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Pegaso satellite streams video of SouthAm countries

Agencia EFEMay 20, 2013 13:00

Quito, May 20 (EFE).- Pegaso, a nanosatellite that went into orbit on April 25 and whose video feed started on May 16, has been beaming images of different regions of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela to Earth, Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency, or EXA, director Ronnie Nader said. Pegaso streamed video of the Peruvian coast around 10:00 a.m. Sunday that was received at the EXA ground station in Guayaquil and rebroadcast via the Internet, Nader told Efe. "We did not reac Chile because we were out of range," the Ecuadorian astronaut said.

Ecuador withdraws ambassador in Peru over supermarket brawl

Thomson ReutersMay 7, 2013 11:14

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador removed its ambassador in Peru from his post on Monday over his involvement in a supermarket brawl in Lima, an incident that threatened to sour relations between the neighboring countries. Two Peruvian women alleged that the ambassador, Rodrigo Riofrio, hit them and insulted them with racist slurs after an argument in a checkout line on April 21 which was recorded by the store's security cameras and shown on Peruvian television.

Ecuador and Peru call envoys home for consultations

Agencia EFEMay 2, 2013 17:45

Quito, May 2 (EFE).- Ecuador's foreign minister announced Thursday that his country and Peru have decided to call their respective ambassadors home for consultations after the Ecuadorian envoy in Lima was involved in an altercation at a supermarket. "The governments of Ecuador and Peru have decided to call our ambassadors home for consultations after the regrettable incident of April 21," Ricardo Patiño said via Twitter. "The governments of Ecuador and Peru will avoid letting an isolated incident affect the excellent level of relations between our countries," he added.

Ecuador to launch first homemade satellite

Agence France-PresseApril 13, 2013 17:01

Ecuador will launch its first satellite into space from China in two weeks, President Rafael Correa announced Saturday. "It's not a satellite bought in another country, it's a satellite made in Ecuador," Correa said proudly during his weekly address of the homegrown engineering team. The "Pegaso" (pegasus) nanosatellite will be launched from China aboard an unmanned rocket at 0513 GMT on April 26.

Well-known Ecuadorian journalist slain

Agencia EFEApril 12, 2013 17:32

Quito, Apr 12 (EFE).- Ecuadorian broadcast journalist Fausto Valdiviezo was fatally shot in his car, authorities said Friday. "We are dismayed by the murder of Fausto Valdiviezo. An embrace of solidarity for his family and the commitment that the murder will not go unpunished," the country's president, Rafael Correa, said on Twitter. The 53-year-old journalist was killed Thursday night after leaving his mother's home in the coastal city of Guayaquil, witnesses said.

At least 30 dead in Amazon clan attack in Ecuador

Agence France-PresseApril 6, 2013 01:15

Amazon tribesmen killed at least 30 people in an apparent revenge attack against a rival group in Ecuador, an indigenous leader said Friday, as the government pledged an investigation. Citing information from people who participated in the attack, President Cahuetipe Yeti, of the Huaorani Nationality, said children were among the dead. The new death toll is higher than the 18 fatalities cited to AFP a day earlier by the group's vice president, Gilberto Nenquimo.

At least 18 dead in Ecuador tribe revenge attack

Agence France-PresseApril 4, 2013 22:30

Amazon tribesmen killed at least 18 people in an apparent revenge attack against a rival group in Ecuador, an indigenous leader said Thursday. Citing a person who participated in the attack, Gilberto Nenquimo told AFP that elderly men and women were among the dead, along with an unknown number of children. He was speaking from the southeastern town of Puyo. According to Huaorani leaders, several members of the clan attacked a settlement of the Taromenane clan over the weekend in retaliation for the March 5 spearing deaths of a Huaorani leader and his wife.

YPF: Embargo against Chevron could deter investment in Argentina

Agencia EFEMarch 28, 2013 17:01

Buenos Aires, Mar 28 (EFE).- The CEO of Argentine state-controlled oil company YPF says a court ruling embargoing the assets of Chevron Corp.'s local subsidiary could hinder investment flows into the South American country. Miguel Galuccio, who has headed YPF since Argentina seized a 51 percent stake in the company last year from Spain's Repsol, issued the warning in an open letter to a group of Ecuadorian plaintiffs trying to collect on a huge judgment against Chevron for environmental damage in the Amazon.

Ecuador plans legal challenge on foreign investment, oil

Agence France-PresseMarch 9, 2013 21:46

Ecuador's president on Saturday said he planned to challenge several bilateral investment treaties after the South American country was ordered to pay billions of dollars in damages by overseas courts. "We are going to take on these treaties as soon as we have the majority in the legislature" President Rafael Correa said referring to the session set to start May 14. His supporters won an overwhelming majority in a February 18 vote. He was alluding to two of 23 treaties that Ecuador has signed since 1993. They have allowed US oil firms to sue Ecuador in foreign courts.

Ecuador holds general elections

Agencia EFEFebruary 26, 2013 11:18

Quito, Feb 17 (EFE).- Ecuador is holding general elections on Sunday, with the focus of the vote on President Rafael Correa, who is facing off against seven challengers in his bid for re-election. "We should all guard the transparency of the process to make this process the most inclusive and transparent in the country's history," Correa said after voting at a school in Quito.