CofC Ecuador Travel Blog

CNN – Ecuador

• Arrest warrant derails Colombia-Ecuador talks October 17, 2009
  After nearly going to war last year over a Colombian military raid inside Ecuador, the two nations seemed to be patching relations when their foreign ministers met a few weeks ago. […]
• Gregory Sica: Who'll be in as South America qualifying comes to end October 6, 2009
  Brazil and Paraguay already booked their tickets for the 2010 World Cup, but six other teams are still in the running. There are only two automatic tickets left for South America, and one playoff berth against the fourth-place team from CONCACAF. […]
• President, indigenous groups at odds over fatal protest in Ecuador October 2, 2009
  On the edge of Ecuador's Amazon Basin, the Upano River gives life to a vibrant agricultural sector that keeps the economy of the southeastern city of Macas beating. Bananas, papayas and coffee are some of the foods farmed by the largely indigenous population. […]
• Alleged rebel diary ties Ecuador president to FARC guerrillas July 30, 2009
  A diary reported to have come from a top Colombian guerrilla leader killed last year says key officials in Ecuador accepted money from the rebels and had connections with Mexican drug gangs. […]
• Ecuador: Seven die from Quito plane crash March 20, 2009
  A small military plane on a training flight in heavy fog crashed Thursday into a populated area of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, killing the five people aboard and two on the ground, authorities said. […]
• Tim Vickery: Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina look to make qualifying statements March 18, 2009
  All over South America, international squads are being called up as the continent's World Cup qualification campaign resumes after a 5½-month break. The 11th and 12th games for each nation are coming up in late March, followed by two more in June, two in September and the final two in October. […]
• Top FARC suspect reportedly captured in Ecuador March 11, 2009
  Authorities in Ecuador said they have captured a top guerrilla leader belonging to the Marxist FARC group from neighboring Colombia, news outlets reported Wednesday. […]
• U.S. protests expulsions of diplomats from Ecuador February 19, 2009
  The State Department called the expulsion of the second U.S. diplomat from Ecuador in just over a week "unjustified," rejecting charges the diplomats meddled in Ecuador's internal affairs. […]
• Smugglers sink 'drug subs,' but not feds' case January 15, 2009
  A Navy helicopter whipped the waves as the U.S. Coast Guard closed in on the suspected drug traffickers abandoning their homemade submarine off the coast of Ecuador. […]
• Ecuador won't pay foreign debt interest December 13, 2008
  Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said Friday he will not pay interest on the nation's foreign debt and that he was prepared to accept any consequences. […]