Christian Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a poor suburb of Quito Ecuador one modest church with minimal resources is persevering against the odds to bring the neighbourhoods children to Christ
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Source: [b]Dow Jones[/b] 08-26-081721ET Ecuador Poll: 53% Back Proposed Constitution QUITO -(Dow Jones)- President Rafael Correa may be headed for a victory in the Sept. 28 referendum to approve a new constitution for the Andean nation, a new poll shows. The poll released Tuesday shows 53% s...
Bad Astronomy (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
I am finally getting my act back together after 11 days away from home, visiting the astonishing and wondrous Galapagos Islands. I wasn’t sure how to tackle writing about it, since there is so much to say: the trip itself, the islands, the time we spent in Quito, the friends renewed and newly made, the [...]
Global Geopolitics News (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog - IPS Monday, August 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Rosa Rodríguez QUITO, Aug 25 (IPS) - The campaign for the Sept. 28 referendum on Ecuador’s newly rewritten constitution has got under way, with fierce arguments between the document’s supporters and opponents. At the moment the [...]
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
A solo round the world trip from London to Quito via India, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
QUITO (Reuters) - Thousands marched on Saturday to back Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa who polls show is inching closer to winning a September 28 vote to pass a new constitution that would expand the leftist's authority.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- AeroGal, the premier airline flying to the Galapagos Islands, has received the Smart Voyager environmental certification.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- AeroGal, the premier airline flying to the Galapagos Islands, has received the Smart Voyager environmental certification. Smart Voyager is a program developed in collaboration with Rainforest Alliance that awards its se...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Hola amigos y familiaHere are some pictures of my second week and first week in Quito...and I guess my third almost. Hope you like them. The coolest thing I have done by far is in these pictures which was climb the Volcan Pichincha There are also some pictures of Otovalo which is a big market...literally the whole city is a market. I will write you more soon Hope you enjoyLo mas divertido que
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Quito - Some 1,000 police officers evicted 200 indigenous people from a 70-hectare lot they had illegally occupied for more than a year, Ecuadorian media reported Thursday. The members of the Kichwa, Shuar and Hoaorani communities had lived on the la...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
6 Weeks in South America
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Quito, Ecuador Blah blah blah... To ecuador... Blah blah we have arrived safely in Ecuador and our journey has now truely began!
Bad Astronomy (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
So we got back home last night at 2:00 a.m., after getting up at 5:00 a.m. Quito time, flying to Miami, getting endlessly delayed due to tropical storm Fay, and then finally getting back into Denver after midnight. It took a bit of the shine off the trip, but honestly that sour taste has already [...]
Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Talk of Settlement Reflects Dwindling Legal Options After Court Expert Finds Damages in Billions QUITO, Ecuador, Aug 18, 2008 (via Amazon Watch ) -- Chevron's surprise announcement on Friday that it would be open to talks to resolve a possible $16.3 billion liability for environmental damage in Ecuador reflects the company's dwindling legal options in a long-running lawsuit over who pays for the clean-up...
Pharyngula (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
I've been gone for 11 days now, and I'm not having a happy re-entry. Trying to get out of Quito this morning was a nightmare — we were up at 3:30am to catch a 4:00am shuttle to the airport for a 6:30am flight, and in order to leave Ecuador they make you stand in line for over 2 hours. Do the math, and you'll note that we barely made it. Then our destination was Miami. There's some storm on the way...
