Republic of EcuadorRepública del Ecuador CAPITAL: Quito FLAG: The flag consists of three horizontal stripes, the yellow uppermost stripe being equal to the combined widths of the blue center stripe and the red lower stripe. ANTHEM: Salve, O...

Ecuador is a small country on the northwestern coast of South America. It measures 280,000 square kilometers—roughly the size of Colorado. It is bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the south and east, and the Pacific Ocean on the west....

In January 2000, responding to a series of economic crises, Ecuadorian President Jamil Mahuad announced plans to replace the nation's currency, the sucre, with U.S. dollars and to privatize many state-owned enterprises. Within weeks, indigenous groups...

Lucio Edwin Gutiérrez BorbuaPresident (pronounced "LOO-chee-oh AID-win goo-TYAIR-ez bore-BOO-ah") "It is time to send into retirement those old style politicians who have done so much damage to Ecuador." The...

Ecuador POPULATION 13,447,494 ROMAN CATHOLIC 87 percent PROTESTANT 10 percent NONRELIGIOUS 2 percent OTHER 1 percent Country Overview Introduction Nestled on the equator (from which the country takes its name) in South America, the Republic of Ecuador...

Ecuador Ecuador is a South American country situated on the equator at the western edge of the continent. Its 283,561 square kilometers (109,483 square miles) includes the Gálapagos Islands. Roughly one-third of its 13.7 million citizens are...

Ecuador (IPA: /ËÉkwÉdÉ"Ér/), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador) is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to...