Poerschke Falls In Challenger Semifinals Nov 15, 2009
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador - Former men's tennis athlete, had a career week as he advanced all of the way to the semifinals of the V Challenger Ciudad De Guayaquil on Friday, before falling to Ecuadorian product Nicolas Lapentti. Lapentti was the tournament's second seed and a favorite of the crowd of more than 2,500 at the match on Friday night. (Baylorbears.com)
Electricity blackouts in Ecuador Nov 7, 2009
There have already been blackouts in the capital, Quito, and the Pacific port city of Guayaquil, officials say. They say power to residential areas will be cut by between 5% and 10%, but businesses will not be affected. (BBC News -- Americas)
QA: A month in London, cheap Oct 17, 2009
Want to go on a freighter cruise that includes Guayaquil, Ecuador (the port for Quito), among its stops from New York to Chile. Try the CSAV Hamburgo. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Forecast » Sep 23, 2009
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 09/23/09 05:31:19 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 90% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Ecuador requests A/H1N1 flu vaccines as death toll grows Sep 11, 2009
Despite a reduction in infections in big cities like Quito and Guayaquil, the ministry said the epidemic had the tendency "of moving to smaller and remote places like the Amazons provinces, where the health condition is poor.". Ever since the outbreak of the pandemic, health authorities have been developing an efficient strategy, the ministry added. (Xinhuanet, China)
* River Plate and Emelec earn last 16 place in Copa Aug 29, 2009
Zamoras Oswaldo Perez, right, celebrates with Rodrigo Gomez after scoring during their Copa Sudamericana game against Emelec on Thursday in Guayaquil, Ecuador. PHOTO: AP. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
'Alien' Mosquitoes Threaten Galapagos Ecosystem Aug 12, 2009
All flights to the Galpagos have to fly from Guayaquil in Ecuador. Eleven live mosquitoes were found in 126 flights leaving the coastal city in 2006-07. (Fox News)
The Eye Guy receives more than he gives doing the Lions work Jun 16, 2009
Paul airport May 13 and on to Miami and then Guayaquil, Ecuador. Koenig said low level officials at the Ecuador airport had some issues with authorizing the 13 boxes of glasses; but after much detente they agreed to accept copies of passports, signed and sworn to by the travelers, that they would not "sell" the eyewear. (Lindstrom Chisago County Press, MN)
Adventure travel trip meets real world coup May 31, 2009
But it is late April 2005, and here we are held up on the tarmac after flying from JFK to an airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador ... The mobs are also in Guayaquil, and may come here ... We are loaded onto buses and put up in a Guayaquil motel. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
WHO chief warns against false security about flu May 16, 2009
Students wear masks after authorities confirmed Ecuador's first case of influenza A (H1N1) virus, formerly referred to as swine flu, in Guayaquil May 15, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer (ECUADOR HEALTH). (AlertNet)
Kay Barragan, Wife of 1800mattress.com Founder, is Dead May 14, 2009
Kay Barragan was born on December 5, 1943 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She and Napoleon were married more than 40 years. (PR Newswire)
In Ecuador, A Win for the Left May Be Good for Business Apr 29, 2009
The fiery economist from Guayaquil has wielded not just leftist rhetoric but leftist policies, railing against foreign and domestic corporations. In December, he defaulted on $3. (Time.com)
LAN Airlines Reports Net Income of US$65.0 Million for the First Quarter of 2009 Apr 29, 2009
On April 6, 2009, LAN Ecuador launched domestic operation in Ecuador, connecting the cities of Guayaquil and Quito. The Company is offering up to seven daily flights between both destinations, and in the near future plans to incorporate the city of Cuenca and the Galapagos Islands to its itinerary. (PR Newswire)
Ecuador's Correa Declares Election Victory Apr 28, 2009
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, left, celebrates with his running mate Lenin Moreno after learning the first unofficial exit polls show they are leading in presidential elections in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sunday, April 26, 2009 ... Correa, who promised to rid the small Andean nation of its corrupt political class when first elected in 2006, danced, sang his party anthem and pumped fists with his close political advisers in his home city of Guayaquil. (CBS News -- World)
Ecuador's Correa claims re-election win Apr 28, 2009
President Rafael Correa of Ecuador celebrates his re-election win Sunday in Guayaquil. "We have made history in a country where from 1996 to 2006 no democratic government completed its term," Correa said in claiming victory a few minutes after the polls closed Sunday night. (CNN -- World)
Correa returns with socialism and a $4b debt default Apr 28, 2009
men vote during the presidential elections at a polling station in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Sunday. Photo: AP. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Ecuador leader cruises to reelection Apr 28, 2009
Correa, who promised to rid the small Andean nation of its corrupt political class when first elected in 2006, danced, sang his party anthem, and pumped fists with his close political advisers in his home city of Guayaquil. "We will never defraud the Ecuadorean people," he told supporters. (Boston Globe)
Rising threat? Apr 9, 2009
The coastal plains around the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador, the country's main economic hub, are also known to be vulnerable to a combination of sea level rises, storms and sea surges. A recent study by researchers at Espol, a science institute in Guayaquil, suggested that even a half-metre sea level rise would put the storm drainage system in the southern part of the city under severe strain, possibly causing it to collapse. (BBC News -- Science)
IAEA to fund 7 projects in Ecuador Mar 25, 2009
The seven projects to be completed between 2009 and 2011 are based on nuclear technologies, which include the creation of a nuclear instrumentation center and a national tissue bank, the appliance of irrigation water and the improvement of a nuclear medicine department in a university hospital in Guayaquil, said the presidential office. The IAEA, a part of the United Nations, is the world's center of cooperation in the nuclear field, which works with its member states and multiple partners... (Xinhuanet, China)
14th-Ranked Clemson Women's Tennis Upsets #4 Georgia Tech, 4-3 Feb 26, 2009
The junior from Guayaquil, Ecuador edged the Yellow Jacket player, 7-5, in the first set and then claimed the second, 6-4, to improve to 11-11 on the year. Georgia Tech scored its second point of the day at the sixth position as Viet Ha Ngo defeated Henry, 6-3, 7-5. (Clemsontigers.com)
In Ecuador, gang members trade guns for scissors and nail polish Feb 22, 2009
SCISSORS, NOT GUNS: A reformed gang member cuts a client's hair in Guayaquil, Ecuador ... Guayaquil, Ecuador - In the most dangerous neighborhood of Guayaquil Ecuador's largest and most crime-ridden city a dozen youths are busy working in the Paz Urbana Print Shop ... With a population of over 3 million, Guayaquil is home to more than 200 gangs and 60,000 gang youths. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Local Weather Feb 8, 2009
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 02/08/09 07:15:32 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 89% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Ecuador defaults on foreign debt Feb 7, 2009
Speaking in the city of Guayaquil, Mr Correa said "as president I couldn't allow us to keep paying a debt that was obviously immoral and illegitimate", according to the AFP news agency. "We'll present a proposal to restructure the debt in order to resolve this problem as fast as possible," added the US-trained economist and ally of left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. (BBC News -- Americas)
New constitution backed Feb 7, 2009
"We're making history! Onward!" President Correa urged a crowd of supporters in his coastal hometown of Guayaquil. "This is confirmation of the citizen's revolution we're offering.". (BBC News -- Americas)
Country profile: Ecuador Feb 7, 2009
- Guayaquil-based daily. - Guayaquil-based daily ... - private, Quito and Guayaquil. (BBC News -- Americas)
