QUITO, Ecuador — Hundreds of Indians blocked Ecuador’s Pan American highway in several provinces Monday with rocks, tree trunks and burning tires to protest new water, mining and oil laws. Their ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Several hundred Amazon Indians have begun a two-week march on Quito to protest the Ecuadorean government’s approval of a Chinese-operated open-pit copper mine on their ...

The nationwide protests or ''uprising'' by Ecuador's indigenous people that has brought much of this Andean nation to a standstill over the past two weeks ended Wednesday with the signing of a pact ...

QUITO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Ecuador's attorney general on Saturday urged the government to negotiate with oil firms to stop drilling for crude in a protected area deep in the Amazon jungle where Indian ...

YASUNI NATIONAL PARK, Ecuador — Ecuador is pressing its appeal for wealthy countries to put up $3.6 billion to protect a pristine Amazon rain forest preserve by leaving its rich oil deposits untouched ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — More than 1,000 indigenous protesters reached Ecuador's capital Thursday after a two-week march from the Amazon to oppose plans for large-scale mining on their lands. The ...

Minister Pabitra Margherita visited Ecuador, Bolivia, and Cuba from November 4 to 10. He met with leaders and officials to ...