Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine

> Ecuador is increasingly at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine.

> wedged between the world’s largest cocaine producers, Peru and Colombia, and drug traffickers find containers filled with bananas the perfect vehicle to smuggle their product.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-09-04/security-in-ecuador-has-come-undone-as-drug-cartels-exploit-the-banana-industry-to-ship-cocaine.html #Ecuador #cocaine #cartels

Excelente atención y buena comida 🍤🍽️ (@ Montecristi Golf Club & Villas in Montecristi, Manabi) https://www.swarmapp.com/hllerena1989/checkin/64f35f4ff44f1a6748f44311?s=dPZy-oFp6RQQdYDoMaGbGj4H7sQ

#Ecuador

" #Ecuador has now set a 🌍 precedent becoming the 1st country to ban oil drilling as a measure against the #ClimateCrisis sending a message to the global population to stand up against the #FossilFuel industry, not just relying on politicians."

The nationwide referendum includes the Yasuní National Park, among the most biodiverse places on Earth, w/ world richness records fr amphibians, reptiles, bats, & trees, in the #Amazon rainforest. #BigOil #Ecocide #Biodiversity
https://theecologist.org/2023/aug/30/ecuador-fight-has-just-begun

Ecuador inmates holding 57 guards, police hostage: Minister

> Prisoners at a penitentiary in the Ecuadoran city of Cuenca are holding hostage 50 guards and seven police officers, Interior Minister Juan Zapata said Thursday.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/09/01/Ecuador-inmates-holding-57-guards-police-hostage-Minister #Ecuador

57 Ecuador prison guards held hostage by inmates

> Prisoners at a penitentiary in the city of Cuenca (#Ecuador) are holding hostage 50 guards and seven police officers.
The mass hostage-taking came a day after hundreds of soldiers and police officers carried out an operation to search for weapons, ammunition [..] SNAI (the state office in charge of prisons) said earlier in the day that the hostage-taking was a reprisal for that operation.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/09/01/57-ecuador-prison-guards-held-hostage-by-inmates_6118355_4.html #Ecuador

"After Ecuadorians overwhelmingly voted to ban new oil wells in a prized national park, the government has challenged the legitimacy of the referendum and said it would continue drilling."

#Ecuador #Oil #FossilFuels #Energy

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/ecuador-oil-drilling-vote

Lo storica vittoria in Ecuador del referendum contro le trivellazioni petrolifere https://altreconomia.it/lo-storica-vittoria-in-ecuador-del-referendum-contro-le-trivellazioni-petrolifere/ #referendum #Attualità #napotigre #petrolio #trivelle #ecuador #yasuni

Ecuador election heads to a runoff. Here’s what’s next.  - Vox

>Ecuador’s presidential elections are now headed to a runoff after no candidate secured the support necessary to win outright. The elections followed the shocking assassination of anti-corruption candidate Fernando Villavicencio two weeks ago.
https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2023/8/21/23840478/ecuador-election-result-2023-runoff-gonzalez-noboa #Ecuador #elections

THANK YOU ECUADOR ❤️

Voters reject oil drilling in the Amazon

Ecuadorians have said 'no' to oil extraction in a portion of the Amazon, one of the world's most biodiverse regions, in a referendum hailed as a historic example of climate democracy
#AureFreePress #News #GlobalWarming #climatechange #Ecuador

https://www.dw.com/en/ecuador-voters-reject-oil-drilling-in-the-amazon/a-66592504?mobileApp=true

ELEZIONI IN ECUADOR: RIMARRÀ BASTIONE DELLA REAZIONE O TORNERÀ SUL SENTIERO DELLA REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA, CON LA CANDIDATA LUISA GONZÁLEZ? https://poterealpopolo.org/elezioni-ecuador-revolucion-ciudadana-luisa-gonzalez/ #americalatina #ecuador #Estero #estero #News

Ecuador’s Election: What to Know

>Presidential elections will be held in Ecuador on Sunday at a tumultuous moment for the country. (the) President called snap elections in May amid impeachment proceedings against him [..] This month, the presidential candidate [..] was assassinated on the campaign trail.
All this has unfolded as foreign drug mafias have joined forces with local prison and street gangs to unleash a wave of violence...
https://archive.fo/2023.08.20-081835/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/world/americas/ecuador-election-assassination-explainer.html #Ecuador #elections

Beseffen de Nederlandse snelle snuivers, de coke jochies en meisjes wel dat ze Ecuadoriaans bloed snuiven. #ecuador

Ecuador: Presidential candidate unharmed after gunshots — MercoPress

Interior Minister Zapata said the shots were not against Noboa and argued gunfights were commonplace in the area
https://en.mercopress.com/2023/08/18/ecuador-presidential-candidate-unharmed-after-gunshots #Ecuador #elections

colombia let me back in after all my time as an irregular migrant! haven’t ridden fully loaded in so long… was a bit nervous this morning but it’s just like riding a bike #cycling #biketooter #velophants #ecuador #colombia #travel

On This Day Aug. 16: Ecuador grants asylum to Julian Assange - UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2023/08/16/On-This-Day-Ecuador-grants-asylum-to-Julian-Assange/1961692146394/ #Ecuador #JulianAssange #WikiLeaks

Ecuador calls in FBI to assist investigation into assassination of Fernando Villavicencio | International | EL PAÍS English

>The Ecuadorian police have arrested six Colombians suspected of participating in the attack against the presidential candidate, during which the gunman was shot dead
https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-08-11/ecuador-calls-in-fbi-to-assist-investigation-into-assassination-of-fernando-villavicencio.html #US #FBI #Ecuador #assassination

#Ecuador eskaliert gewaltig:

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000182765/erneut-politikerin-in-ecuador-angeschossen

Fernando Villavicencio assassination: suspects are Colombian, police say | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/assassination-presidential-candidate-shocks-ecuador-election-2023-08-10/

> One dead suspect and six others arrested in the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombians, Ecuadorean police said on Thursday, and the government said it was pursuing the "intellectual authors" of the murder.

#Ecuador

The Guardian view on murder in #Ecuador: a tide of violence reaches new heights | Editorial | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/11/the-guardian-view-on-in-ecuador-a-tide-of-violence-reaches-new-heights

> Editorial: The killing of a presidential candidate has highlighted soaring homicide levels, as the cocaine trade booms in Latin America

Ecuador reels after the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio. So what now? : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/11/1193521980/ecuador-assassination-presidential-candidate-election-fernando-villavicencio #Ecuador