Ecuador

From an Amazon backwater to the Nobel Peace Prize

Stephen P. Williams | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Latinos, Nobel Peace Prize 2012, Ecuador, Nobel Peace Prize, Lenin Moreno, Latino Prosperity, Latino Voices News

Lenin Moreno, the vice president of Ecuador, never set out to win the Nobel Peace Prize. But sometimes the most deserving nominees find their life's work at the point of a gun - literally.

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Police Make Shocking Find At Site Of Plane Crash

AP | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Ecuador Cocaine, Ecuador, Ecuador Plane Crash, Cocaine Lab, Ecuador Drug Lab, Cocaine, World News

QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador's official news agency says police have found a cocaine-processing lab near where a small Mexican-registered plane crashed o...

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Cash Stash In Plane Crash

AP | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Drug War Mexico, Video, Ecuador Drug Trafficking, Ecuador Drug Traffic, Ecuador Cocaine, Ecuador, Drug Violence, Plane Crash Ecuador, Cash Drugs Plane Ecuador, Mexico, Ecuador Drug Smuggling, Drug Smuggling, Ecuador Plane Smuggling, World News

QUITO, Ecuador — A Mexican-registered plane carrying two men, a large amount of cash and a dog crashed in Ecuador, and officials said Monday tha...

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Yasuní: A Holistic, Creative and Innovative Proposal

Ivonne A-Baki | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Environment, Yasuni National Park's Ishpingo Tambococha Tiputini, Ecuador, Yasuni National Park, Hispanic Heritage, Latino Voices News

Today, modernization and globalization have brought vertiginous changes. The drive of those who seek the greatest reward in the shortest time span and with the least effort has led, in the case of our country, Ecuador, to a mismanagement of our natural environment.

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U.S. Murder Trial Heard In Ecuador

AP | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Murder, Murder Trial, Ecuador, Extradition, Latino Voices News

QUITO, Ecuador -- A judge in Ecuador says a ruling is expected Monday in a 2011 double murder in the United States that is being tried in an unusual v...

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Angelina Jolie's New Engagement In Ecuador

The Huffington Post | Lee Hernandez | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Cultura, Brad Pitt, Video, Colombia, Ecuador, United Nations, Angelina Jolie, UNHCR Special Envoy, Slidepollajax, United Nations Refugee, Latino Voices News

Exactly one week after confirming her plans to marry Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie already has a new engagement—in Ecuador. The Oscar-winning actres...

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Scraping the Bottom

John Feffer | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Oil, Energy, Fracking, Green Energy, Peak Oil, Ecuador, Carbon, Renewable Energy, Natural Gas, World News

Just about every commodity we depend on is becoming scarce: oil, natural gas, key metals, rare earth elements, and even arable land. As a result, like greedy little kids with a cookie jar, we are scraping the bottom to get all that remains.

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Clean Water in the Amazon!

Mitch Anderson | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Rainforest, Water Relief, Oil, Green Solutions, Indigenous Rights, Ecuador, Rainwater Harvesting, Big Oil, Water Pollution, Clean Water, Environmental Contamination, Water, Rainwater Catchment, Chevron Ecuador, Amazon Rainforest, Chevron, Video, Green News

Chevron is guilty of massive environmental crimes in the Amazon, but has chosen to spend millions on lobbyists, lawyers and PR firms instead of paying for a clean up of its mess.

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Floods Force Thousands From Homes In Ecuador

AP | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Ecuador Weather, Ecuador Mudslides, Ecuador Floods 2012, Ecuador Natural Disaster, Video, Ecuador Floods, Ecuador, World News

QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador's government says floods and mudslides have caused at least 10 deaths so far this year and forced about 4,700 people to flee...

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Indigenous Protestors Take Aim At Mining Projects

AP | GONZALO SOLANO | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Indigenous Protests, Mining Projects, Ecuador Indigenous People, Ecuador, Ecuador Mining, Indigenous People, Ecuador Indigenous, Ap, World News

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — More than 1,000 indigenous protesters reached Ecuador's capital Thursday after a two-week march from the Amazon to oppose plan...

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PHOTOS: Kidtastic Family Adventures

Kensington Tours | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Masai Mara, Longsheng, Aswan, Ecuador, Rome, Travel, Italy, Red Sea, Shanghai, Nairobi, Nile River, Beijing, Kenya, Egypt, Venice, Slidefreestyle, China, Travel Blogs, Galapagos Islands, Florence, Slidepollajax, Travel News

What is a Kidtastic Family Adventure? It's a holiday that goes far beyond the beach and instead features personalized once-in-a-lifetime activities

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PHOTOS: 10 Winter Escapes In South America

BootsnAll | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Chile, South America, Venezuela, Bootsnall, Peru, Southern Hemisphere, Summer, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Travel, Slidepollajax, Travel News

In Patagonia, you can jet-ski across crystalline, azure lakes. In Colombia and Venezuela, you can trek through steamy jungles.

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'Green News Report' - February 9, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Economy, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Nuclear Energy, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Republicans, Innovation, Solar Energy; Peak Oil, Whales, Gregory Jaczko, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Polyurethane, Plastic, Newt Gingrich, Rainforest, Ecuador, Rick Santorum, Science, Seaweed, Glaciers, Green Jobs, Fracking, Himalayas, Louisiana, Rising Sea Level, Fukushima, Wind Energy, Eminent Domain, Hydraulic Fracturing, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Santorum ...

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PHOTOS: The World's 9 Most Dangerous Landing Strips

Off Track Planet | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Africa, Landing, Tibet, Scotland, Airports, Travel, Thailand, Netherlands, Bangkok, France, Ecuador, Dangerous, Honduras, Tanzania, Runway, Greenland, Flying, Dangerous Runways, Dangerous Airports, Slidepollajax, Travel News

You'll very likely set foot on the ground unscathed. Just take a nice deep breath and hope the strip you're landing on isn't feeling too cranky.

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Ecuador Opposition Columnist Asks U.S. For Asylum

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Emilio Palacio, Journalism Libel, Politics, Video, President Rafael Correa, Ecuador, El Universo Newspaper, Rafael Correa, Asylum, Latino Voices News

MIAMI — A former Ecuadorean newspaper columnist who faces prison and millions of dollars in fines for his criticism of President Rafael Correa r...

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PHOTOS: Where The Wild Things Are

Kensington Tours | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Rwanda, Manitoba, India, Antarctica, Indonesia, Ecuador, Slidepollajax, Okavango-Delta, Borneo, Botswana, Kalahari Desert, Churchill, Canada, Galapagos Islands, Travel News

Discovering the Acropolis, seeing the Mona Lisa, walking on the Great Wall and watching the sunrise over the Taj Mahal are all undeniably spectacular travel experiences, yet nothing can compare to encountering the spellbinding magic of meeting Mother Nature's majestic creatures up close and in person.

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Iran Launches Spanish TV In Jab At U.S. 'Dominance'

AP | By NASSER KARIMI | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Spanish Network, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Television, Video, Venezuela, Iranian, Ecuador, Spanish, Tehran, Iran, Tv Channel, Nicaragua, Satellite, Cuba, Hispan Tv, Latino Voices News

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's president on Tuesday lauded his country's newly launched Spanish-language satellite TV channel, saying it would deal a blow to ...

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PHOTOS: Biodiversity

Priyanka Rao | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Animal Photos, Nature Photos, Ecuador, Amazon River, Biodiversity, Slidepollajax, Tarantula, High School News

I've been waiting to encounter the famed biodiversity of the Amazon. I have pictures of a yellow-green butterfly and the green frogs that hopped inside when it rained too hard for too long.

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The World’s Top 10 Retirement Havens

www.marketwatch.com | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Thailand, Colombia, Retirement, Ecuador, New Zealand, Retirement-Travel, Mexico, Spain, Travel, Travel Destinations, Destinations, Overseas, Fifty News

They're cheap, yes, but these overseas spots offer more than that. ...

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PHOTOS: Meticulous Removal Of Land Mines

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Photography, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Explosives, Peru, Photo, Conflict, Ecuador, Removal, War, Exposure, Landmines, Photojournalism, World News

Past conflicts between Ecuador and Peru have left the landscape dotted with mines, and their removal is risky business. This important job is done by ...

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'Green News Report' - January 5, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Antarctica, Fracking, Epa, Nigeria, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Power Plants, Iran, Innovation, Dioxin, Fda, Green News Report, Pollution, Chevron Ecuador, Coal, Sharks, Offshore Drilling, Antibiotic Resistance, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Insurance, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Superbugs, Food Politics, Africa, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Chevron, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Farming, Maple Syrup, Factory Farming, Nuclear Power, Brazil, Ecuador, Chesapeake Bay, Environmentalism, Subsidies, New York, State Department, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Food, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, Video, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Riots ove...

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Ecuador Urges Evacuations Near Spewing Volcano

AP | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Natural Disasters, Ecuador, Ecuador Volcano Eruption, Tungurahua Eruption, Tungurahua, Tungurahua Volcano Eruption, Volcano, World News

QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador's government is urging four villages to evacuate because of increased activity in the Tungurahua volcano not far from the co...

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U.S. "Diplomacy" Still Failing In Latin America

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Bolivia, Obama Administration, Ecuador, Colombia, United States, Venezuela, Latin America, Politics News

Yesterday the United States expelled the Ambassador from Ecuador, in retaliation for Wednesday's expulsion of the U.S Ambassador from Ecuador. This no...

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A 'Post70 Boomer' Looks Back

Dorian de Wind | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Grandchildren, Ecuador, Life After 50, Post50 Boomers, Family, Fifty News

It is now the end of "my week," a week that has gone by much too swiftly. It seems inconceivable that only a week ago I cried "Hello" and that today it is almost time to whisper "Goodbye," as the days, the hours, the minutes are forebodingly turning so very, very short.

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Bo Derek Campaigns To Save Amazon Rainforest

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Christian | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Amazon Oil Companies, Bo Derek, Bo Dereck Yasuni Ambassador, Raphael Correa Ecuador, Amazon Oil Drilling, President Raphael Correa, Video, Oil Drilling, Bo Derek Environment, Yasuni ITT Trust Fund, Ecuador, Yasuni National Park's Ishpingo Tambococha Tiputini, Yasuni National Park, Ivonne a-Baki, Environment, Ecuadorian Amazon, Green News

While the rest of the world succumbed to the last ice age, an ecological haven avoided the freeze. Today, it is one of the most biodiverse areas on th...

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