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Lonesome George, the long-living Galapagos Islands giant tortoise thought to be the last of his kind, might soon be a father.The Galapagos National Park announced Monday that a female tortoise that has accompanied George since 1993 laid three intact eggs.
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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...
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Populist President Rafael Correa appeared headed for an outright election victory, according to partial results, which would make the leftist economist the first...
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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...
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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...
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Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa has declared victory in an apparently easy re-election.
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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...
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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...
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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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A small army plane crashed into a building in a populated part of Ecuador’s capital on Thursday.
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A small plane has crashed into the side of a building in a populated part of the Ecuadorean capital.
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Posters plastered on the walls of supermarket chains across this Andean nation proudly declare “Ecuador First.” But for many shoppers, buying domestic is no...
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Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa accused an expelled U.S. diplomat of directing CIA operations in the South American nation, but offered no proof.
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Ecuador’s government said Wednesday it will expel a U.S. Embassy official who allegedly disputed the transfer of a senior police investigator amid a growing...
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Ecuador’s government says it will expel a U.S. Embassy official it accuses of interfering in the nation’s internal affairs.
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The wife of the Ecuadorean man hit by a car, trapped under a van and dragged for nearly 20 miles through New York City is demanding justice for her husband’s...
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Ecuador has summoned the U.S. ambassador to express outrage over a diplomat’s letter saying Washington is suspending $340,000 in annual aid because it is not...
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President Rafael Correa has ordered the expulsion of a U.S. diplomat who he says suspended $340,000 in annual aid to Ecuador’s anti-contraband police.
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Ecuador’s state oil company says it is cutting its budget this year to $3 billion _ a 30 percent drop from last year’s outlay of $4.3 billion.
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Ecuador’s oil minister says his government will likely terminate an operating contract with French oil company Perenco SA ahead of schedule.
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Ecuador will make a $30.9 million interest payment on its Global 2015 bonds despite vowing to stop paying other international debt, the finance minister said Tuesday.
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By this point in his long life, Lonesome George should be at least a grandfather.
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The Royal Society’s prestigious annual science book prize has short listed six books for the science book prize. The award includes prize money of £10,000....
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