Sentence examples for ecuador from inspiring English sources

Overshadowing the landscape was the active Galera volcano, which marked my arrival at a long corridor of volcanoes forming the backbone of neighbouring Ecuador.

But imposing a technocrat after the first election would be a devastating blow against the EU's gradual democratisation.Professor Simon Hix London School of EconomicsPress freedoms in EcuadorSIR – "Drawn and quartered" (February 8th) claimed that freedom of speech is threatened in Ecuador.

It is home to close to 2m people (if you include El Alto) and is the centre of Aymaran civilisation, which extends to Peru and certain parts of Ecuador.

In Ecuador, there are fears that cartoonist Xavier Bonilla may face criminal charges over an image ridiculing a fumbling speech by a politician in President Rafael Correa's ruling party.

Ecuador rejected 9,584 applications for asylum in 2011 - that's 78% of all the decisions it made that year and 68% of all applications.

As long as debt exists, following the examples of Ecuador and Iceland, we demand a social audit of the debts owed by countries.

Freedom of press is alive and well for publishers of all political views in Ecuador.Ana Albán Mora Ambassador for Ecuador LondonSIR – Your article on corruption in Canada stated that apart from the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP), all the other parties in Quebec "lean towards separatism" ("Les fleurs du mal", December 11th).

As the draw unfolded, there were cheers and sharp inhales of breath in the room as Mexico drew Brazil, though any schadenfreude swiftly turned to groans as Honduras landed in the softer group of Switzerland, Ecuador and France, and the USA's last hopes of a softer landing faded.

Thoronka has attracted widespread sympathy in the UK and from Iceland, Kenya, Ecuador, Argentina, the US and New Zealand.

The area of the Amazon rainforest – roughly 2.3m square miles – is larger than Western Europe and the forest stretches over nine countries: Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guyana, Surinam and Venezuela.

Snowden praised Venezuela, as well as Russia, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Ecuador for "being the first to stand against human rights violations carried out by the powerful rather than the powerless" and for "refusing to compromise their principles in the face of intimidation".