Ecuador

There’s only one other recorded instance where this has happened—the case in Ecuador.

“Somebody requested from Ecuador through Malta for us to transport, I think it was like a ton of gold,” Petrossov says.

The implications of the Yasuní debacle extend beyond Ecuador.

Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is not exactly on the Elizabeth Arden circuit for the leisure, jet-setting crowd.

The U.S. is one of Ecuador's largest customers, buying cut flowers, asparagus, minerals, and Pacific tuna fish.

Ecuador may not have been the 30-year-old digital rebel's dream destination.

Delegates from Ecuador, Peru, and Liberia faced them across the narrow table.

The history of Ecuador since the establishment of the Republic requires very little comment.

When his fifteen years of power ended came the inevitable flock of revolutions, and Ecuador went the way of her neighbours.

So—steering for the coast of Ecuador—the privateers drew near this rich Spanish-American town.

Though not of great commercial importance, coffee in Ecuador grows on both the mainland and on the adjacent islands.