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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... [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.
Posted March 1, 2005 Islas Galápagos, named after the shells of saddlebacked Galápagos tortoises, is an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator, almost 1,000 kilometre west of continental Ecuador. These islands are famed for their endemic species studied by Charles Darwin back in the 1830's which supported his theory of evolution by natural selection. Its an animal paradise and one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. ....Continue reading about the Galapagos...
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TemasEtUnam The Bank makes a point of detailing how they believe they have minimized the adverse environmental impact of this dam project. In fact, they almost sound defensive about it. Are any of my readers familiar with the project, that they can confirm or refute the Bank's claims? Just curious. From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): IDB approves US$87.8 million loan for hydroelectric project in Ecuador Baba Project includes construction of 8-km diverter to Daule Peripa...
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My daughter is living in Quito Ecuador and I often wonder why she chose to move so far away. What is so great about Ecuador? My daughter lives in Quito, the capital city where they speak very little English. That's OK because she is very fluent in Spanish and I am sure that's why the government hired her as an interpreter. It is also one of the worlds cheapest places to live. Of course, just because it's cheap it doesn't mean it's ideal as a retirement or investment destination...
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QUITO, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian Justice Minister Gustavo Jalkh Friday rejected a report by the International Police (Interpol) about analysis results ...
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QUITO (Dow Jones)--Ecuador's Oil Minister, Galo Chiriboga, said Friday that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, should raise oil production to try to lower current high oil prices.
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QUITO, May 16 (Reuters) - Ecuador's Oil Minister Galo Chiriboga said on Friday he would propose OPEC raise production to curb record high oil prices, which he said were hurting poor nations due to speculation on the energy markets. (Reporting by ...
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QUITO, May 16 (Reuters) - Ecuador on Friday offered foreign oil companies a cut in a controversial windfall tax, if they keep output levels up this year, in a move to boost dwindling production in the key sector. A lower windfall tax, which has ...
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Quito, May 16 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador Friday denounced the lack of credibility in the INTERPOL report on the alledge authors of the killing of guerrilla leader Raul Reyes by Colombian revolutionary forces in that territory. Ecuadorian Minister of ...
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QUITO, Ecuador : Struggling with the rising price of food? Go grow your own. That's the solution Finance Minister Fausto Ortiz is offering Ecuadoreans.
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Quito, May 15 Ecuador declassified two documents from the National Security Council with evidence proving the non-existince of links between President Rafael Correa and Colombian guerrillas.
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Quito, May 15 Ecuador's President Rafael Correa returns home Thursday after a tour of Spain, Belgium and France, which he termed very positive because it discredited a Colombian campaign against this country.
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