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A spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler is defending the congressman's taxpayer-funded trip to the Galapagos Islands earlier this summer.

A Northwest congressman is firing back after questions were raised about a trip he and several other lawmakers took to the Galapagos Islands on the taxpayer's dime.

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 14, 2008 .- Benedict XVI is mourning Cardinal Antonio Gonzlez Zumrraga, retired archbishop of Quito, Ecuador, who died Monday at age 83.

Two Northwest lawmakers are defending a trip to the Galapagos Islands after the television news show "Inside Edition" called it "the trip of a lifetime on your dime." Democratic Reps.

Ecuador is well-known for its biodiversity and boasts many species of interesting plants and animals.

Quito, Oct 10 Delays in the official announcement of the results of the referendum on the new Ecuadorian Constitution have caused the postponement of Constituent Assembly.

Correa was elected in 2006, promising a 'citizen's revolution' to build a 'socialism of the 21st century' in order to overcome the corruption rife in Ecuador, and to end the poverty that afflicts over half of ...

In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline.

'The U.S. Fourth Fleet can come to Latin America but a Russian fleet can't?' said Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa. 'If you ask me, any country and any fleet that wants can visit us. We're a country of open doors.'

The United States remains the strongest outside power in Latin America by most measures, including trade, military cooperation and the sheer size of its embassies. Yet U.S. clout in what it once considered its backyard has sunk to perhaps the lowest point in decades. As Washington turned its attention to the Middle East, Latin America swung to the left and other powers moved in.

The Ecuadorean painter Oswaldo Guayasamn is the least known of the pioneers of Latin American Modernism.

A U.S. court said on Tuesday Ecuador's government did not have to enter arbitration with Chevron Corp over an estimated liability of up to $16 billion stemming from oil waste pits in the Amazon rainforest.

URS hyrogeologist Olivia Patterson goes to Zabalo in the Ecuadorean rain forest, using her skills to bring drinking water to the village.

President Correa at the balcony in the Carondelet Palace . Photo by Presidencia de la Republica and used under creative commons license The Minister of Economy for Alfredo Palacio's presidency, Mr.

QUITO, Ecuador : President Rafael Correa says Ecuador has not yet decided whether to accept a proposal from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht to end a dispute over a troubled hydroelectric plant.

This video is called Galapagos & Ecuador Nature . From Wildlife Extra : Four new species of frog and another a Extincta frog rediscovered in Ecuador September 2008.

QUITO, Ecuador : Ecuador will be relying on its speed - and Quito's high altitude - when it faces Chile next week in a World Cup qualifying match.

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said he may expel foreign oil producers, including Spain's biggest energy company, Repsol YPF, and Brazil's state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA, because of declining ...

QUITO, Ecuador : Ecuador's president is threatening to nationalize an Amazon oil field if Brazil's state oil company doesn't hand it over quickly.

U.S. financial problems are affecting economies around the world, especially Ecuador which uses the U.S. dollar as its national currency.

Embraer has delivered an ERJ-145 regional airliner to state-owned oil company PetroEcuador .

Ecuador is now the first country in the world to codify a new system of environmental protection based on rights... In a country rich with ecological treasures, including the Galapagos Islands and part of the ...