BIZARRE: 6 | Mind Blowing Facts

Power Outages Threaten Ecuador's Ice-Cream Industry

Salcedo's ice-cream industry faces an uncertain future due to prolonged power outages, impacting local producers and the economy.

Top News · Dec 4, 2024

Power shortages in Ecuador are melting away the future of a small town’s ice-cream industry

Ice-cream production in this quiet Ecuadorian town began in the mid-20th century in a convent for Franciscan nuns

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2024

Ecuador Has Turned From One of Latin America's Safest Countries Into a Narco-State In Just Five Years

Ecuador's homicide rate increased from 6.7 per 100,000 in 2019 to 45 per 100,000 in 2023; only Jamaica (49) has a higher rate in the Americas

Latin Times · Dec 1, 2024

The problem with people: how more tourists and a growing population are taking their toll on the Galápagos islands

Overfishing, invasive species and rubbish mountains are putting a strain on the islands’ delicate ecosystems

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2024

‘This is something that divides us’: Ecuador’s turbulent transition from oil dependence

With economic crises bearing down on the government, honouring the result of a referendum that demanded an end to drilling in a national park is proving difficult

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2024

Ecuador’s president won’t give up on oil drilling in the Amazon. We plan to stop him – again

This forest is our home, our existence and our children’s future. Politicians who can’t resist selling it for oil cash will feel the strength of the Waorani people, writes campaigner Nemonte Nenquimo

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024

Ecuadorian lawmakers block indictment of vice president whom authorities accuse of collusion

Ecuadorian Vice President Verónica Abad, for now, will not be indicted in a corruption case against her son after lawmakers blocked the move Friday

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2024

Influx Of Murder Victims Overwhelms Forensic Morgue In Ecuador

Bodies by the dozen are piled up at an overfull forensic morgue in Ecuador's drug violence-plagued city of Guayaquil; the stench of death hanging over an entire neighborhood.

International Business Times · Jun 14, 2024

‘The cocaine superhighway’: how death and destruction mark drug’s path from South America to Europe

A once-peaceful country that does not produce the drug is now a war zone as gangs vie for control to meet European demand

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024

Almost 2 months after embassy raid, Ecuador is 'ready' to talk with Mexico and reach solution

It's been almost two months since police raided the Mexican embassy in Ecuador's capital

The Independent UK · May 28, 2024