Ecuador

Ecuadorians have shown indifference to the tug-of-war between the country’s executives and legislators. — “I have decided to apply Article 148 of the Constitution of the Republic, which gives me the right to dissolve the National Assembly due to a serious political crisis and internal unrest,” said Guillermo Lasso, Ecuador’s 47th president. The head of state, cornered by the opposition, took his “last and…

Ecuador’s former president, Rafael Correa, currently sits in Belgium to avoid prosecution at home. He’d like to come back. …

“Crossed Death” threats to dissolve the government, Albanian mobsters, and massive protests standing by *This article originally appeared at Pirate Wire Services. If you’re looking for on-the-ground indy journalism on Latin America from a host of countries, you should consider signing up for our newsletter. * On May 8, eighty-eight…

In times of crisis, journalism -as an agent of change- is challenged. — Before starting to write this post, I reviewed my application to the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship. I read again what I proposed back in 2019 when this opportunity seemed to be so far away. And here I am in the final weeks of my fellowship at Stanford. Back then…

Scientists and historians originally thought Europeans brought TB to the Americas 500 years ago, but growing evidence indicates this bacterial pathogen was infecting American Indigenous Peoples for at least 3,000 years © by GrrlScientist for Forbes Social Medias: Mastodon | Spoutible | CounterSocial | Post.News | Twitter Archaeological evidence reveals…

I don’t often get a glimpse into the intimate lives of strangers, but once in a while, the veil raises in front of me. Sometimes people tread on the border of public and private space but don’t know where to pledge their allegiance. …

In northern Ecuador, an innovative project champions community-based environmental management — and empowers local and displaced communities to tell their own stories about why it matters. Thriving natural environments are crucial to flourishing human life, now and in the future. Celebrating different ways of thinking about, engaging with, and being…

The best inside of us comes out when we face the unthinkable. — In 2015 I fled from Venezuela because I was making only $50/mo as an ATM Testing Architect. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? If you think that’s too bad, my peers at the bank were earning only $5 every month. I remember that the minimum wage back then was $4.50. Well, during…

I was in Ecuador recently and carved a bit of time to visit a few global websites — as in the .com address of global brands — to see just how successfully (or not) these brands localize for Ecuadorians. No huge surprises overall — companies that lead the Web Globalization Report Card tend to do above-average in this market. Note that my web browser was set to English so many websites defaulted to displaying English-language content.