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A fire destroyed 106 houses in the Ecuadorian Pacific coast city of Guayaquil and left more than 500 people homeless, as well as 14 children with symptoms of smoke inhalation.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling a meeting of eight Amazon countries next week to forge a common stand ahead of next month's key climate talks, officials said on Friday.

U.S. trade preferences should not be awarded to nations where corruption runs rampant and American companies are preyed upon.

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States , Jos Miguel Insulza, has congratulated the Governments of Ecuador and Colombia for naming the chargs d'affaires of the two countries and praised the leadership of the presidents of Colombia, lvaro Uribe, and of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, in the ongoing process of dialogue between their ...

The Ecuadorian government on Tuesday rejected warnings by the Inter-American Press Society of "aggressions" against the freedom of speech in the country.

The U.S. Congress will probably approve a short extension of trade benefits for Ecuador that expire next month despite concerns about actions that country has taken, a senior senator said on Tuesday.

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez - together with the likes of Cuba's Castro brothers, Ecuador's Rafael Correa, and Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega - is spewing a populist, leftist, and strongly anti-American brand of politics that is spreading throughout Latin America.

The Ecuadorian government declared an emergency in the electricity sector due to a generating shortfall at the nation's biggest hydroelectric plant, which has forced the adoption of energy rationing programs across the country.

Quito, Nov 7 Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, congratulated young research engineers who work at the Center of Environment Technologies of Petroecuador in La Joya de los Sachas, in the Amazonic province of Orellana.

MIAMI U.S. and Colombian officials Friday signed a pact for U.S. military access to Colombian bases that has been vociferously denounced by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and other leftist Latin American presidents as a regional threat negotiated in secret.

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.

Medvedev and Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa signed a $22 million deal in Moscow on Thursday that sees Russia provide Ecuador with two Mi-17 transport helicopters.

Date : Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:39:34 +0400 RUSSIA, ECUADOR INK STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP DECLARATION RIA Novosti Oct 29, 2009 MOSCOW, October 29 - The leaders of Russia and Ecuador signed on Thursday in Moscow a declaration on strategic partnership in politics, security, environmental protection, education, science, culture and tourism.

Ecuador seeks Russian financial and technical support to overhaul its energy industry and for road-building and hydropower projects, President Rafael Correa said in Moscow on Thursday.

In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics.

Ecuador is ready to consider the possible recognition of independent Abkhazia and South Ossetia if such a request is made, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said on Friday.

Foreign pharmaceutical firms including Pfizer agreed Wednesday to accept Ecuador's decision to bypass patents on 2,000 drugs in order to produce them locally or buy cheaper versions elsewhere.

WORLD NEWS: The Honduran de facto government signs an agreement that may reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya after a four-month political crisis.

Moscow, Oct 29 Russian enterprises are interested in the Ecuadorian market, stated today Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in his meeting with Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, after signing seven bilateral agreements.

Main Category: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Also Included In: HIV / AIDS Article Date: 30 Oct 2009 Foreign pharmaceutical companies on Wednesday accepted the decision of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa to enable the country "to bypass patents on 2,000 drugs in order to produce them locally or buy cheaper versions elsewhere," Agence ...