News: Ecuador

We have started to collect the most important news related to Ecuador in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Ecuador: news

Live - Liga de Quito v Man Utd

Sunday, December 21st 2008, 10:15
related places: Quito

Manchester United face Liga de Quito in the Club World Cup final in Yokohama, Japan.
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Ecuador defaults on foreign debt

Saturday, December 13th 2008, 0:49

Ecuador will default on billions of dollars of foreign debt it considers "illegitimate", says President Rafael Correa.
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Ecuadoreans back new constitution

Monday, September 29th 2008, 16:13

Results from Ecuador's referendum show widespread backing for President Rafael Correa's constitutional reforms.
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Ecuador tells US to quit air base

Wednesday, July 30th 2008, 10:04
related countries: United States

Ecuador informs the US military that it must stop using an Ecuadorean base when its lease expires in 2009.
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Ecuador draft constitution passed

Friday, July 25th 2008, 5:12

Ecuador's constituent assembly overwhelmingly approves a draft constitution sought by President Rafael Correa.
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Ecuador head defends TV seizures

Wednesday, July 9th 2008, 10:40

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa denies the seizure of two TV stations in a financial dispute is an attack on the media.
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Ecuador state seizes TV stations

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 16:36

Ecuador's government seizes two TV stations in a dispute over debts, prompting accusations that it is curbing free speech.
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Ecuador puts off Colombian ties

Thursday, June 26th 2008, 4:38
related countries: Colombia

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa says he will not restore diplomatic ties with Colombia until its president leaves office in 2010.
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Ecuador holds Colombia 'plotters'

Friday, June 13th 2008, 4:59
related countries: Colombia

Three Colombians are among four men arrested over an alleged plot to kill Ecuador's President Rafael Correa.
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Colombia and Ecuador restore ties

Friday, June 6th 2008, 23:41
related countries: Colombia

Colombia and Ecuador agree to re-establish low-level diplomatic relations severed after a cross-border raid in March.
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Deadly fire sweeps Ecuador club

Sunday, April 20th 2008, 3:23
related places: Quito

At least 15 people die and 35 are injured after a fire hits a crowded nightclub in Ecuador's capital, Quito.
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Ecuador crash survivors 'coping'

Tuesday, April 15th 2008, 3:32

Eight students who survived a bus crash in Ecuador say they have coped by sticking together.
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Ecuador crash survivors treated

Monday, April 14th 2008, 6:46
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Quito

The 12 Britons injured in a bus crash in Ecuador in which five UK tourists died are taken to Quito for treatment.
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Five Britons die in Ecuador crash

Monday, April 14th 2008, 0:18
related countries: United Kingdom

The family of Emily Sadler, one of five British women to die in a bus crash in Ecuador, pay tribute to their daughter.
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Ecuador's military chiefs resign

Wednesday, April 9th 2008, 21:18
related countries: Colombia

Ecuador's top four military commanders resign after the president accuses the military of aiding Colombia.
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Ecuador defence minister resigns

Wednesday, April 9th 2008, 15:45
related countries: Colombia

Ecuador's defence minister resigns unexpectedly amid a row with neighbouring Colombia over a cross-border raid.
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Ecuador plans foreign bases ban

Wednesday, April 2nd 2008, 14:45

Ecuadorian lawmakers approve a change in the constitution that would outlaw any foreign military bases on its soil.
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'Ecuador incursion' into Colombia

Tuesday, April 1st 2008, 8:13
related countries: Colombia
related places: Quito

Colombia condemns "an incursion by an Ecuadorean military helicopter" which Quito says was accidental.
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