Ecuador escalates banana battle
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Ecuador steps up its fight against EU import duties on bananas by asking the World Trade Organization to rule on the issue.
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Health workers from France, Argentina, Brazil and Cuba have joined their Paraguayan counterparts in battling an outbreak of dengue that has claimed 10 lives this year, Health Minister Oscar Martinez said Tuesday.
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President Bush ended up competing for attention with President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of Venezuela, who called the American visit an act of imperialism, adding, âGringo, go home!â
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PUERTO AYORA, Ecuador -- An unremarkable day on the archipelago. A taxi honks at a meandering pedestrian. Shirtless men play dominoes by the market, shooing away fearless seagulls that vie for fish scraps. Dockworkers empty another cargo boat, while sunburned tourists listen to their guides explain...
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Ecuador&#39;s 1-0 win over Brazil has ended the world champions&#39; unbeaten run in the region&#39;s World Cup qualifying competition.
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The spread of AIDS in Ecuador's most populated province is reaching levels comparable to Africa and the Caribbean a decade ago and could mushroom into a national epidemic if left unchecked, United Nations officials warned Tuesday.
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GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador  - Carried on the shoulders of supporters, the mayor of Ecuador's largest city led a march of tens of thousands on Thursday, cementing his new role as the top opposition threat to President Rafael Correa.
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President Bush is making a renewed push to allow the government to spend food aid money to buy crops in poor countries
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In the face of new competition primarily from China, produce farmers have joined forces for the first time.
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Ecuador's new leftist government said Thursday that it does not plan to dissolve Congress despite a bitter fight over a push to overhaul the country's charter that led protesters to storm the capitol this week.
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Latin American banana producers reject EU plans to increase tariffs.
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A rumour spread by text message tells Chinese consumers that bananas can spread a deadly virus.
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QUITO, Ecuador  - Tens of thousands of protesterstook to the streets of Quito on Wednesday to protest what theycall the heavy-handed tactics of President Lucio Gutierrez anddemanded that he reverse his firing of the country's SupremeCourt.
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Sacked Ecuadorean legislators clash with police, amid an escalating power struggle with the president.
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The Latin American gold miner ups the ante in its takeover bid once again.
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Three more World Cup matches are on tap today as U.S. coach Bruce Arena says he will make some lineup changes for the next game Saturday against Italy. In today&#039;s action, Ecuador faces Costa Rica, England takes on Trinidad and Tobago, and Sweden plays Paraguay.
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A leftist friend of Venezuela's anti-U.S. president, Hugo Chavez, and a Bible-toting banana baron who rubs shoulders with America's rich and powerful were battling Sunday to become Ecuador's next president.