The mural by artist Fernando Lechón is on the side of an Ecuadorian restaurant, Avenida del Sabor, on West Diversey Avenue.

Built of mud and wood, it dates back to the Valdivia culture, one of the Americas’ oldest settled civilisations — native to Ecuador for nearly 2,000 years, from 3500 BCE.

Leaders made a public call Tuesday for federal officials to expand temporary protected status to undocumented Ecuadorian immigrants in the United States.

Connecticut state Sen. Julie Kushner, D-Danbury, right, listens to Angelica Idrovo, foreground, a local advocate and leader of the TPS (Temporary Protected Status) for Ecuador National Coalition ...