Baltazar Ushca, Who Kept Andean Ice Harvesting Alive, Dies at 80
He trekked up Ecuador’s tallest mountain twice a week for six decades to hack ice off a glacier with a pickax. He is believed ...
Ecuador government suspends vice president from office ahead of 2025 elections
Veronica Abad, who is also ambassador to Israel, is accused of committing a disciplinary offense by failing to comply with an ...
Ecuador’s VP suspended for 150 days deepening rift with president as February election looms
Ecuador’s Vice President Veronica Abad has been suspended for 150 days accused of “unjustified abandonment” of her duties.
The endless drought in South America
The consequences of climate change are already taking a toll in Latin America, with an extended drought. A worst-case ...
Fluffy creature — with tail longer than body — found in the Andes. See the new species
Trailing behind the fluffy animal, however, is a tail longer than the rest of its body combined, more than 6 inches long, researchers said in a study published Nov. 5 in the peer-reviewed journal ...
The Catholic Leader5d
The cause for beatification of Irish Sister Clare Crockett opened
THE congregation of Sister Clare Crockett, a young nun who died in 2016 during an earthquake in Ecuador, announced the ...
National Catholic Register5d
Sister Clare Crockett’s Cause for Beatification to Open
The Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother announced that the opening ceremony of the cause will take place on Jan. 12, ...
Catholic Star Herald5d
Sainthood cause to open for beloved Irish actress turned nun, parish priest confirms
Father Gerard Mongan, parish priest of her native parish of St. Columba’s in Derry’s working-class Bogside neighborhood, told ...
A truck crashes in Ecuador's Amazon killing 10 people
Law enforcement authorities in Ecuador say 10 people were killed after the truck they were traveling in on the country's Amazon fell into a ravine ...