Quito, Ecuador: Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano hurled truck-sized pyroclastic boulders more than a mile in a powerful eruption that prompted at least 300 people to flee their homes, authorities said. Schools were closed for a third straight day on Friday as ash showered down on a dozen towns in the sparsely populated area surrounding the 16,480-foot volcano. Thundering explosions could be heard miles from Tungurahua, which is on the Andes cordillera...
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Quito (Ecuador): Rescue workers say a bus ran off a foggy, rainy mountain road in Ecuador and plunged about 1,100 feet (350 meters), killing at least 35 people and injuring 34 others. Red Cross worker Jorge Arteaga says by telephone that Friday's accident occurred before dawn in the western province of Manabi. The Red Cross sent 30 volunteers and five ambulances to the scene. Police said late Friday that at...09:15 AM, Dec 25, 2010
Quito: In Ecuador, the government declared a state of siege after police plunged the nation into chaos shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike. Tear gas was fired all over the streets of Quito as protests continued against the government’s austerity plans. Earlier, President Rafael Correa was injured in violence as he accused rivals of staging a coup. However, even the President had his own set of...11:16 AM, Oct 01, 2010
Quito: At least 42 people were killed and 11 injured on Sunday in Ecuador when a bus carrying 53 passengers fell off a cliff, the Ecuadorian Red Cross said. The accident occurred on Sunday morning in the Andean region of Ecuador, Xinhua reported. Most of the injured were in serious condition and have been taken to nearby hospitals. The bus was traveling from Cuenca, in the centre of the country,...08:39 AM, Aug 30, 2010
Argentina in danger of missing out on the World Cup after losing to Ecuador. ...03:06 PM, Jun 11, 2009
'La Pulga' will be rested for Argentina's upcoming World Cup qualifier. ...03:42 PM, Jun 09, 2009
Brazil beat Ecuador 5-0 in a 2010 World Cup qualifier in Rio De Janerio. ...08:27 PM, Oct 18, 2007
The victims were believed to be members of the same extended family who had rented a bus for a trip. ...09:34 AM, Sep 25, 2006
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