SANTA ELENA, ECUADOR – Bobbing up and down some 10 miles from the port of Santa Rosa, Ecuador, Victor Balón turns off his motorboat and cuts up bits of fish. His crewman, Viejo, uses the flesh to bait hooks on a fishing line, which he slides into long PVC tubes fastened to the side ofContinueContinue reading “In Ecuador, Increased Dangers at Sea Hinder Seabird Conservation (Audubon Magazine)”
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Trapped in the Tide of Organized Crime (Hakai Magazine)
NARANJAL, ECUADOR – Marcos Ruiz is lying face down in the mud, legs splayed and one arm sunk up to his shoulder in a narrow hole. When he finally grabs the crab burrowing in the hole, he pushes himself out with his other arm and sits back on his heels to examine his prize. TheContinueContinue reading “Trapped in the Tide of Organized Crime (Hakai Magazine)”
From pristine forest to prison fortress: why Ecuador is sacrificing fragile ecosystems to build jails (The Guardian)
JUNTAS DEL PACIFICO, ECUADOR – Walking along a path his grandfather once used, Donald Cabrera, a villager from Bajada de Chanduy, on the coast of Ecuador, points out different trees and their uses. Talking about the imposing ceibo trees, he praises the fluffy white kapok fibre that falls from their branches, which his ancestors usedContinueContinue reading “From pristine forest to prison fortress: why Ecuador is sacrificing fragile ecosystems to build jails (The Guardian)”
Ecuador’s justice system awash with corruption and death threats (Courthouse News)
QUITO, ECUADOR – It’s been nearly three months since Ecuador President Daniel Noboa declared an internal war against armed groups operating in the country in an attempt to quell the recent escalation of violence. But a series of investigations has revealed how deeply entrenched organized crime has become in Ecuador’s highest levels of government, including its justiceContinueContinue reading “Ecuador’s justice system awash with corruption and death threats (Courthouse News)”
Kimberley Michelle Brown 