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Topic: Ecuador

Ecuador launches deforestation-free coffee certification

Program aims to boost local coffee productivity while protecting vital ecosystems.

Singapore’s next PM, South America’s drought crisis & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the last week.

Mexico suspends relations with Ecuador after arrest of former Vice President Jorge Glas

MEXICO CITY/QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean authorities arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas on Friday evening, seizing him from the Mexican embassy and prompting Mexico to suspend bilateral

All prison staff held hostage by inmates in Ecuador now free, officials say

Ecuador is grappling with a security crisis that worsened this week with the on-air storming of a TV station, unexplained explosions in several cities & kidnapping of police officers.

After crackdown on drug trafficking gangs, Ecuador reels from fresh wave of violence

This highlights challenges ahead for President Noboa, who took power in Nov after pledging to curb violence as drug trafficking gangs increasingly transport cocaine through Ecuador.

Suspects in Ecuador presidential candidate assassination are Colombians, say police

Fernando Villavicencio, a vocal critic of corruption and organized crime, was killed less than two weeks before the election.

Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated, rivals suspend campaign

Villavicencio, a vocal critic of corruption & organised crime, was killed on Wednesday. A suspect later died of injuries sustained in shoot-out and 6 others have been arrested.

US and China have a new friction point – Chinese shark-fishing off Ecuador’s coast

The US, backing Ecuador, said Beijing should stop its unsustainable fishing practices, rule-breaking, and willful environmental degradation.

Ecuador claims didn’t help Nithyananda, but it has been a favourite of fugitives for long

Reports suggest Nithyananda has set up ‘Hindu nation’ Kailaasa on an island near Ecuador, but the South American country says it never gave asylum to the ‘godman’.

A Game of Thrones in north Africa, and Jesus wants relief for the world’s poor

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Joys of Trumplomacy: India & the world are learning US President’s 99 moods and 1 goal

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.