Oriente
Americannoun
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a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
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a province in E Cuba. 14,132 sq. mi. (36,600 sq. km). Santiago de Cuba.
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The amber, dated to roughly 112 million years ago, belongs to the Hollín Formation, a sedimentary layer that stretches across Ecuador's Oriente Basin.
From Science Daily
To try to prevent this, Prof Davison is working closely with Prof Bernardo Reyes-Tur at the Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, who is a conservation biologist.
From BBC
Pablo Milanés was born Feb. 24, 1943, in the eastern city of Bayamo, in what was then Oriente province, the youngest of five siblings born to working-class parents.
From Seattle Times
Pablo Milanes was born Feb. 24, 1943, in the eastern city of Bayamo, in what was then Oriente province, the youngest of five siblings born to working-class parents.
From Seattle Times
Petroecuador said on Wednesday it has not yet rescheduled the suspended Oriente cargoes.The firmsaid it had issued a wide force majeure declaration over oil exploration, production, transport and exports on June 18, and enforced the cargo suspension on June 28.
From Reuters
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