Hundreds of police troops occupied Ecuador's Intag Valley, backing up a team sent to carry out an impact study for the Junín mining project—over the protests of local campesinos.
Ecuador's National Electoral Council turned down a petition for a referendum on plans to open Yasuni National Park to further oil exploration—as activists protest "fraud."
China is proposing a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) in a race with the US-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region.
Chevron Corporation filed for reimbursement of $32 million in attorneys' fees against Steven Donziger, counsel for plaintiffs in the Ecuador oil spill case.
A federal judge ruled that US courts can not be used to collect $9.51 billion in fines and legal fees imposed by an Ecuadoran court's judgment against Chevron.
Ecuador’s government ordered closed the environmentalist Fundación Pachamama following protests over opening vast areas of the Amazon to oil development.
Indigenous leaders in Ecuador's rainforest accuse the army of forging evidence in the death of a Shuar man during an operation against outlaw gold-miners.
An Ecuadoran court ordered Chevron to pay $9.51 billion in fines and fees—a significant reduction from the previous $18 billion judgment in the environmental case.
An ex-general in Chile killed himself rather than face transfer to a general-population prison, as trial opened in Quito for three former officers accused in extrajudicial killings.
Colombia paid Ecuador $15 million after anti-narcotics fumigation planes dropped herbicides along the border, harming crops and communities in Ecuadoran territory.
Protesters clashed with police in Ecuador, as a mobilization against plans to open the Yasuni Amazon reserve to oil drilling was held in both Quito and Cuenca.
A court in Ecuador’s Amazon city of Macas convicted indigenous leaders Pedro Mashiant and Pepe Acacho on charges of “terrorism” and “sabotage” for their roles in a 2009 protest.
