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Moises Caicedo ‘working hard’ to feature for Chelsea in Club World Cup final
The Ecuador international, who suffered an ankle injury in the closing stages of Tuesday’s semi-final defeat of Fluminense, trained with the rest of the squad in New York on Thursday. The news is a boost for manager Enzo Maresca with another...

Behind the scenes: how impactful is Switzerland’s support for political prisoners?
A quarter of Swiss diplomatic representations worldwide are in authoritarian countries. Illustration: Kai Reusser / SWI swissinfo.ch Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US)...
Ashley Hinson defends deportation of West Liberty man with no criminal history
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson defended the deportation of a West Liberty man who was sent to Guatemala earlier this week, despite not having...

California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador
RICHMOND, California (AP) — An oil tanker sat docked at Chevron’s sprawling refinery in Richmond on Thursday — a visible link between California’s appetite for Amazon crude and the remote rainforest territories where it’s extracted. RICHMOND,...
The Countries With The Highest Share Of International Migrants May Surprise You
The number of international migrants worldwide hit 304 million in 2024, a figure that has doubled since 1990. As people relocate across borders for reasons ranging from work opportunities to conflict and displacement, certain countries have become...
VOX Solutions Appointed Exclusive Gateway for International A2P SMS and Voice Traffic into Claro Ecuador
VOX Solutions is pleased to announce its appointment as the exclusive gateway for international Application-to-Person (A2P) SMS and Voice traffic delivery into Claro Ecuador’s network, Ecuador’s leading mobile operator. This role results from a...

US Marshals arrest ‘Ecuador’s Most Wanted’ murder suspect in Connecticut
A man in Oxford was arrested for being in violation of U.S. immigration law. He is also wanted in connection to a 2011 murder in Ecuador. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — U.S. Marshals arrested a man in Connecticut on Tuesday who they believe is responsible for...

Man wanted for homicide in Ecuador is found in Connecticut almost 15 years later
A man wanted for allegedly killing a person in Ecuador over a decade ago has been found in Connecticut. U.S. Marshals said Richard Cabrera, also known as Ricardo Dionicio Cabrera-Erreyes, 50, is accused of fatally stabbing a woman in Loja,...

Migrant Faces Up to a Year in Prison for Entering New Border Military Zone
An Ecuadorian man has become the first migrant to be convicted of entering the new military zone at the southern border in Texas. Dario Javier Trejo-Burbano faces up to a year in prison after trespassing into the U.S. through the newly designated...

Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 58: Contracting of Former PMC Blackwater Founder Erik Prince by the Haitian Government for Port-au-Prince Intervention
Erik Prince, founder of the Blackwater private military company (PMC), has signed a contract with the Haitian government to intervene using lethal operations against the criminal gangs threatening to fully overrun Port-au-Prince.[1] The Haitian...

Judge convicts Ecuadorian migrant of trespassing on newly formed National Defense Area near El Paso
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A federal district judge in El Paso convicted an undocumented immigrant of entering a newly designated defense area in...
Honduran finance group snaps up Ecuadorean insurance assets
Credit: Shutterstock/SuPatMaN ROBALINO has helped Honduran financial services company Grupo Financiero Atlántida acquire the Ecuadorean subsidiary of German insurer HDI for US$14 million. Subscribe to unlock unlimited access Get news, unique...

Mapped: Countries With the Highest Share of International Migrants
Countries With Highest Proportion of International Migrants This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. The number of...

¿Está Estados Unidos viviendo inundaciones más graves este verano? Esto es lo que está pasando
Por Tyler Ory, CNN Texas. Carolina del Norte. Illinois. Nuevo México. Las inundaciones repentinas han acaparado la atención en la última semana, con eventos récord que ocurrieron casi de forma consecutiva en todo el país. Tormentas lentas en Texas...

VOX Solutions, Claro Ecuador Partner on A2P SMS Security Platform
VOX Solutions is pleased to announce its appointment as the exclusive gateway for international Application-to-Person (A2P) SMS and Voice traffic delivery into Claro Ecuador's network, Ecuador's leading mobile operator. This role results from a...

Strasbourg president Keller confirms working on loan deal for Chelsea whiz Paez
Strasbourg president Marc Keller admits they'd like to take Chelsea attacker Kendry Paez on-loan next season. The teenage Ecuador international, signed from Independiente della Valle, had a training stint with Chelsea's French partners in the...

Closing the extractive frontier: An interview with Colombia’s former Minister of Mines and Energy Andrés Camacho
First published at Phenomenal World. Today, more than half of Colombia’s export revenues come from coal and fossil fuels. The industry employs roughly 100,000 people, a quarter of which are unionized through the Unión Sindical Obrera (USO). In...

Millicom to acquire Telefonica Ecuador for $380 million
In sum – what to know: Telefónica exits Ecuador – Telefonica has agreed to sell its Ecuador unit to Millicom for $380 million, continuing its strategy to reduce Latin American exposure. Millicom expands in South America – The acquisition...

“No Kings Day” Protests Overshadow Trump’s Military Parade
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. More than 5 million people joined No Kings Day protests Saturday in the largest day of action...

Indigenous Amazonian Delegation Receives Honors in California Senate as Amazon Watch Releases Explosive Report on Ecuador’s Oil Expansion Plans
Photos of the delegation and California State Senate hearing Video of the California State Senate hearing Versión en español aquí Sacramento, California – As wildfires rage across the Western U.S. and the Amazon nears a dangerous tipping point,...