Latin Trade, August 1st, 2000
STRADDLING THE EQUATOR, ECUAdor is both small in size and uniquely endowed with astonishing biological diversity, spectacular mountains, a rich coastline on the Pacific Ocean, and the Galapagos Islands that so fascinated Charles Darwin. With a geographical area similar to that the U.S. state of Colorado, Ecuador nevertheless is home to 25,000 plant species (compared with 17,000 in North America) and is a bird watcher's paradise. There are more bird species here than in any other country in Latin America. In the Galapagos, visitors can watch the antics of iguanas, penguins, tortoises and many ...
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