People Daily (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
A fire destroyed on Friday early morning some 106 houses, most of them made of cane, in Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, leaving some 500 people homeless, the Ecuadorian Firemen Corps said. To the moment the causes of the fire are unknown, according to the authorities the fire took place in the sector called "Esmeraldas Chiquito Cooperative," a zone of low income in the south of Guayaquil, the...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Quito - A serious fire on Friday destroyed 106 homes in a poor neighbourhood in Guayaquil, the largest city in Ecuador. There were no immediately reports of deaths. However, the Ecuadorian Public Health Ministry said 14 children had to be admitted in...
TRAVEL BLOG (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Through South America Chapter Seventeen we learn about the military campaign of General San Martin liberating Argentina, Chile and Peru, and the historic meeting with Bolivar in Guayaquil...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
We took a flight from Quito to Guayaquil then a bus to Montaita. Unfortunately when we arrived it was raining and cool which wasnt exactly the exotic beach life I was expecting or hoping for. The weather hasnt been too bad and Braeden has been able to surf. We got enrolled in Spanish school and have been in class for 4 hoursday with another guy Matt from the US. It isnt exactly what we were
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Ecuadorian hip-hop artist Equis recently performed in Guayaquil [es], and Princesa Quil was impressed the performance.
Owsblog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Well maybe some football geek can tell me if this IS actually a one-off or not (albeit not ruling out the future) or am I deluding myself and it happens every few years! I do believe this is the first time that there are 8 (EIGHT!) teams in with a real shout of qualifying for the 2010 football World Cup. Only Brazil and Paraguay are already qualified with the chasing Chile needing only a point to be...
BBC Sport - Football blog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
It's South America's newest force against the oldest when Ecuador meet Uruguay this Saturday in a crunch World Cup qualifier . It is a match with much to teach about the geography of the continent and the history of the game in this part of the world. Introduced mainly by the British, football first caught on in the South Cone, in Montevideo and Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo - a region...
ecrisis (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
"With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost." October 1, 2009 ECrisis has stated here before- many times- that president Rafael Correa is an economically incompetent psychopath. He has converted Ecuador in to an unfree rogue state while he and his chumps run a nasty back room...
Live Streaming Games (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
To watch Live Streaming Emelec Vs Botafogo Copa Sudamericana click this link. Come to Live Streaming Games for the original link and more content . To watch Live Streaming Emelec Vs Botafogo Copa Sudamericana click this link. Come to Live Streaming Games for the original link and more content. Stadium: George Capwell, Guayaquil Match Time: October 1, 2009, 01:50 UK Official(s): Rivera, Víctor...
ecochildsplay (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/09/our-second-eco…play-kiva-loanour-second-eco-childs-play-kiva-loan/ When I began Eco Child's Play almost a year ago, I pledged to invest in Kiva loans with a portion of the income the blog may generate. Even with all the recent changes to Eco Child's Play, I still plan to maintain this small gesture of social responsibility. If you are not familiar with Kiva...
Urban Sketchers (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
"I was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where I studied architecture. I moved to Kassel (Germany) in 1999 to accomplish a master degree. Since 2007 I have been living in Catania, Sicily (Italy) where I work as a landscape architect. Although I have always drawn and paint, it was not until I started studying in the Uni-Kassel, that I started keeping a travel sketchbook. I had a teacher there who used...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
With the amount of organic waste produced in the municipality of Guayaquil, Ecuador, Xavier Márquez of Tecnodatum [es] reports that the local government has solicited bids in order to use the waste to produce biogas.
scaryideas (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
Tame Ecuador Airlines : Fly Guayaquil [Image] Fly Guayaquil Arrived to more places in Ecuador Advertising Agency: La Facultad, Quito, Ecuador Creative Team: Sebastián Villagómez, Germán Andrade, Santiago Zumárraga, Xavier Prado, Andrés Freile, Diego Jarrín Photographer: Ramiro Salazar Account executive: Ana Julia Ayala Published: February 2009
OPNTALK (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
From the Energy Front 090109 Part 2 Hey folks, OK. We're back. Now we are talking about the bogus and illegal shakedown of Chevron in Ecuador. By its own admission, the Government of Ecuador for years neglected to perform its share of the environmental remediation. Indeed, in sharp contrast, it has systematically starved its wholly-owned oil operations of the funds necessary for reasonable maintenance...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 31/08/2009
MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) – The Chamber of Commerce of Guayaquil (CCG) in Ecuador recently named International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI)’s Contecon Guayaquil SA (CGSA) as one of the top companies in the country and the chamber’s most outstanding member in 2008 during a ceremony recently held in commemoration of CCG’s 120th founding anniversary.
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