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Ecuador says China’s CNPC joins $12 billion refinery project

August 24, 2021 at 12:53 p.m.

QUITO (Reuters) - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has agreed to help finance the construction of a $12 billion refinery project in Ecuador, the South American country's government said on...

Ecuador’s Correa says Snowden’s fate in hands of Russia

August 24, 2021 at 12:36 p.m.

PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Sunday the fate of former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden is in the hands of the authorities in Russia, where...

Ecuador president vows ‘sovereign’ decision on Snowden

August 24, 2021 at 12:28 p.m.

QUITO (Reuters) - President Rafael Correa vowed on Monday that Ecuador's decision on the "complicated" asylum case of fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden would not be swayed...

Ecuador takes center stage, again, in U.S. secrecy saga

August 24, 2021 at 12:16 p.m.

QUITO (Reuters) - Tiny Ecuador is once again at the center of an international diplomatic saga over U.S. data secrecy that will thrust the country's leftist President Rafael Correa into...

Ecuador says UK violating human rights of WikiLeaks’ Assange

August 24, 2021 at 10:45 a.m.

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's foreign minister on Tuesday accused the British government of trampling on the human rights of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by refusing to allow him to travel...

Maduro could run Venezuela if Chavez resigned: Correa

August 22, 2019 at 9:05 a.m.

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said on Thursday that Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is recovering from cancer surgery, but if he had to step down Vice President Nicolas Maduro...

Ecuador’s Correa has large lead in presidential race: polls

August 22, 2019 at 8:43 a.m.

QUITO (Reuters) - Leftist Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has maintained a huge lead over his nearest opposition rival in the run-up to the February 17 elections, recent polls show. Correa's...

Stabbing at Ecuador campaign rally not politically motivated: Correa

August 23, 2021 at 10:45 p.m.

QUITO (Reuters) - A knife attack in Ecuador that killed two government supporters was perpetrated by a man under the influence of drugs and alcohol and was not politically motivated,...

Stabbing at Ecuador campaign rally not politically motivated: Correa

August 22, 2019 at 8:40 a.m.

QUITO (Reuters) - A knife attack in Ecuador that killed two government supporters was perpetrated by a man under the influence of drugs and alcohol and was not politically motivated,...

Lonesome George, last-of-his-kind Galapagos tortoise, dies

August 23, 2021 at 9:49 a.m.

QUITO (Reuters) - Lonesome George, the last remaining tortoise of his kind and a conservation icon, died on Sunday of unknown causes, the Galapagos National Park said. He was thought...

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