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Ecuador backs Betancourt hostage release missionEcuador'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.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 23:10
Architects Head South to Weather the Economic Storm
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.
Source : topix.net | 01-Dec-2008 22:54
US anti-drug policies will form an important test for Obama: analysts
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.
Source : topix.net | 30-Nov-2008 05:30
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops begin their Plenary Assembly on "Mission and Family," in the ...
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 29-Nov-2008 22:00
Travel: A Gift that Spans Generations
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 27-Nov-2008 21:44
Land iguanas under continuing threat on Galapagos archipelago
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.
Source : topix.net | 27-Nov-2008 08:25
COLOMBIA: Financial Scandal a Hurdle to Uribe's Re-election
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 27-Nov-2008 02:15
Ecuador, U.S. Begin Dialogue To Enhance Ties
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.
Source : topix.net | 25-Nov-2008 23:50
Ecuador To Conduct Biometric Screening of Foreign Arrivals
Ecuador will apply a biometric system using fingerprints to control the entry of foreigners, Internal and External Security Minister Gustavo Larrea said Monday.
Source : topix.net | 25-Nov-2008 15:37
Teen pleads not guilty in Marcelo Lucero slaying
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.
Source : topix.net | 25-Nov-2008 03:20
Print Version Travel: A Gift that Spans Generations
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 24-Nov-2008 19:00
Otavalo - A Genious Market Experience - Otavalo, Ecuador
I have been deeply impressed by the richness of the clothing colors and food opportunities.
Source : topix.net | 24-Nov-2008 02:47
Ecuador cautiously studies refusal to pay debt
Ecuador is studying legal options available to refuse payment on "illegitimate foreign debt," leftist President Rafael Correa said Saturday.
Source : topix.net | 23-Nov-2008 02:37
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: When Terror Wears a Uniform
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 22-Nov-2008 15:57
Former Ecuador leaders deny profit from bond deals
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.
Source : topix.net | 22-Nov-2008 07:54
U.S. Congressman Finds 'Humanitarian Crisis' In Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 21-Nov-2008 23:42
Ecuador audit commission finds illegality in debt
Farm Couple Supports Soldiers with 'Freedom Quilts' Stitch by stitch, square by square, Betty Nielsen is sewing quilts.
Source : topix.net | 21-Nov-2008 17:12
Explosion in Nicaraguan ship kills five
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.
Source : topix.net | 20-Nov-2008 17:06
Patchogue stabbing victim's body now in his hometown
Marcelo Lucero is finally home. Only he arrived in a way his family never imagined, in a metal coffin draped with an Ecuadorean flag.
Source : topix.net | 20-Nov-2008 08:46
Ecuador default-talk may force restructuring
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 20-Nov-2008 00:43
Ecuador to impose raft of import controls
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.
Source : topix.net | 18-Nov-2008 23:27
Ecuador keeps up oil cleanup fight against Chevron
Reporting from Coca, Ecuador -- Abel Garrido has just struck oil and he's not happy about it.
Source : topix.net | 17-Nov-2008 05:14
DNA to save a mockingbird
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 16-Nov-2008 17:01
Immigrant death shakes community in Ecuador
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, ...
Source : topix.net | 16-Nov-2008 05:00
New Election Period Begins in Ecuador
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 15-Nov-2008 05:43
Darwin's mockingbirds feature in London exhibition
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.
Source : topix.net | 14-Nov-2008 21:37
Elusive Right to Land Inflames Indigenous Protests
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.
Source : topix.net | 14-Nov-2008 16:53
Better late than never for tortoise father
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.
Source : topix.net | 13-Nov-2008 20:58
Bachelor tortoise struggles to be a dad
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.
Source : topix.net | 12-Nov-2008 20:33
Volcano rumbles in Ecuador.
Nov. 10 - Ecuador is on alert as Reventador volcano spewed lava but experts said it posed no threat.
Source : topix.net | 12-Nov-2008 00:54
Galapagos bachelor turtle struggles to be a dad
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.
Source : topix.net | 11-Nov-2008 20:20
Reventador volcano spews lava near Ecuador's capital; 2 volcanos active in Colombia
Geophysics Institute technician Patricio Ramon said explosion rocked the 11,686-foot volcano and lava poured its flanks on Sunday.
Source : topix.net | 10-Nov-2008 21:16
Darwin's specimens go on display
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.
Source : topix.net | 08-Nov-2008 23:02
Eve of Andean Forum in Ecuador
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, ...
Source : topix.net | 06-Nov-2008 22:58
Chavez-Correa Mini-summit in Ecuador
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 04-Nov-2008 22:41
Meanwhile, over in Ecuador
It would be more convincing if the Venezuelan economy had been doing well up to now, but don't let the details bother you.
Source : topix.net | 03-Nov-2008 01:26
Ecuador terminates contract with Spanish oil company Repsol
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 01-Nov-2008 01:00
Ecuador alleges 'clear' signs of CIA infiltration
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 31-Oct-2008 12:49
CIA knew of Colombian attack on FARC in Ecuador: Quito
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 31-Oct-2008 04:37
Ecuador choses new Supreme Court by lottery
Ecuador has picked a new temporary Supreme Court by lottery, but judges say they will boycott the tribunal.
Source : topix.net | 30-Oct-2008 04:31
Newfoundland, Vancouver Island listed among world's great dive sites
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 ...
Source : topix.net | 28-Oct-2008 14:38
Ecuadoran teen gets new high-tech legs, thanks to Bellingham prosthetist
It wouldn't be a stretch to say Jordy Erazo Cordero walked tall when he returned home to Ecuador after two months in Bellingham.
Source : topix.net | 26-Oct-2008 18:24
Fiance of man attacked in Ecuador says he is healing
A Bend man recovering from a stabbing attack in Ecuador was showing signs of healing Thursday, his fiance said in a blog post.
Source : topix.net | 25-Oct-2008 17:37
Couple brutally attacked in Ecuador
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.
Source : topix.net | 24-Oct-2008 17:34
Man stabbed in Ecuador en route to LL for treatment
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.
Source : topix.net | 23-Oct-2008 12:59
Ecuadorian Militaries Clash With Colombian Rebels
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.
Source : topix.net | 22-Oct-2008 20:58