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)”
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CITES Warns Ecuador: Crack Down on Illegal Shark Fishing, Now (Hakai Magazine)
QUITO, ECUADOR – Ecuador is, once again, in the hot seat. Late in 2023, officials from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, more commonly known as CITES, gave Ecuador an ultimatum: if the government doesn’t clamp down on illegal shark fishing and the sale of illicit shark fins,ContinueContinue reading “CITES Warns Ecuador: Crack Down on Illegal Shark Fishing, Now (Hakai Magazine)”
Kimberley Michelle Brown 