China said a handful of packaging samples of imported shrimp tested positive for the coronavirus, raising questions again over whether the pathogen can spread through food or frozen products. The virus tested positive on the outside of about five shrimp packages and the inside of ...
Front-line medics in one of Latin America's coronavirus epicenters are lifting the lid on the daily horrors they face in an Ecuadoran city whose health system has collapsed. In one hospital in Guayaquil overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients, staff have had to pile up bodies in ...
WikiLeaks founder Assange secretly fathered two kids with lawyer in Ecuadorean Embassy, report says
During their secret five-year relationship, not even the embassy staff knew what was going on.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not getting the time he needs with his legal team to discuss his fight against extradition to the United States, causing delays to the case, his lawyer told a British court on Monday. After skipping bail in Britain, Assange spent ...
Ecuador concerned about recovery of sunken barge in Galapagos and fuel spill
Ecuador's environment minister, Raul Ledesma, said on Monday that a situation involving a sunken barge in the Galapagos Islands that was carrying 600 gallons of diesel is under control but added that authorities are "very concerned" about the vessel's recovery. The barge sank on Sunday ...
Indian border officials on lookout for fugitive 'cosmic guru'
Indian border officials and embassies have issued an alert for a fugitive guru accused of rape, the government said, days after the holy man announced the creation of his own "cosmic" country. Swami Nithyananda — one of many self-styled Indian "godmen" with thousands of followers ...
Indigenous protesters hold police after five are killed in Ecuador clashes
Indigenous groups in Ecuador seized eight police officers Thursday amid protests over fuel price hikes that officials said have so far killed five people, including an indigenous leader. The uniformed officers, including a woman, were seized during a tense standoff in Quito and put on ...
Indigenous-led national strike in Ecuador increases pressure on defiant Moreno
Indigenous-led protesters began a national strike in Ecuador on Wednesday after President Lenin Moreno refused to step down or overturn anti-austerity measures that have triggered the worst unrest in a decade. Streets were empty of traffic and businesses were closed in Quito and other cities ...
Ecuador declares state of emergency as end to fuel subsidies brings violent protests
Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno declared a state of emergency on Thursday as protesters hurled stones and erected burning barricades after the end of decades-old fuel subsidies as part of a $2 billion government fiscal reform package. Police responded with tear gas in the worst unrest ...
Personal data leaked for almost entire population of Ecuador
The personal data of almost the entire population of Ecuador has been leaked online, security experts said Monday, in a massive breach the government called a "very delicate" issue. An estimated 17 million people, including almost 7 million minors and children, had their data exposed ...
Peru to boost Ecuador border security after stricter entry rules for Venezuelans
Peru plans to beef up security at its border with Ecuador to prevent illegal immigration, after stricter entry requirements for Venezuelans led to a 90 percent drop in legal crossings, a government official said on Monday. More than 850,000 Venezuelans have fled their homeland for ...
Brazil's neighbors call for meeting and Amazon pact as fires rage
Peru and Colombia called on Tuesday on fellow Amazonian countries to attend a presidential meeting next month on the forest fires raging in Brazil and Bolivia and to forge a pact to protect the world's largest tropical forest. The meeting is scheduled to take place ...
