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News channel or source: https://ticotimes.net/2023/04/23/life-in-esmeraldas-ecuadors-struggle-with-drug-violence
Published on: Sunday 23 April 2023
Military convoys of heavily-armed soldiers are rumbling through the streets of the Ecuadorian port town of Esmeraldas. The trucks carry more than 100 soldiers wearing bullet-proof vests, trying to ...
News Ecuador » Esmeraldas » Events: Esmeraldas oil spill in Ecuador devastates rivers and wildlife refuge
News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/oil-spill-in-ecuador-devastates-rivers-and-wildlife-refuge/
Published on: Wednesday 19 March 2025
A massive oil spill in Ecuador, in the northwestern Esmeraldas province, has covered multiple rivers and a key wildlife refuge in thick, black sludge, impacting more than half a million residents. A ...
News Ecuador » Esmeraldas » Events: Fire burns in slop pool at Esmeraldas oil refinery in Esmeraldas, Ecuador
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fire-burns-in-slop-pool-at-esmeraldas-oil-refinery-in-esmeraldas-ecuador/vi-AA1VqwYv
Published on: Saturday 31 January 2026
On January 30, 2026, in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, @xaviesme shared a video capturing a fire burning in a slop pool at the Esmeraldas oil refinery. In the video, thick black smoke is seen rising into the ...