Pichincha, Ecuador News

Quito, Dec 17 The Organic General Education Bill was dealt with on Wednesday in the Ecuadorian National Assembly Plenary, after the first debate, in which the legislators highlighted its important role to the country''s present and future.

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A drought in Ecuador is causing power blackouts throughout the country, slowing the economy's recovery and helping to push Rafael Correa's popularity to the lowest point of his presidency.

Archbishop Raul Vela Chiriboga of Quito spoke about the experience of communion and common prayer that marked the 3rd Plenary Assembly of the Christian Life Movement , which ended with a Mass on December 8, Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

U.S. intelligence from inside Ecuador was used to plan a 2008 bombing by Colombian troops that killed a top FARC guerrilla chieftain inside Ecuadorean territory, the government said on Thursday.

QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador's Central Bank chief has resigned after coming under fire from the president for failing to repatriate monetary reserves held overseas quickly enough.

A shaman blows a bull's horn on festival day and pivots to clouds of burning incense in a purification ceremony, all shot on video.

It's not often that you can say you've slept in a president's house. Yet, Hacienda Zuleta, set in the dizzy heights of the Andes, has been in the family of the late Galo Plaza Lasso, a former president of Ecuador, for more than 100 years.

Canadian construction and infrastructure firm Aecon and other relevant players, have renegotiated the concession contract for Ecuadorean capital Quito's international airport with local authorities, the company reported in a release.

"Become a missionary, putting on a smile for Christmas" is the slogan of the first Festival of Christmas Carols.

Quito, Nov 25 Ecuador is to receive $51.2 million in loans from China under bilateral economic accords signed here at a ceremony attended by Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa.

QUITO: A regional Latin American meeting focused on defusing tensions between Colombia and Venezuela, despite Bogota's absence which was characterised by Caracas as a "huge mistake". Defence and foreign ministers from UNASUR's member nations were welcomed as the meeting opened on Friday by Ecuador's Foreign Minister Fander Falconi.

Since November 19, World Vision and thousands of people around the world have been traveling the globe in search of the Christmas spirit as part of the Christian humanitarian agency's "Spirit of Christmas" tour.

Venezuela's government on Friday blasted Colombia's defense minister as a "crazy sniper" at a summit in Quito, where South American ministers agreed to sign a partial accord over security in the region.

QUITO: A total of 213 children and five teachers of a school in the southeast Ecuadorian province of Morona Santiago were sickened after dining in the school canteen, the health authorities said on Wednesday.

Ecuador and China will form a joint venture to develop an oil bloc in the South American country that has proven reserves of 120 million barrels of crude, an Ecuadoran official said Wednesday.

Ecuador and Colombia formally established on Monday ties at trade representation level, official sources said.

China's top political advisor, Jia Qinglin, on Monday arrived in Quito, kicking off his official good-will visit to Ecuador.

Quito, Nov 20 A fire has destroyed 106 houses in a suburban sector of Guayaquil city, Ecuador''s most populated.

The Ecuadorian government expects to end power rationing before the coming holiday season, a member of the team dealing with acute electricity shortages said Tuesday.