‘I am mother, leader, warrior of the Amazon’: Nemonte Nenquimo on why the west needs to be rescued

28 October 2026 at 15:00

The Waorani leader says millennia of living in harmony with their surroundings give Indigenous groups unique insights into the consumerist west

Every Waorani child knows the story of the boa’s mouth. How the snake inches forward, watching, its movements almost imperceptible, before it strikes, swallowing its victim whole.

Nemonte Nenquimo knows the boa’s bite. Beguiled as a young girl by the blue eyes and bright dresses of an American missionary child in her Amazon village in Ecuador, she consented to be baptised and left home to study at a church school.

U.S. Defends Military Campaign Against Cartels as Leaders Gather in Caribbean

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By: Eric Schmitt · Annie Correal and Hogla Enecia Pérez

28 October 2026 at 02:53

A regional coalition convened as part of a U.S. military effort to disrupt and combat drug traffickers that officials have compared to the campaign against the Islamic State and Al Qaeda.

A multinational military exercise near Panama City in August. Regional military leaders at a gathering on Tuesday reviewed a wide-ranging U.S. military plan to combat drug smugglers.

Flávio Bolsonaro Leaves Brazil for the U.S. After Election Defeat

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By: Ana Ionova · Edward Wong and Thayz Guimarães

28 October 2026 at 13:43

Officials in Argentina said Mr. Bolsonaro entered the country by land then flew to Ecuador. Brazilian police had asked him to hand over his passports because of his links to an investigation.

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