Quito, Ecuador News

QUITO, Ecuador &#8212 Ecuador's foreign minister says police in Italy found nearly 90 pounds of cocaine in diplomatic mail sent to the Mediterranean country and two suspects have been arrested.

With Valentine's Day fast approaching, many people are racking their brains for what to get for their sweetheart.

Guyana's delegation at the 18th Meeting of Latin America and Caribbean Environmental Ministers, in Quito, Ecuador from January 31 to February 3, has been engaged in intense discussions, focusing particularlyA on crafting a joint Latin American and Caribbean vision for the upcoming Rio+20 follow-up conference scheduled for June 2012.

QUITO, Ecuador &#8212 An Ecuadorean court has ordered two journalists to pay $1 million each to President Rafael Correa after finding them guilty of defamation for reporting on contracts the president's brother allegedly had with the state.

A Even after all this time, The sun never says to the earth, "You owe me." Look what happens with a love like that.

PHOTO COURTESY OF Carolina Tizon Jose Luis Urteaga and Roberto Sanchez Pierola present Peruvian culture and social commentary in their traveling show throughout the States.

Ecuador's energy minister Wilson Pastor, left, is embraced by Ecuador's President Rafael Correa after a signing agreements ceremony in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Jan.

January, 12, 2012: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he exits a plane upon arrival to an air force base in Quito, Ecuador.

Mr. Correa, seen here holding forth on his weekly program in Quito, Ecuador, is far from Ecuador's first populist leader, but he hasn't been hounded by accusations of corruption that drove previous presidents from office.

A 25-year-old Bergen Street resident fought back against a group of muggers, saving his backpack but landing in the hospital with a slashed scalp.

Copa Airlines, Panama's leading air carrier, will begin nonstop flights between Panama City and Las Vegas in June, the city's first international service to Central America and the first new carrier to be served at McCarran International Airport's Terminal 3. Flights will begin June 27, the opening day for McCarran's new 14-gate, $2.4 billion ... (more)

Amparo Martinez's universe is two small, tidy rooms in a poor Quito neighborhood that she shares with her 83-year-old mother and a severely handicapped daughter.

In this May 7, 2011 file photo, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa greets supporters after voting in a referendum in Quito, Ecuador.

Only four students applied for the summer 2012 DukeEngage in Quito, Ecuador. All were admitted, but after one student dropped out, the program was canceled Wednesday.

QUITO Ecuador expects investments of about $7.5 billion in the next five years for its oil and mining sectors, Minister for Nonrenewable Natural Resources Wilson Pastor said Friday.In a public cabinet meeting with ... Read the full story at Fox Business