Quito, Ecuador News

Ecuadorian Defense Minister Javier Ponce requested on Tuesday a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on the U.S. military cooperation agreement signed with Colombia.

More than a year and a half after Colombia bombed a Colombian rebel stronghold in Ecuador, the two South American countries Friday took the first steps toward normalising their relations.

Quito, Nov 12 Technical delegates from the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America discussed in Quito details about the Unified System for Regional Compensation , the virtual commerce currency.

Police continued to investigate the drowning death of a 53-year-old Ecuadorean woman who worked in the area as a nanny.

Kids play at the kindergarten of a women's prison in Quito, Ecuador, Nov. 6, 2009.

The capital of Ecuador is celebrating 200 years of independence with a multimillion dollar boost.

COTACACHI, Ecuador - The governments of Ecuador and Colombia will designate by Nov.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Ecuadoran counterpart Rafael Correa pledged Thursday to ramp up cooperation in energy and defense as the Kremlin seeks to revive Soviet-era ties with Latin America.

Casa Ceibo is living up to its newfound reputation as the finest destination resort on Ecuador's coast.

GONZALO SOLANO QUITO, Ecuador a ' Ecuador's president is in London this week to promote a unique proposal: pay his country $3 billion not to drill for oil in a pristine Amazon reserve.

Agencies Ecuador, Oct 28: An Indian-built Dhruv, or Advanced Light Helicopter, has crashed at a military parade in Quito, Ecuador.

Quito, Equador: An Indian-manufactured Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter crashed during a military parade injuring its two pilots and prompting the grounding of another six.

Military personnel run to a helicopter crashed during a celebrative ceremony at the Mariscal Sucre Airport, in Quito, capital of Ecuador, Oct.

Quito, Oct 28 : An Ecuadorian Air Force helicopter crashed Tuesday as it flew near Quito air base during celebrations to mark the 89th anniversary of the service, Ecuadorian media reported.

Visiting and teaching children in Ecuador was not enough for a group of Spanish students at the University of Redlands.

A demonstration on Wednesday by thousands of Ecuadorian college students unhappy with government proposals to reform the university system ended in a violent confrontation with police.

Leftist Rafael Correa was elected president on promises of curtailing the power of Ecuador's rich elites.

Quito, Oct. 22 The Ecuadorian government put the Emergency Operation Centers in the provinces of Napo, Pichincha and Scumbios in the state of alert, faced with new eruptive activity of El Reventador volcano.

Information was submitted for publication on 19th October, 2009 at 8:00 A.M. CET.

QUITO, Ecuador - Police in Ecuador say some 8 metric tons of cocaine seized last week belonged to rebels in neighboring Colombia who operate a smuggling network involving Ecuadorean soldiers.