A decision by the Ecuadorian government to pay Chevron roughly $220 million following an investor-state arbitration ruling has ignited intense criticism from Indigenous communities, human rights ...
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 26, 2025 — The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a financing package that supports Ecuador’s efforts to strengthen fiscal sustainability, boost ...
Ecuador on Wednesday unveiled new, tighter regulations for the design and construction of mining waste dams, seeking to avoid disasters like the tailings dam collapse that killed hundreds at a Vale SA ...
An Indigenous Kichwa man holds roses in peaceful solidarity for labor rights during a demonstration in Quito, Ecuador, on October 22, 2020. PHOTO BY KIMBERLEY BROWN Paula says her boss claimed the ...
QUITO - Ecuador's government plans to tighten rules regulating the construction and operation of mining waste dams to avoid disasters like one in Brazil in January when a dam owned by Vale collapsed, ...