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Ecuador backs Betancourt hostage release mission

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:10:43 GMT

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa vowed here to do everything possible to help former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt secure the release of hundreds of captives still held by the guerrilla group.

Architects Head South to Weather the Economic Storm

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:54:41 GMT

In recent years, as many major U.S. architecture firms expanded internationally, they often bypassed Latin America in favor of Europe, China, and the Middle East.

US anti-drug policies will form an important test for Obama: analysts

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:30:41 GMT

President-elect Barack Obama's pledge to change relations with Latin America will be tested in one key area -- the future fight against illegal drugs, political leaders and analysts say.

AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops begin their Plenary Assembly on "Mission and Family," in the ...

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:00:25 GMT

From November 24-28, the Ecuadorian Bishops will be holding their CCXI Plenary Assembly on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, on the theme: 'Mission and Family.' In the first part of the Assembly, the Bishops ...

Travel: A Gift that Spans Generations

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:44:00 GMT

Have you ever returned from a trip anxious to share your stories and pictures with family members, only to be disappointed as you're going through them? It's a common occurrence; photos don't always capture the ...

Land iguanas under continuing threat on Galapagos archipelago

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:25:01 GMT

The Galapagos Islands, which provided impetus and inspiration for Charles Darwin's seminal work, "On the Origin of Species", are home to unique populations of reptiles.

COLOMBIA: Financial Scandal a Hurdle to Uribe's Re-election

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:15:12 GMT

Five thousand people chanting anti-government slogans in the Colombian capital's central Bolivar Square reflected the sharp fall in popularity of right-wing President Alvaro Uribe, whose bid to reform the ...

Ecuador, U.S. Begin Dialogue To Enhance Ties

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:50:43 GMT

U.S. and Ecuadorian government delegates began their first official meeting here Monday as part of a bilateral dialogue designed to deepen ties, the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said.

Ecuador To Conduct Biometric Screening of Foreign Arrivals

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:37:49 GMT

Ecuador will apply a biometric system using fingerprints to control the entry of foreigners, Internal and External Security Minister Gustavo Larrea said Monday.

Teen pleads not guilty in Marcelo Lucero slaying

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:20:34 GMT

The teen who faces a murder charge in the alleged hate crime slaying of a Latino immigrant in Patchogue was ordered held without bail Monday.

Print Version Travel: A Gift that Spans Generations

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:00:15 GMT

Otavalo - A Genious Market Experience - Otavalo, Ecuador

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:47:58 GMT

I have been deeply impressed by the richness of the clothing colors and food opportunities.

Ecuador cautiously studies refusal to pay debt

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:37:20 GMT

Ecuador is studying legal options available to refuse payment on "illegitimate foreign debt," leftist President Rafael Correa said Saturday.

RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: When Terror Wears a Uniform

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:57:21 GMT

SOACHA, Colombia, Nov 21 - Herminia Lizarazo did not know what to respond when her seven-year-old grandson told her "Grandma, I want to know what the army is for." The boy, whose two uncles belong to the army ...

Former Ecuador leaders deny profit from bond deals

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:54:29 GMT

QUITO, Ecuador Former Ecuadorean leaders said Friday that President Rafael Correa was playing politics when he accused them of taking bribes during $3.9 billion in debt renegotiations.

U.S. Congressman Finds 'Humanitarian Crisis' In Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:42:12 GMT

U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, who chairs the House Human Rights Caucus, has released a letter written to President-Elect Barack Obama that describes a "terrible humanitarian and environmental ...

Ecuador audit commission finds illegality in debt

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:12:51 GMT

Farm Couple Supports Soldiers with 'Freedom Quilts' Stitch by stitch, square by square, Betty Nielsen is sewing quilts.

Explosion in Nicaraguan ship kills five

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:06:09 GMT

At least five people have been killed and 30 injured in an explosion on board a Nicaraguan-flagged vessel in the port of Manta in western Ecuador, EFE news agency reported on Thursday, quoating officials.

Patchogue stabbing victim's body now in his hometown

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:46:41 GMT

Marcelo Lucero is finally home. Only he arrived in a way his family never imagined, in a metal coffin draped with an Ecuadorean flag.

Ecuador default-talk may force restructuring

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:43:34 GMT

QUITO, Ecuador : Ecuador's flirtation with a $10.3 billion foreign debt default may force bondholders into restructuring, potentially saving the government billions of dollars at a time when access to capital ...

Ecuador to impose raft of import controls

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:27:27 GMT

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa says his government will impose a raft of import restrictions soon to safeguard the country's economy during the global financial crisis.

Ecuador keeps up oil cleanup fight against Chevron

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:14:44 GMT

Reporting from Coca, Ecuador -- Abel Garrido has just struck oil and he's not happy about it.

DNA to save a mockingbird

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:01:04 GMT

A mockingbird that sowed the seeds of evolution in the mind of Charles Darwin stands on the precipice of extinction, with no more than about 100 breeding pairs left alive in its home on the enchanted Pacific ...

Immigrant death shakes community in Ecuador

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:00:23 GMT

GUALACEO, Ecuador - The killing of a native son of this small, quiet city tucked in the Andean foothills has shaken a community where many have sought work in the United States -- especially Patchogue, ...

New Election Period Begins in Ecuador

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:43:19 GMT

Quito, Nov 14 A new election period, which many consider the most complex in the country, has begun in Ecuador, where some 6,000 positions, including the president and the vice president of the Republic, will ...

Darwin's mockingbirds feature in London exhibition

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:37:34 GMT

Natural History Museum photo released Friday Nov. 14, 2008, showing three of the four mockingbirds collected by Charles Darwin from the Galapagos Islands in 1835, during the voyage of the Beagle.

Elusive Right to Land Inflames Indigenous Protests

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:53:59 GMT

By Milagros Salazar* LIMA - In the past two decades Latin America has made advances in signing international and national instruments that recognise and protect the rights of indigenous peoples.

Better late than never for tortoise father

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:58:03 GMT

After stunning conservationists by mating for the first time in decades, a giant tortoise from the Galapagos islands called Lonesome George, who is the last of his kind, still may not become a dad.

Bachelor tortoise struggles to be a dad

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:33:36 GMT

QUITO a ' After stunning conservationists by mating for the first time in decades, a giant tortoise from the Galapagos islands called Lonesome George, who is the last of his kind, still may not become a dad.

Volcano rumbles in Ecuador.

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:54:01 GMT

Nov. 10 - Ecuador is on alert as Reventador volcano spewed lava but experts said it posed no threat.

Galapagos bachelor turtle struggles to be a dad

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:20:10 GMT

After stunning conservationists by mating for the first time in decades, a giant tortoise from the Galapagos islands called Lonesome George, who is the last of his kind, still may not become a dad.

Reventador volcano spews lava near Ecuador's capital; 2 volcanos active in Colombia

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:16:53 GMT

Geophysics Institute technician Patricio Ramon said explosion rocked the 11,686-foot volcano and lava poured its flanks on Sunday.

Darwin's specimens go on display

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:02:00 GMT

Two mockingbirds, which are said to have helped Charles Darwin develop his theory on evolution, are to go on public display for the first time.

Eve of Andean Forum in Ecuador

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:58:48 GMT

Quito, Nov 3 Ecuadorian authorities are putting Monday the final touches on the Second Andean Meeting of the International Humanitarian Right, to be run November 4-5 here, attended by delegates from Bolivia, ...

Chavez-Correa Mini-summit in Ecuador

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:41:18 GMT

Puyo, Ecuador, Oct 28 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrives in that city on Tuesday to dialogue with his Ecuadorian counterpart, Rafael Correa, on the progress of joint projects and the world financial ...

Meanwhile, over in Ecuador

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:26:06 GMT

It would be more convincing if the Venezuelan economy had been doing well up to now, but don't let the details bother you.

Ecuador terminates contract with Spanish oil company Repsol

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:34 GMT

Ecuador is kicking Spanish oil company Repsol YPF out of the country for refusing to accept a government demand that it now be paid for services rather than getting a per-barrel percentage, the country's oil ...

Ecuador alleges 'clear' signs of CIA infiltration

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:49:49 GMT

An Ecuadorean presidential commission has concluded that U.S. intelligence services infiltrated the Andean nation's military and police and supported a cross-border incursion by Colombian troops that killed a ...

CIA knew of Colombian attack on FARC in Ecuador: Quito

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:37:53 GMT

The US Central Intelligence Agency had "full knowledge" of the deadly Colombian raid in March on a FARC rebel camp inside Ecuador that led to a rupture in ties between Bogota and Quito, Ecuador's Defense ...

Ecuador choses new Supreme Court by lottery

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:31:46 GMT

Ecuador has picked a new temporary Supreme Court by lottery, but judges say they will boycott the tribunal.

Newfoundland, Vancouver Island listed among world's great dive sites

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:38:31 GMT

The waters off Newfoundland and Vancouver Island are among "the world's great dive sites" cited in the new Fodor's book "Adventure Travel." Second World War shipwrecks off Newfoundland's Bell Island are ...

Ecuadoran teen gets new high-tech legs, thanks to Bellingham prosthetist

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:24:00 GMT

It wouldn't be a stretch to say Jordy Erazo Cordero walked tall when he returned home to Ecuador after two months in Bellingham.

Fiance of man attacked in Ecuador says he is healing

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:37:23 GMT

A Bend man recovering from a stabbing attack in Ecuador was showing signs of healing Thursday, his fiance said in a blog post.

Couple brutally attacked in Ecuador

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:34:35 GMT

It was to be the trip of a lifetime - a full year in Central America and Ecuador - and Britt Leis and his fiancA©e, Lia Koehn, had sold their belongings to finance it.

Man stabbed in Ecuador en route to LL for treatment

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:59:58 GMT

An Oregon man who was stabbed 18 times Thursday while traveling with his fiancee in Ecuador is expected to be flown to Loma Linda University Medical Center today for treatment.

Ecuadorian Militaries Clash With Colombian Rebels

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:58:20 GMT

Ecuadorian armed forces have clashed with Colombian rebels in the border province of Sucumbios, but no casualties were reported in the conflict, Ecuadorian Defense Ministry said on Friday.