From El Commerical
2012 is shaping up as a transition year for the national aviation industry in Ecuador, after the rule change since last January.
The starting point was the elimination of air fuel subsidy. Companies started to pay the real value of fuel, which now fluctuates with the price of a barrel of crude. Airlines were previously paying $ 1.24 per gallon now must pay around $ 3.04. Prior to January, Ecuador was subsidizing 60% of actual value of fuel.
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Eco-Tours at San Jorge Eco-Lodges & Botanical Reserves – The Magic Hiking Circuit
Ecuador is a perfect destination for eco-adventures. The bio-diversity, natural wonders, Incan culture and high quality of eco-tourism are a big attraction for active travelers, nature enthusiasts, birdwatchers, botanists, biologist and nature photographers from all over the world. Just north of Quito is the equator (that fictitious line in the middle of the Earth).
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Quito - Image via Wikipedia by Julie R Butler, Expat Daily News Latin America: http://www.expatdailynewslatinamerica.com It has taken a while, but finally, Ecuador will receive some due attention on this website. Situated right on the equator, Ecuador’s small size (it is South America’s fourth smallest country) makes its diversity in climates, geography, and biology all the more impressive, with three geographical areas on the mainland – the coastal plain lining the...Read Full Story
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on February 10, 2012 appointed His Exc. Mgr. Paolo Mietto C.S.I, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Napo (Ecuador), as Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (Ecuador). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 13/2/2012)
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Ecuador has become the door of South America to Haitian immigrants who want to go to Brazil in search of a better life than living in their country, devastated by the earthquake of 2010, because the Andean nation does not ask for visa: this is the information released from the NGO, "the Jesuit Service for Refugees and migrants" (SJRM) in Quito. In early January, in just three days, 500 Haitians arrived in Brasileia, a...
(AP) QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador's foreign minister says police in Italy found nearly 90 pounds (40 kilos) of cocaine in diplomatic mail sent to the Mediterranean country and two suspects have been arrested. Ricardo Patino said Thursday that the ...
She was wearing a bright red apron and carrying a huge black plastic garbage bag filled with medicinal herbs and flowers. Since mama didn’t speak any English it had been explained to me she would be administering my limpia, which is a spiritual cleansing ...
Interested in adventure and exploring new places? An international magazine is looking for volunteers to spend a month in Cuenca, Ecuador to test its potential as a retirement destination. Applicants must be near retirement age, from the United States or ...
A community portal about Ecuador with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bounded by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west. The country also includes the Galápagos Islands...more
A community portal about Ecuador with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bounded by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west. The country also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 965 kilometers west of the mainland. Ecuador is the Spanish word for equator. Ecuador straddles the equator and has an area of 256,370 square kilometers. Its capital city is Quito.