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Ecuador | Whitewater Kayaking National Tournament 2008.The Second National Slalom & Down River Kayak Championships (Ecuador chapter) organized by the "Federacion Ecuatoriana de Canotaje" was held in Bucay, Guayas, Ecuador on July 19th, 2008. The chosen river is the Chimbo, a class III river. It is not a commercial river, so not many people know how to run it which makes the competition even more interesting.
Source : topix.net | 23-Jul-2008 22:03
Last-of-Kind Galapagos Tortoise May Become Father
Lonesome George, the long-living Galapagos Islands giant tortoise thought to be the last of his subspecies, might soon be a father.
Source : topix.net | 23-Jul-2008 21:49
Torrington man charged with threatening to kill ex-girlfriend
A 24-year-old Ecuadorian man was arraigned Monday on charges he threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend after learning he was not the father of one of her two children.
Source : topix.net | 23-Jul-2008 19:12
US officials to return seized artifacts to Ecuador
U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities have seized four pre-Columbian artifacts originally from Ecuador and returned them to the government of the South American nation.
Source : topix.net | 23-Jul-2008 03:06
Alleged threat victim changes her mind
A criminal case in which a Torrington man was accused of threatening to kill a 26-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter in a "kid tug of war" was muddled Monday when the victim changed her statement at ...
Source : topix.net | 22-Jul-2008 18:56
Lonesome George may end bachelor days on Galapagos
After decades of solitude, "Lonesome George" may finally save his species of Galapagos giant tortoise from extinction, his keepers said on Monday.
Source : topix.net | 22-Jul-2008 07:33
Ecuador looks to Iran and China in new oil refinery
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa shake hands during a press conference in Manta, Ecuador, on July 15, 2008.
Source : topix.net | 22-Jul-2008 00:27
US ambassador: Ecuador's government is not collaborating with Colombian guerrillas
QUITO, Ecuador : A U.S. diplomat insists the United States "in no way" believes Ecuador's government has ties to leftist Colombian guerrillas.
Source : topix.net | 21-Jul-2008 00:09
New Ecuador Constitution Emerges
Quito, Jul 19 The Ecuadorian national political scene is buzzing Saturday about the country's new Constitution, elaborated by the Constituent Assembly, with five days left for its official presentation.
Source : topix.net | 20-Jul-2008 19:37
New Ecuadorian Constitution has 494 Articles
Quito, Jul 18 The Constituent Assembly exhibits Friday a new Constitution with 494 articles approved, when all that remains is hardly a week to present it officially to citizens.
Source : topix.net | 19-Jul-2008 19:12
Ecuador Assembly Approves Constitution
Quito, Jul 17 The Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly is to approve Thursday the last articles of the new constitution, which will be presented July 25.
Source : topix.net | 18-Jul-2008 18:54
Venezuelan businesses object to haggling
In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, embraces Ecuador's President Rafael Correa upon his arrival to Manta, Ecuador, Tuesday, July 15, 2008.
Source : topix.net | 17-Jul-2008 18:49
Chavez, Ortega Call For Latin American Unity
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and his Nicaraguan counterpart Daniel Ortega called for Latin American unity during a meeting with Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa here Tuesday.
Source : topix.net | 16-Jul-2008 18:26
Ecuador head defends TV seizures
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has denied that the government's seizure of two TV stations on Tuesday is an attack on freedom of expression.
Source : topix.net | 15-Jul-2008 23:23
Nicaragua President to Ecuador
Quito, Jul 14 Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega is to arrive in Monday to this capital to analyze bilateral links with his Ecuadorian counterpart Rafael Correa.
Source : topix.net | 14-Jul-2008 23:06
Over 100 Species Of Bats Found Within Several Acres Of Rainforest In Ecuador
Now, researchers of the Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin and Boston University have discovered the place that harbours the highest number of bat species ever recorded.
Source : topix.net | 14-Jul-2008 14:53
Ecuador's president angrily rejects mending fences with Colombia
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa angrily declined today to follow the example of his ally on the South American left, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, in mending tattered relations with ...
Source : topix.net | 13-Jul-2008 14:53
Colombia investigates killing of 5 indigent residents of Bogota
Bogota's mayor says he is concerned that five indigent people found shot to death in the Colombian capital may have been the targets of social cleansing.
Source : topix.net | 13-Jul-2008 10:17
Guayaquil - better than anticipated - Guayaquil, Ecuador
Caught the bus from a wet Banos via Riobamba down to a very much hotter Guayaquil , which is Ecuadors "second city" and the place from where I fly to the Galapagos Islands on Thursday morning.
Source : topix.net | 12-Jul-2008 12:17
Ecuador's Debt Policy Will Follow Audit Report, New Finance Minister Says
Ecuador's debt policy will hinge on the results of an audit investigating ``illegitimate'' foreign borrowings, said Wilma Salgado , who was sworn in today as the country's new Finance Minister .
Source : topix.net | 11-Jul-2008 12:14
Smithsonian Coral Biodiversity Survey Of Panama's Pearl Islands
"To evaluate strategies for the protection of natural resources in the Las Perlas archipelago, we gathered basic information about coral species distributions.
Source : topix.net | 10-Jul-2008 12:10
Ecuador: EFL teachers for children, high school, and adult groups
At interview, ask about desired levels of performance. Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 2008 16:57 GMT EFL teachers for children, high school, and adult groups Centro de Estudios Interamericanos Location Cuenca, Ecuador ...
Source : topix.net | 10-Jul-2008 03:39
Ecuador seizes TV stations; economy chief quits
Ecuador's government seized television stations and nearly 200 other businesses Tuesday for debts stemming from bank failures in the 1990s.
Source : topix.net | 09-Jul-2008 03:18
Ecuador authorities seize televisions station alleging unpaid debt
Ecuadorian officials have seized the installations of two private television stations.
Source : topix.net | 08-Jul-2008 18:08
TRNS Around the world: Duran, Ecuador
Last night I lay underneath my mosquito net in an unknown corner of the world. I listened to a baby cry, no, scream a few houses away.
Source : topix.net | 08-Jul-2008 07:26
Ecuador pardons small-time drug couriers
Published: Monday, July 7, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, July 7, 2008 at 12:12 a.m. QUITO, Ecuador - Hundreds of jailed convicts are celebrating Ecuador's decision to pardon low-level drug couriers ...
Source : topix.net | 07-Jul-2008 07:19
Ecuador, Vietnam Seal Oil Alliance
Quito, Jul 4 State companies from Ecuador and Vietnam signed a strategic alliance for the development of common interests in the hydrocarbon sector.
Source : topix.net | 06-Jul-2008 20:44
Airline cuts hit fliers who booked early
Air travelers who booked tickets in advance for this fall may want to check again before they check in.
Source : topix.net | 06-Jul-2008 12:15
Panama Says No to U.S. Military Base
Panama has ruled out hosting a U.S. military base to replace one in Ecuador which is being reclaimed by the Quito government, a senior Panamanian official said on Friday.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jul-2008 17:32
Post-Labor Day travelers may be affected by capacity cuts
With most U.S. airlines cutting back their capacity, air travelers who booked tickets in advance for the fall and winter may be forced to change their itineraries, says a report by the Wall Street Journal .
Source : topix.net | 05-Jul-2008 09:10
M 4.9, Ecuador
Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jul-2008 03:48
Ecuador May Seek to Sell Bonds Overseas as Growth Accelerates, Ortiz Says
Ecuador, after restructuring its debt twice in the past 20 years, will seek to tap foreign debt markets next year as economic growth speeds up and public-sector debt falls, Finance Minister Fausto Ortiz said.
Source : topix.net | 04-Jul-2008 03:43
Grab the Ecuador deal
Haciendas and Indian crafts markets. It sounded like a good way for two women to see Ecuador.
Source : topix.net | 03-Jul-2008 03:41
Church Group Traveling To Ecuador For Two Weeks
Upcoming "what I did on my summer vacation" essays will have a whole new meaning for 14 members of the senior high youth group at Northwest Covenant Church in Mt.
Source : topix.net | 02-Jul-2008 19:14
Ecuador drops visa requirement
Ecuador has discontinued the need for foreign vsiitors to have a travel visa to enter its mainland and the Galapagos Islands.
Source : topix.net | 02-Jul-2008 11:11
Ecuador - What You May Not Know
Ecuador is a small country, but one full of travel opportunities. Here are some things about it that may surprise you.
Source : topix.net | 02-Jul-2008 03:04
Penguins Setting Off Sirens Over Health Of World's Oceans
Oil pollution, depletion of fisheries and rampant coastline development that threatens breeding habitat for many penguin species, along with Earth's warming climate, are leading to rapid population declines ...
Source : topix.net | 01-Jul-2008 18:43
Marketing Daily: Sorry, Charlie: Del Monte Is Selling StarKist
The $363 million agreement is for all of the company's seafood business to be sold to South Korea food group Dongwon.
Source : topix.net | 01-Jul-2008 14:00
Colombia, Ecuador drop plans to restore diplomatic ties
Relations between Colombia and Ecuador grew chillier Tuesday, as Colombia postponed restoring diplomatic ties at the level of trade-attache because of "aggressive" remarks by Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa, ...
Source : topix.net | 01-Jul-2008 09:39
India clinches first foreign deal with Ecuador to sell Dhruv
New Delhi, June 25 India today made aviation history by concluding a USD 51 million deal with the South American Republic of Ecuador for the sale of seven 'Dhruv' Advanced Light Helicopters .
Source : topix.net | 01-Jul-2008 04:53
Ecuador-Colombia: No Clear Solution
Quito, Jun 28 The Carter Center mission admitted the lack of conditions leading to a rapprochement between Ecuador and Colombia for bilateral links, broken since March, to be resumed.
Source : topix.net | 29-Jun-2008 17:41
LIT: Beautiful photography exposes crude reality
Crude Reflections opens with pastoral scenes of a rainforest lagoon and the looming roots of a giant ceiba tree.
Source : topix.net | 28-Jun-2008 22:53
Tackling Ecuador's refugee buildup
Less than a month ago, Rosalba Agredo Gonzalez was given only a few minutes to leave her house in Colombia. She was woken up in the middle of the night by armed men who threatened her and took away her neighbor.
"They told me they wouldn't do anything to me because of my children. Otherwise they would have killed me," she says.
Agredo now lives with her elderly father and her three children in Lago Agrio, a small city in northern Ecuador, 15 miles from the Colombian border. They've made their temporary home alongside one wall of a small wooden house, with only a tin roof, concrete floor, and plastic sheets for walls. She doesn't have a job but sometimes prepares a local pastry at a neighbor's house which her eldest son sells on the street.
Source : topix.net | 26-Jun-2008 22:37
Fork in the Road: Sea urchin is a precious, luscious California commodity
THERE IT WAS, spread out beneath me in every direction: my dinner. The rocky inlets and kelp forests of California's eight Channel Islands are home to what is considered to be some of the finest uni, or sea ...
Source : topix.net | 25-Jun-2008 02:13
Missing Woman Found in Ecuador
ELISSA SIFUENTES DISAPPEARED DURING A LUNCH BREAK LAST WEDNESDAY WHILE ON THE EDUCATIONAL TRIP TO STUDY SPANISH AND CULTURE IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Source : topix.net | 24-Jun-2008 01:38
Venezuela puts nation first in mining
Venezuela's environment minister said Saturday that the government will put national interests first in the mining sector and forbid mining in a forest reserve that is home to two of the country's largest gold ...
Source : topix.net | 22-Jun-2008 01:30