"When a man is robbed or loses his life so young, we have to ask for justice and better protection, and more than anything, we have to ask for unity among all the drivers to always remember Roberto," said Fernando Mateo spokesman for the Federation of Taxi Drivers in New York. more>

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Illegal immigration is one of the most lucrative businesses in Guatemala, a country that cannot offer its inhabitants the necessary opportunities to live with the dignity they deserve. Citizens from rural areas who head north looking for work discover that the perils of their journey start at home. more>

Among the clandestine routes is Ecuador, which can be reached by land through its northern border. Migrants then go toward the coast to board fishing boats bound for Central America, and from there, through land routes, they go to the United States. more>

The new Ministry would “be in charge of regulating the situation of our emigrants abroad, so that they can come back as often as necessary and return to their homes,” said Ecuador President Rafael Correa. more>

Ecuadorians, wherever we find ourselves, believe in the common good and in helping our neighbor. Besides, we are conscious that, despite having a Latino in the primaries, we are leaning toward Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, former First Lady, who was the “power behind the cameras,” according to more than one source. more>

Realizing that the journey does not always go as planned and that they often ended up looking bad, coyotes [human traffickers] have invented a payment plan to keep their customers. more>

After becoming well known as a pro-immigrant student activist, Gabriela Pacheco and her entire family were arrested and now face deportation charges. The family’s lawyer claims that this is in retaliation for the family’s immigrant rights activism. more>

Remittances from emigrants amounted to $1.56 billion in 2003, a number greater than the combined exports of bananas, coffee, shrimp, cacao and fish, trailing only oil exports. Despite this, Ecuador’s president sees the realization of real economic development by bringing its nationals home. more>

As Colombian civilians flee the violence of a U.S.-backed military campaign to eradicate the guerrillas and drug trafficking and enter neighboring Ecuador, the severe human rights violations taking place in the region have fallen from the media along with the environmental havoc caused to both countries. more>

A group of immigrants—members of the Asbestos, Lead and Hazardous Waste Laborers Local 78, which has a membership of 3,000—accused their local union leadership of electoral fraud. The group, mainly Ecuadorian nationals, visited Ecuador News’ editorial offices to denounce them publicly. more>

On Sept. 18 in New York, the Ecuadorian president, Gustavo Noboa, received the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award for his work helping the handicapped. The next day, he addressed the United Nations, criticizing the global North for exploiting their control of international financial organizations. more>

“Many of the people I see are being persecuted. The new immigrant, desperate to be reunited with his family, is easy prey for a coyote,” said Freddy Sánchez, commissioner of la Defensoría del Pueblo (People’s Defense), an office set up by the Ecuadorian Congress to aid Ecuadorians in the United States, Canada and Mexico. He’s working on two such cases affecting more than 100 Ecuadorians currently. more>

The families are calling for an investigation of the building’s fire and safety codes, and hope to win back in court some of what they have lost. We are Ecuadorians, we stand together in hard times, and we will fight to bring justice to the victims’ cause. more>

No. It isn’t another crime against Palestine. What is happening now is simply the continuation of crimes started more than five decades ago. more>