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Chile's Chaiten volcano one of scores of active volcanoes in region

"We consider the lifespan of Andean volcanoes to be about 1 million years, which is supported by this new eruption"

Aerial view Chaiten Volcano, southern Chile, prior to May 2008 eruption. Image courtesy Chilean Air Force The Chaiten volcano now erupting in southern Chile is one of 200 to 300 volcanoes in the "Andean Arc" ... via PhysOrg Weblog

Dollarized Ecuador sees prices jump faster than US inflation

Ecuador's dollarized economy has seen prices jump by more than 8 percent over the past year, roughly double the rate for the United States, officials said Thursday.

Ecuador: U.S. supported Colombian cross-border raid

Ecuador's Defense Minister says there are "well-founded" reasons to believe the U.S. aided Colombia's air force in a cross-border raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador's jungle last March.

Exotic flowers that will brighten Mom's day

QUITO, ECUADOR - This Mother's Day, the flowers you send to your mother were very likely grown in South America -- and they may have been picked or bundled by a mother there.

Confirmed: Porta paid in full to save licence

America Movil's Ecuadorian mobile subsidiary Conecel has met the government's demand of USD480 million to renew its operating licence for 15 years, a spokesperson for telecoms regulator Conatel confirmed to ...

Ecuador Condemns Executions

Quito, May 7 Ecuador denounced that in the March 1 attack of Colombians on a covert guerrilla camp in this territory, four prisoners were murdered in captivity.

Fans of U.S. military base are hard to find in Ecuador

"And as you get further away from Manta, those misconceptions grow."

Mayor Jorge Zambrano pulled up to the Manta City Hall in his black Ford Explorer, expecting to find a rally in support of the U.S. military outpost that runs drug-surveillance flights from the gritty port city ... via Detroit Free Press

Ecuador will renew America Movil deal

Ecuador's president has agreed to renew the operating concession for the local unit of mobile phone giant America Movil.

Ecuador's National Telecommunications Secretary Jamie Guerrero says America Movil's local unit, Porta, is willing to pay the price requested by Ecuador's government to continue operating in the country for 15 years.

Guerrero says the decision came Monday as America Movil President Daniel Hajj Aboumrad met with President Rafael Correa. It must still be approved by Ecuador's national telecommunications commission. Read more

57 unnatural deaths registered during Ecuador's May Day holidays

About 57 people died of unnatural deaths and 122 others suffered injuries during the May Day holidays in Ecuador, Police said Monday.