Research by the Jubilee Debt Campaign indicates a major breach by the IMF of its own policies, with $93 billion of lending to highly indebted countries without any debt restructurings.
The Ecuadorian Government has reportedly decided to search its London embassy premises used by Julain Assange and seize his personal posessions such as documents, telephones, electronic devices and memory drives, to hand over to the US Government.
A new Amnesty International report shows the Ecuadorian authorities are failing to prevent attacks against the environmental defenders, Amazonian Women.
An indigenous Shuar leader, has been arrested just two days after being chosen as leading candidate for the presidency of Ecuador’s main indigenous organisation.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has told an indigenous Ecuadorean farmer that her voice and the voices of the world’s poor are critical to achieving a strong climate deal for the most vulnerable communities.
Ecuador, formerly known as the Republic of the Equator, has seen significant economic growth since oil was discovered there in the 1960s. Its growth has fluctuated however, due continued border disputes with neighbouring countries and internal political instability. You can sponsor a child in Ecuador here.