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Why the US stopped supporting Zelaya: 15 Minutes on Latin America

In today’s podcast at 11AM Eastern, Carlos Alberto Montaner’s article in El Herald Por qué Estados Unidos le quitó su apoyo a Zelaya Why the US withdrew its support for Zelaya. The Carnival of Latin America will be up later today.

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GRAFITAT (Alternate title: SUPER EXCITING NEWS!!) I'm...

GRAFITAT (Alternate title: SUPER EXCITING NEWS!!) I'm happy to announce that I will now be a contributing blogger for Grafitat , a collaborative based in Quito, Ecuador. Its mission is to " emphasize the value of creativity and design in Ecuador", and it does so by creating a forum for designers, artists and other creatives to exchange information and inspiration. Grafitat's contributors...

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Fire destroys 106 homes in poor neighbourhood in Guayaquil, Ecuador

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...

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LDU Quito 7-0 River Plate (Copa Sudamericana)

2009.11.20 (00h15) - LDU Quito 7-0 River Plate (Copa Sudamericana) Football video clip Highlights :

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Liga de Quito reaches Sudamericana final

QUITO, Ecuador - Claudio Bieler scored a hat-trick as Ecuadorean club Liga de Quito stormed into the final of the Copa Sudamericana with a resounding 7-0 win over River Plate...

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Live coverage of LDU Quito v River Plate in the Copa Sudamericana Semifinals 2nd Leg on Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Copa Sudamericana will determine its final match-up on Thursday, November 19, Click here to view highlights

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A travel writer reflects...Reality TV on Ecuador's long-distance buses

This is an article by Graziano Freschi, experienced traveller and connoisseur. The route from capital Quito to Riobamba in the centre of the country is blessed with stunning natural scenery and it's known as "La Avenida de los Volcanos". The rolling hills with their innumerable shades of green and brown, and towering Volcanic peaks, including snow-capped Cotopaxi , are a feast for the eyes....

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Ecuador Eases Power Rationing

QUITO – Ecuador’s government announced plans to ease the power rationing it imposed as a result of a sharp fall in output from a hydroelectric plant that normally supplies 40 percent of the Andean nation’s electricity. The acting minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Juan Espinoza, said the length of programmed blackouts will be reduced by half once the power Peru agreed to...

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Drought Blamed for Blackouts in Ecuador

PAUTE, Ecuador – Alarmingly low water levels at the hydroelectric power station in this southern Ecuadorian city are to blame for recurrent blackouts in the Andean nation over the past week, authorities say. The reservoir water level at the dam on the Paute River, one of Ecuador’s largest, stood at 1,968 meters (6,450 feet) above sea level on Tuesday, compared with an average level of 1,991...

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Ecuador rejects media warnings on freedom of speech

QUITO, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Ecuadorian government on Tuesday rejected warnings by the Inter-American Press Society (SIP) of "aggressions" against the freedom of speech in the country. Ecuadorian Secretary of Communication Fernando Alvarado said the SIP did not have "moral authority" to make such statements. "No journalist or media in Ecuador can be said to have been threatened...

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Ecuador requests meeting with Obama on U.S.-Colombia military deal

QUITO, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian Defense Minister Javier Ponce requested on Tuesday a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on the U.S. military cooperation agreement signed with Colombia. Colombia and the United States signed an agreement on Oct. 30 to boost the United States' presence by up to 1,400 people across seven military bases in Colombia to fight against drug trafficking and terrorism,...

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Ecuador Government Declares Electricity Emergency Due to Blackouts

QUITO – The Ecuadorian government declared an emergency in the electricity sector due to a generating shortfall at the nation’s biggest hydroelectric plant, which has forced the adoption of energy rationing programs across the country. The coordinating minister of strategic sectors, Galo Borja, said that the measure was determined at a Cabinet meeting Friday in the town of Joya de los Sachas...

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Correa Defends Alliance Between Petroecuador and PDVSA

QUITO – President Rafael Correa defended the strategic alliance between Petroecuador and Venezuelan state-owned oil giant PDVSA for the operation of the Amazon’s Sacha field, one of Ecuador’s largest oil fields. Correa criticized politicians who oppose the alliance, arguing that Petroecuador holds a 70 percent stake in the venture while PDVSA has only a 30 percent interest. The state-owned...

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President Correa Praises Research in the Amazon

QUITO - Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, congratulated young research engineers who work at the Center of Environment Technologies of Petroecuador in La Joya de los Sachas, in the Amazonic province of Orellana. This center is aimed at developing biotechnologies for environmental protection . "With these new techniques they develop from microorganisms we can remedy problems without major contamination,"...

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Ecuador Says New Regulations Will Foster Responsible Mining

QUITO – Ecuador’s new mining regulations, which among other things give the government a 50 percent participation in companies’ operations, will set the country on a path toward “responsible mining development,” a top official said Thursday. In statements to Radio Sonorama, Non-Renewable Natural Resources Minister Germanico Pinto commented on the executive orders that...