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Ecuador Election Ends in Run-off
Ecuador’s presidential election will go to a second round after a closely contested first-round result failed to produce an outright winner. The electoral authorities called it a “technical tie” after the incumbent centre-right Daniel Noboa and his main left-wing challenger Luisa Gonzalez received nearly identical percentages of the vote. The pair will now face a…
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Amazon Thrusts up Huge Ancient City
A huge ancient city has been found in the Amazon, hidden for thousands of years by lush vegetation. The discovery changes what we know about the history of people living in the Amazon. The houses and plazas in the Upano area in eastern Ecuador were connected by an astounding network of roads and canals. The…
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35 Year Old Daniel Noboa Elected Ecuador’s President
Businessman Daniel Noboa is to become the youngest president in Ecuador’s history, at 35 years old. Mr Noboa won Sunday’s election with 52.3% of the vote, ahead of Luisa González’s 47.7%. She conceded defeat and congratulated her rival. The 35-year-old, of the National Democratic Action party, is the son of Álvaro Noboa, who ran unsuccessfully…
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The Land Where Eggs Never Tilt When Perched on Nails ( Video)
By Titilayo Kupoliyi Something unique about Ecuador! Want to know it? Then stream along. First let’s get to know where Ecuador is. The country is located in the western corner at the top of the South American continent. Ecuador is named after the Equator, an imaginary line that demarcates and separates the earth into two:…
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Presidential Candidate Shot Dead
A candidate in Ecuador’s forthcoming presidential election who has campaigned against corruption and gangs has been shot dead at a campaign rally. Fernando Villavicencio, a member of the country’s national assembly, was attacked as he left the event in the capital, Quito, on Wednesday. He is one of the few candidates to allege links between…
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Ecuadorean Woman Found Alive in Coffin Dies Days Later
An Ecuadorean woman has died days after mourners at her funeral were shocked to find her alive in her coffin. Bella Montoya, 76, was first declared dead by a doctor at a hospital in the city of Babahoyo last week. But when mourners attending her wake heard her knocking on her coffin, she was immediately…
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Mourners Stunned as ‘Dead’ Woman Comes Alive in Coffin
Mourners at the wake of an elderly Ecuadorean woman were startled to discover she was still alive. A hospital doctor in the city of Babahoyo declared Bella Montoya, 76, dead following a suspected stroke. She was placed in a coffin and taken to a funeral parlour, where relatives held a vigil before her planned burial.…
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Over 40 inmates killed in Ecuador prison riot 
At least 43 inmates have been killed in Ecuador’s latest deadly prison riot. Report says, a fight broke out between rival gangs Los Lobos and R7 at a prison in Santo Domingo, some 80km, east of the capital Quito. Ecuador is battling a wave of gang violence, and has recently seen its most deadly prison…
