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Andrés Martínez-Moscoso and Elspeth Burdette, 2 August 2023
Oil extraction or biodiversity protection? The dilemma in Ecuador’s upcoming referendumAndrés Martínez-Moscoso, 28 March 2023
A Tale of Failed Reforms: the Ecuadorian Referendum and Political Fallout![Indigenous protestors in Quito, Ecuador (photo credit: Joaquin Montenegro Humanante/dpa/Alamy) Indigenous protestors in Quito, Ecuador (photo credit: Joaquin Montenegro Humanante/dpa/Alamy)](/sites/default/files/Ecuador-indigeous-oil-mining-protests_Joaquin-Montenegro-Humanante_dpa_Alamy_2JEP6E4-scaled.jpg)
22 August 2023
Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in a protected area
Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Ama…![Flag of Ecuador (photo credit: pixabay) Flag of Ecuador (photo credit: pixabay)](/sites/default/files/Ecuador%20Flag_0.jpg)
7 February 2023
Ecuador voters reject referendum measures on constitutional reform
Ecuadorians Sunday voted in local elections and a referendum containing a number of measure…![Flag of Ecuador (photo credit: pixabay) Flag of Ecuador (photo credit: pixabay)](/sites/default/files/Ecuador%20Flag.jpg)
22 January 2023
President Guillermo Lasso seeks to strengthen the role of the military to fight drug trafficking and decrease the size of the National Assembly, as his administ…![Mountains in Ecuador (photo credit: Reiseuhu via Unsplash) Mountains in Ecuador (photo credit: Reiseuhu via Unsplash)](/sites/default/files/reiseuhu-Uo1_a7cTQKU-unsplash.jpg)
6 December 2021
Ecuador’s highest court has ruled that plans to mine for copper and gold in a protected cloud forest are unconstitutional and violate the rights of nature.
In…![Rafael Correa, ex-president of Ecuador (photo credit: La Moncloa - Gobierno de España/flickr) Rafael Correa, ex-president of Ecuador (photo credit: La Moncloa - Gobierno de España/flickr)](/sites/default/files/7016932395_389fb595c8_o.jpg)
20 July 2020
Ecuador's National Electoral council decided Sunday to suspend four political organizations, including the Fuerza Compromiso Social party of former president Ra…
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