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Dozens of Bodies Found in Mexican Border State

MEXICO CITY -- Fifty-nine bodies were found buried Wednesday in a series of pits in the northern Mexico state of Tamaulipas, near the site where suspected drug gang members massacred 72 migrants last summer, officials said. Security forces investigating reports that a passenger bus had been hijacked in the area conducted...

Ecuador Expels US Ambassador in WikiLeaks Flap

QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador said Tuesday it is expelling the U.S. ambassador over a diplomatic cable divulged by WikiLeaks that accuses a newly retired police chief of a long history of corruption and speculates that President Rafael Correa was aware of it. Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced Ambassador Heather...

Bus Crash Kills Dozens in Ecuador

QUITO, Ecuador - Rescue workers say a bus ran off a foggy, rainy mountain road in Ecuador and plunged about 1,100 feet, killing at least 35 people and injuring 34 others. Red Cross worker Jorge Arteaga says by telephone that Friday's accident occurred before dawn in the western province of Manabi. AFP / Getty...

Villagers Flee Erupting Volcano in Ecuador

QUITO, Ecuador (Dec. 5) -- The Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador is billowing ash into the sky and sending super-hot pyroclastic flows surging down its slopes, causing authorities to evacuate nearby villages. Hugo Yepez, director of Ecuador's Geophysical Institute, says no one has been injured nor any village damaged. He says...

WikiLeaks Founder's Mom: 'Don't Hunt My Son'

(Dec. 1) -- The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has gone into hiding in Australia, saying she's "reacting as any mother would" and is extremely "distressed" by a global manhunt targeting her son. Christine Assange, who runs a puppet theater in Australia's Queensland state, told the country's Sunshine Coast...

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Ecuador court upholds pro-Correa libel verdict

QUITO, Ecuador -Ecuador's highest court upheld early Thursday a criminal libel verdict favoring President Rafael Correa, sentencing three newspaper executives and a columnist to three years in prison each and ordering them to pay a total of $42 million in damages.

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Meeting The New Social Entrepreneurs

During the World Economic Forum, I had the pleasure of spending time with Dominik TomiÄeviÄ from Croatia; Jason Wakizaka from the United States; Francisco Perez from Ecuador; and Mohammad Lu'ay Alazzam from Jordan.

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Five foods to try in Ecuador (besides guinea pig)

My personal favorite Ecuadorian food is llapingauchos , a traditional Andean potato pattie stuffed with cheese and cooked on a griddle until crispy and brown.

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Something To Celebrate: The Best LGBT Moments Of The Week

The beginning of the end is finally here.

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Money in Ecuador: How far can $1 get you?

Being introduced to new flavors and climates doesn't always agree with out bodies, but in Ecuador it's no bother.

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02/22/12 Rights commission urges Ecuador president to suspend... Source: JURIST - Paper Chase [JURIST] The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) [official website] urged Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa [official website, in Spanish; BBC profile] and his administration on Tuesday to postpone the sentencing of El Universo [official website, in Spanish] managers convicted of libel until after a hearing between the parties in March.
02/22/12 'American Honor at Stake' in Ecuador Oil Spills: You... Source: Little Rock Hola! Arkansas - Little Rock AR NEW YORK , Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. oil giant Chevron needs to do in Ecuador what BP is doing in the U.S. Gulf Coast region ? clean up its environmental mess, the conservative-oriented organization "You Break It, You Fix It" today demanded.
02/22/12 I Heart My City: Bryan + Dena's Cuenca (Ecuador) Source: Travel & Cultures - National Geographic Bryan and Dena Haines sold their ad agency, their home and everything they owned that wouldn't fit in a few bags of luggage and moved their young family to Cuenca, Ecuador (not to be confused with its namesake in Spain).
02/22/12 KLM makes good its threat to stop direct Manila flights Source: Manila Standard Today Air France-KLM couldn't wait for Manila's promises.
02/21/12 Ecuador court rejects Chevron arbitration ruling Source: Business Insurance Europe QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters)âA court in Ecuador has rejected an order by arbitrators that an $18 billion pollution ruling against Chevron Corp. should be frozen, but the judges referred an appeal by the U.S. oil company to the country's Supreme Court.

Background on ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador (; , which literally translates to the Republic of the Equator) is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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