source of knowledge' in the heart of the Amazon

Bermejo (Ecuador) (AFP) - In the heart of the Ecuadoran Amazon live the Cofan Avie, masters of ayahuasca -- the powerful hallucinogenic concoction said to open the door to the "spirit" world.

AFP

Chelsea reach verbal agreement to sign Ecuadorian wonderkid as Todd Boehly rebuild continues

Chelsea transfer news: The Blues are nearing the signing of Ecuadorian wonderkid Kendry Paez in what is another statement of intent from American co-owner Todd Boehly

Football London

Ecuador prosecutor asks for corruption charges against former president

Ecuador's attorney general on Wednesday said her office will ask for charges against former President Lenin Moreno and three dozen other people for alleged corruption surrounding the construction of the country's largest hydroelectric plant between 2009 and 2018.

Reuters

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Frog species discovered is named after Lord of the Rings because it looks like an orc

A new frog species has been discovered deep in the mountains of Ecuador, and it was named after the author of Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien, because its colours make it look similar to an orc

Daily Mirror

$Ecuador's President Lasso fractures left leg, requiring surgery$

Ecuador's President Lasso fractures left leg, requiring surgery

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso suffered a fall that caused him to fracture his left leg, requiring surgery, the presidency's office said on Friday.

Reuters

Ecuador turns surfeit of seized cocaine into concrete

Huge quantities of seized drugs in Ecuador are presenting the Andean country with an unlikely new construction material: cocaine.

Reuters

Amazon pollution: the stain on Ecuador's oil boom

Lago Agrio (Ecuador) (AFP) - Lago Agrio is where it began in February 1967: Ecuador's first oil well drilled by the US Texaco-Gulf consortium to ring in an era of black gold for the Ecuadoran Amazon.

AFP

Uprooted: Amazonian Siekopai people battle for return to ancestral land

Manoko (Peru) (AFP) - They call themselves "the multicolored people," or Siekopai, after the eye-catching traditional body paint and adornments they used to wear in their ancestral home in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

AFP

Ecuador's Lasso appoints new officials in government shakeup

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso replaced several officials on Thursday as part of government changes, following his defeat in referendums on extradition for organized crime and other topics over the weekend.

Reuters

Ecuador top drug trafficker captured in Colombian border city -police

One of Ecuador's most wanted drug traffickers, accused of having close ties with Mexican drug cartels, was captured in a Colombian city close to the border between the two countries, police in Quito said on Thursday.

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Ecuador government says referendum results not a 'dramatic' setback

Ecuadoreans' rejection in a referendum of proposals including allowing extradition for organized crime were not a "dramatic" setback for the administration of President Guillermo Lasso, Government Minister Francisco Jimenez said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Violence, unemployment drive Ecuadorians to Mexico

The number of Ecuadorians braving the trek north to Mexico in hopes of reaching the United States jumped exponentially last year amid a wave of violence and shrinking job opportunities at home, experts say.

Reuters

Ecuador's Lasso accepts extradition referendum defeat; opposition wins mayoral races

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso on Monday accepted defeat in a referendum on allowing extradition for organized crime, among other reforms, but added he would continue to fight drug trafficking and keep working to improve social conditions.

AFP

Ecuador votes on extradition amid crime boom

Quito (AFP) - Ecuadorans voted in a referendum Sunday that will decide whether or not to allow extradition of citizens linked to organized crime in a country rocked by a dramatic increase in violence.

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Evening Standard

Moises Caicedo: Robert De Zerbi admits Arsenal transfer target’s long-term future remains unclear

Ecuador international back in Brighton training after January transfer drama

The Independent UK

Moises Caicedo back in Brighton training failing to land Arsenal transfer

The Seagulls rejected two bids from Premier League rivals Arsenal for the Ecuador international.

The Guardian - UK

Extreme adventure from Afghanistan to Ecuador: the Banff Mountain Film Festival returns

Shortly to tour the UK, this festival of exhilarating documentaries expands our notions of human possibility – and focuses attention on inequality and the environment

The Independent UK

Arsenal transfer news: Second bid rejected for Moises Caicedo, Jorginho interest

Arsenal are testing Brighton’s resolve for the Ecuadorian midfielder

The Independent UK

Roberto De Zerbi offers update on Moises Caicedo transfer saga

Ecuador international Caicedo has made public his desire to leave Brighton for Arsenal

Daily Mirror

Arsenal decide on Declan Rice transfer plan after shifting focus to Moises Caicedo

Arsenal are attempting to sign Moises Caicedo from Brighton in the final days of the window after they lodged a massive bid to sign the Ecuador international midfielder

Daily Mirror

Huge oarfish thought to predict earthquakes discovered washed up on beach

The oarfish was the first reported sighting in Ecuador this year. When they are seen it can be caused by storms washing them towards land and are believed to be a sign earthquakes or tsunamis

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