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Violence Shadows Ecuador's Presidential Election

Violence Shadows Ecuador's Presidential Election

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The drug trade has deepened the security crisis in Ecuador, which will elect a new leader on April 13

Corporate Influence in Ecuador’s Food Policy

Corporate Influence in Ecuador’s Food Policy

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Recent policies enable corporations to set priorities for the country’s child malnutrition strategy

Amplifying Indigenous Knowledge

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The podcast "Seedcast" launches its second storytelling season

Amplifying Indigenous Knowledge

Time for a Health Check: the Reality of Vaccine Rollout in Ecuador

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Immunizing nine million people in one hundred days will take careful strategy

A nurse prepares a dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a mass vaccination program for the elderly, at the Bolivarian Technology Institute in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 15, 202

Estimating the Latin Wave of Coronavirus

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Projections show potential impact of COVID-19 on Latin America—Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador among the hardest hit

Monica Samudio, 46, whose husband Jorge Garcia, 51, died from coronavirus looks out of her window in Mexico City on April 29, 2020. Samudio faced discrimination when she contracted the disease. Picture shows the woman looking out her window and partially reflected in the glass. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Coronavirus in Ecuador

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Pandemic highlights need for a future broad, multidisciplinary, independent commission to inform science-based decisions

Soldiers on the Ecuadoran side of the border with Colombia, in Tufino, Ecuador, after their government announced the closure of borders to all foreign travelers due to coronavirus on March 15, 2020. The photo shows a border crossing with a large sign reading, Ecuador, and several soldiers in the frame. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia

Coronavirus in Latin America

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How will the region cope with COVID-19 pressure on health care systems, weak economies, and unstable politics

Soldiers guard the Ecuadoran side of a border with Colombia in Tufino, Ecuador on March 15, 2020, after country leaders announced the closure of its borders to all foreign travelers due to COVID-19. The photo shows a simple border crossing through a small town with a big sign reading "Ecuador" above the street. The crossing is closed with metal barricades, and a soldier stands out front. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia

Unseen Diversity, From Jungle Hut to City Flat

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Study explores how diversity of chemicals and microbes changes along an “urbanization gradient” across Amazon rainforest

Picture shows weathered, rain-beaten buildings in the small Amazon Jungle community of Puerto Almendras, Peru

The Human Toll of Political Strife: Malaria’s Rise in Venezuela

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Crisis-fueled resurgence of disease in Venezuela threatens progress made by several South American countries

Health care workers protesting shortage of medical supplies outside a hospital in Caracas, Venezuela on November 19, 2019. The picture shows an older woman in the foreground wearing blue hospital scrubs shouting and looking slightly off camera. She is surrounded by other protestors, many of whom are waving protest signs and also shouting. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins