Nordex forays into Ecuador with receipt of wind turbine order 

Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex Group has announced its entry into Ecuador with a turbine order. Under the contract, it is required to supply 19 N149/5.X turbines for a wind farm in southern Ecuador, totalling 112MW capacity. Discover B2B...

Nordex wins first wind turbine order in Ecuador

Nordex has won its first order in Ecuador with an agreement to supply turbines for a 112MW wind farm in the south of the country. It will supply 19 of its N149/5.X turbines for the project. The turbines will be installed on tubular steel towers...

Amber from Ecuador reveals insects from the age of dinosaurs

WASHINGTON :Amber found in the Amazon forest region of Ecuador containing a trove of well-preserved fossils of wasps, midges, flies, beetles and other insects is giving a glimpse of a Cretaceous Period ecosystem in South America crawling with...

Ecuador Bust: 3 Tons of Cocaine Seized from Semi-Submersible Vessel

In the shadowy underbelly of global narcotics trade, a recent operation off the coast of Ecuador has spotlighted the relentless cat-and-mouse game between law enforcement and drug cartels. Authorities intercepted a semi-submersible vessel laden...

Bienvenido a Ecuador—home of the incredible Galapagos Islands

Aklog Birara (Dr) September 2025 One of the books I read in high school that captured my imagination and stimulated my interest in visiting Ecuador again was Charles Darwin’s famous work, On the Origin of Species. published on November 24, 1859....

Gelis finds calling in Ecuador

1991 Pocahontas County High School graduate Rudy Gelis, above, feels at home in the jungles of Ecuador – snakes and all. He is a naturalist and is currently working on recording birds songs for AI recognition. He has also documented exotic...

UMass Amherst Researcher Receives $1.12 million NSF Grant to Study Impacts of Water Governance on Children’s Health in Five Countries

Image Daniel Lopez-Cevallos A University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has been awarded a three-year, $1.12 million grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a multinational examination of the relationship between...

Ecuador ministry merger worries green advocates

In 2008, Ecuador became the world’s first country to recognize the rights of nature in its constitution, establishing environmental protection as a top national priority. On Aug. 14, the government of President Daniel Noboa sent what critics call...

Verde Valley School graduates reunite with teacher for equestrian ride in Ecuador

In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was building momentum worldwide and governments were imposing shelter-in-place orders, for many, this meant lots of time spent indoors, with no idea of when it would be safe to resume normal activities. At the...

South Korean company intends to build high-speed railway in Peru

Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 11:15 UTC The project seeks “to revolutionize the national railway infrastructure,” Sandoval explained Peruvian authorities are developing a plan for a high-speed railway along its coast, supported by a South Korean...

Witness the new hybrid era: Chery Super Hybrid (CSH) TECH DAY LATAM + extreme battery challenge

In the tropical rainforests of Panama, Chery's Pan-American Challenge across 10 countries is underway in full swing In the tropical rainforests of Panama, Chery’s Pan-American Challenge across 10 countries is underway in full swing. Three core...

How protected is the Swiss National Bank compared with the US Federal Reserve?

The Swiss National Bank is just a few steps from the Federal Palace. Keystone / Peter Schneider Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with...

Big Tech’s Invisible Hand

Big tech companies such as Alphabet (Google) and Meta have revenues far larger than the GDP of whole Latin American countries such as Ecuador, Paraguay and El Salvador. They know how to use this bargaining power: to shape bills and regulations,...

Treating tungiasis: PAHO issues first scientific guide

[BUENOS AIRES, SciDev.Net] The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has published its first evidence-based guide to the treatment of tungiasis, a neglected tropical disease that affects millions of people in Latin America, the Caribbean and...

Ecuadorian President and Trump Ally Daniel Noboa and Marco Rubio Join Forces against the ‘Cartel of the Suns’

In a day of marked geopolitical significance, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Carondelet Palace in Quito, with the aim of consolidating strategic cooperation based on public security,...

Big tech’s attempts to weaken information space regulations worldwide exposed by new cross-country investigation supported by RSF

The investigation highlights the shocking global reach of these anti-regulation efforts. In Brazil, Google and Meta orchestrated an offensive against the “Fake News Bill” (PL 2630) put forth in 2020 which aimed to tackle disinformation, bring...

The Week in Women's Football: Exclusive with agent Gkelias on state of women's game; Copa America review

This week, we have a very pleasant and interesting interview with Stravros Gkelias, who founded Soccer Generation Sports Agency in Greece to handle women’s footballers. Though a lot of his clients play with clubs in Central and Eastern Europe, his...

Bananas are top fresh fruit, but supply disruptions could lie ahead

Craig Higashi said bananas are usually the top-selling item in a produce department. He ought to know. He’s president of Spokane Produce, which started out as a farmer-owned co-op in the 1940s, until only Higashi’s family remained. He’s been in...

From Ships to Silicon: Personhood and Evidence in the Age of AI

[EDRM Editor’s Note: EDRM is proud to publish Ralph Losey’s advocacy and analysis. The opinions and positions are Ralph Losey’s copyrighted work. All images in the article are by Ralph Losey using AI. This article is published here with...

New Research Reveals Indigenous Amazon Forests Help Curb Spread of 27 Diseases Across Eight Countries

Belém, Brazil – Gland, Switzerland (11 September 2025) — Recent groundbreaking research published in Communications Earth and Environment, a renowned Nature Group journal, sheds new light on the critical role Indigenous territories play in...