(Natural News) The South American nation of Ecuador has announced force majeure for its oil industry, alongside a state of exception decree, amid nationwide turmoil. State-owned oil firm Petroecuador made the announcement on June 18, which applied to its exploration, exploitation, transport and commerce sectors – stopping exports in turn. The declaration followed protesters entering […]

(Natural News) In protest- and riot-hit Ecuador, regular people are continuing to suffer due to food and fuel shortages and price spikes. Tens of thousands of Ecuadorians all over the country are currently embroiled in demonstrations, strikes and violent protests, putting the country at a near standstill as the global spike in food prices and […]

(Natural News) Ecuador has ruled that individual wild animals have specific legal rights, including the right to exist, in a landmark case that makes it the first country to grant such rights. The 7-2 ruling elevating the legal status of nonhuman animals arose from the case of a woolly monkey called Estrellita. She was taken […]

(Natural News) A government-backed Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine mandate in the Loja Province of Ecuador was defeated on Aug. 5. A health freedom organization in Ecuador has successfully defeated a government-backed Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine mandate in the Loja Province. Ecuador has an above-average vaccination rate when compared to the rest of its South American neighbors. […]

(Natural News) Alongside their petition to stop mandatory vaccinations in the country, Ecuador’s Working Group Against COVID Vaccination Discrimination has collated all information on how to support their efforts on a website. The site Derechos Humanos Ecuador links to both the petition as well as the organization’s Telegram Group. In addition, it also shares articles and videos […]

(Natural News) The Old Bailey in London is holding its second week of hearings concerning Julian Assange’s extradition, and powerful new testimony has been presented revealing how the CIA actually plotted to assassinate Assange, either by poisoning or through a kidnapping plot. This bombshell testimony came as part of the defense team’s efforts to frame […]

(Natural News) Several banana plantations are covered in a blanket of ash after Sangay volcano erupted on Sept. 20. The strong eruption sent massive ash clouds into the sky, temporarily darkening the skies above the province of Chimborazo in central Ecuador. Ecuador is the top banana exporter in the world, and before the eruption, it was posting export […]

(Natural News) Brazil is well on its way to becoming the next COVID-19 hotspot, experts said after the country’s number of infected individuals reached 66,896 on April 28. “We have all the conditions here for the pandemic to become much more serious,” Paulo Brandao, a virologist at the University of Sao Paulo, said, noting that […]

(Natural News) Ecuador reported 259 new coronavirus cases and 17 deaths between April 29 and 30, bringing the country’s total caseload to 24,934 and 900 deaths. In a televised announcement, Interior Minister Paula Romo said that the official figure does not include 1,453 deaths that were likely caused by COVID-19, but were listed as respiratory conditions, as […]

(Natural News) When you hear the statistics on coronavirus deaths from other countries, you might wonder what some places are doing to see such low numbers. In Ecuador, for example, just 245 official coronavirus deaths were reported in the Guayas province from March 1 and April 15. That sounds pretty good, right? Not so fast. […]