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Made Popular Oct 27 2009
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Ecuador’s president is in London this week to promote a unique proposal: pay his country $3 billion not to drill for oil in a pristine Amazon reserve.

Germany and Spain have expressed interest in President Rafael Correa’s idea, which...

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Ecuador President Rafael Correa Sunday said if Colombia carries out another cross border attack like that on a FARC camp in 2008, Ecuador’s response will be...
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In May, I went to Guayaquil, with sewage as my calling card! Guayaquil is Ecuador’s largest city and center of commerce and shipping, located at the mouth of the...
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The payments on the $246.9 million loan were made on Thursday, the foreign ministry said in a statement. As a result, Brazil will now send back its ambassador to the...
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Costa de Sauipe (Brazil), Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) The leaders of the Latin American countries discussed steps to deal with the global financial crisis at the 36th summit...
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Brazilian construction company Odebrecht says it has accepted terms from the Ecuadorean government to end a dispute over a troubled hydroelectric plant.
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Vijender Kumar created history on Wednesday after he became India’s third medal winner at the Beijing Olympics. Vijender defeated Carlos Gongora of Ecaudor, assuring...
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Tamara Pearson, Merida
The government of Rafael Correa took over 3 television stations and nearly 200 private companies including TC Television, TC Noticias, as well as insurance,...
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A new inalienable right could be enshrined soon in Ecuador’s constitution: the pursuit of sexual happiness for women.
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Trevor, Burlington
The teenage survivors of a bus crash that killed five young women on a gap-year adventure in Ecuador were preparing to return to Britain last night after telling their...
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Jordan, Houston
If your grocery bill is going up, you’re not alone. From subsistence farmers eating rice in Ecuador to gourmets feasting on escargot in France, consumers...
made popular Apr 12 2008
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Apr 27 2009 by AP0 Comments

President Rafael Correa has won re-election but may have little time to savor the decisive victory. The leftist economist must now determine how to maintain his ample social spending programs in a deepening economic crisis.

 
 
Apr 27 2009 by AP0 Comments

Populist President Rafael Correa appeared headed for an outright election victory, according to partial results, which would make the leftist economist the first Ecuadorean president in 30 years to be chosen without a runoff vote.

 
 
Apr 27 2009 by AP0 Comments

President Rafael Correa, a leftist economist who has championed the poor and alienated international investors, appeared headed for easy re-election Sunday in a break with Ecuador’s history of political instability.

 
 
Apr 26 2009 by AP0 Comments

President Rafael Correa, a leftist champion of the poor, declared re-election victory Sunday just moments after the polls closed _ a win that breaks sharply with Ecuador’s history of political instability.

 
 
Apr 26 2009 by AP0 Comments

Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa has declared victory in an apparently easy re-election.

 
 
Apr 26 2009 by AP0 Comments

President Rafael Correa, a feisty leftist popular for his social programs, was widely favored to win re-election Sunday. He was even given a shot at becoming the first Ecuador president elected in 30 years without a runoff.

 
 
Apr 20 2009 by AP0 Comments

Ecuador’s finance minister says her country will repurchase nearly a third of its foreign debt at a 70 percent discount, ending months of speculation about a default.

 
 
Apr 17 2009 by AP0 Comments

Top-ranked Rafael Nadal stretched his winning streak at the Monte Carlo Masters to 24 matches on Friday, beating Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador 6-3, 6-0 to advance to the quarterfinals.

 
 
Mar 20 2009 by AP0 Comments

A small army plane slammed into an apartment building in an upscale neighborhood of Ecuador’s mountainous capital on Thursday, killing five people aboard the aircraft and two more on the ground.

 
 
Mar 20 2009 by AP0 Comments

A fire chief says five people are dead after a small military plane slammed into an apartment building in the Ecuadorean capital.

 
 
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