Nancy Bedón is the vice president of the Union of Peasant Organizations of Esmeraldas (UOCE), part of the Indigenous movement that called for the ongoing national strike in response to measures taken ...

TURUCU, Ecuador (AP) — In the Indigenous community of Turucu, near the active Cotacachi volcano in northern Ecuador, soccer had always been a man’s thing. The only gleaming green field belongs to them ...

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, ...

Indigenous women fight for the ball during a "handball with anaco" match in the Indigenous community of Turucu, Ecuador, Friday, June 14, 2024. One year ago, a group of women decided to create a new ...

July 12 (Reuters) - An 78th-minute goal from substitute Emily Rosa Arias Espinales earned hosts Ecuador a 2-2 draw with Uruguay in their Group A Women's Copa America opener at the Complejo ...