From Match-Fixing To Money Laundering: Is Ecuador's Football In Crisis? Khaleej Times

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) In Ecuador‭, ‬football is a deadly sport‭, ‬with players competing in the shadow of match-fixing mafias and under threat of an assassin's bullet‭.‬ Midfielder Jonathan Gonzalez‭, ‬31‭, ‬was relaxing at his home near the...

ATCF Announces 2025 Grant Winners: Community Conservation From Ecuador to Malaysia

The Adventure Travel Conservation Fund (ATCF) has officially announced its 2025 grant winners! These community-led initiatives span Indonesia, Ecuador, Malaysia, Panama, and Zimbabwe, with each one demonstrating a powerful commitment to protecting...

National strike in Ecuador against the government after 12 days of protests gains strength and resistance

Civilians clash with demonstrators during a protest against Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa over the rise in diesel prices and in support of indigenous demonstrators in the province of Imbabura. Photo: PL October 3, 2025 Hour: 8:23 pm With roads...

Ecuador’s Indigenous movement launches ‘indefinite national strike’

Get fearless, uncompromising truth in your inbox. Subscribe to The Real News. In Ecuador, the country’s largest Indigenous movement has been leading mass protests in the streets for nearly two weeks against President Daniel Noboa’s lifting of...

Mindanao Youth Use Journalism to Fight Against Massive Mining Project

By Victoria Nolasco, Executive Director In the face of a massive mining threat, a new generation of Indigenous youth in Mindanao is using citizen journalism as a powerful tool of resistance and cultural preservation. Through a project supported by...

Indigenous Media Fights Illegal Mining in DR Congo

By Jeannette KAZERA, Organization Coordinator In the Fizi territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the illegal and unregulated exploitation of transition minerals such as cobalt, lithium, copper, gold, and cassiterite has long threatened the...

Indigenous-Led Movement Against Austerity Is Gaining Momentum in Ecuador

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! The video is shocking. The footage is low quality, shot from above and behind the scene: A group of people run from state security forces up an empty...

Podcast: Jungle Fumble - The Ecuador Lawsuit Against Texaco/Chevron

Environmental consultant Dave Russell recounts his involvement in the Ecuador lawsuit against Texaco/Chevron over Amazon rainforest contamination. Hired in 2003 to assess cleanup costs, Russell produced a $6.1 billion estimate based on unverified...

AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Food, drinking water, medical care, and psychosocial support for a group of 220 juvenile prisoners

Friday, 3 October 2025 SDB Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – Supporting the most vulnerable juvenile prisoners on their path to social rehabilitation and reducing the risk of recidivism after serving their sentences – this is the goal of the...

Outdoors in RI: King Tides, Bobcats, Govt Shutdown, WNV, Grown Week, Farmers Markets, Flames of Hope

New statewide project calls on public to report bobcat sightings Once eradicated from the state, bobcats have returned over the past few decades and are now being spotted more frequently across Rhode Island. URI-led research utilizes technology...

Ecuador’s Indigenous Movement to Define Next Steps in National Strike

October 2, 2025 Hour: 11:57 am On Thursday, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) will meet to decide new actions to continue the national strike against President Daniel Noboa’s policies. RELATED: Indigenous Protester...

Inside Pablo Escobar's home city where drugs are readily available to a traffic jam of cars

2 October 2025, 13:05 | Updated: 3 October 2025, 07:57 "Listen man, we're a narco state, it's just how it is, if you want to see drug deals, I'll show you drug deals - it's Colombia." Your browser doesn't recognise available video formats. I'd...

Ecuador's Jonathan Gonzalez

In Ecuador, football is a deadly sport, with players competing in the shadow of match-fixing mafias and under threat of an assassin's bullet. Midfielder Jonathan González, 31, was relaxing at his home near the Colombian border this month when a...

Ecuador’s Social Transparency law deepens Noboa’s authoritarian rule

The trial of Indigenous leader Leonidas Iza has pulled back the curtain on a sweeping state surveillance campaign in Ecuador, exposing undercover operations, and a wave of new laws critics say are dismantling civil society. As President Daniel...

Food recognized as cultural resource at IGCAT World Gastronomy Congress

Food must be officially recognized as a cultural resource on international agendas. This was the central message that emerged from the 1st World Gastronomy Congress of the International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism (IGCAT),...

Ecuador agreement strengthens port security and exports

DP World has signed a cooperation agreement with Carga Segura (Secure Cargo), part of the European Union-funded Security, Hope and Resilience Program for Peace in Ecuador (SERPAZ). The three-year initiative, valued at nearly US$1.8 million, is...

Ecuador's armed forces say 17 kidnapped soldiers freed

(Reuters) -Ecuador's armed forces said on Wednesday that 17 soldiers who had been kidnapped were freed after three days in captivity. The troops were part of a convoy delivering food to families in the Sierra Norte region to prevent shortages, the...

New possibilities in Ecuador for Italian pears

Last week's visit of Ecuadorian inspectors to start the exports of Italian pears to Ecuador was a successful one, and represented the final step in the negotiations that began in 2021, which saw numerous exchanges of information, preparation of...

Ecuador Beats Nevada Firm in $214 Million Casino Damages Claim

Posted on: October 1, 2025, 11:20h. Last updated on: October 1, 2025, 11:33h. Ecuador defeated a $214M casino damages claim in arbitration Tribunal rules Lynton Trading lacked US economic activity Casino referendum could revive gambling industry...

Why India’s shrimp industry must look inward to expand

“Thailand is finding their place in the world again,” McIntosh explains, from his home in Bangkok. “We’re diversifying, so it’s not all export. There’s a good amount of domestic shrimp consumption – maybe 140,000 150,000 tonnes. And domestic...