<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Ecuador: News &amp; Videos about Ecuador - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ecuador</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Ecuador from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:26:03 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Ecuador: News &amp; Videos about Ecuador - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ecuador</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Ecuador from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Arrest warrant derails Colombia-Ecuador talks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/17/colombia.ecuador.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/17/colombia.ecuador.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After nearly going to war last year over a Colombian military raid inside Ecuador, the two nations seemed to be patching relations when their foreign ministers met a few weeks ago.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gregory Sica: Who'll be in as South America qualifying comes to end</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/gregory_sica/10/06/sa.qualifiers/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/gregory_sica/10/06/sa.qualifiers/index.html</guid><description>Brazil and Paraguay already booked their tickets for the 2010 World Cup, but six other teams are still in the running. There are only two automatic tickets left for South America, and one playoff berth against the fourth-place team from CONCACAF.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>President, indigenous groups at odds over fatal protest in Ecuador</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/02/ecuador.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/02/ecuador.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On the edge of Ecuador's Amazon Basin, the Upano River gives life to a vibrant agricultural sector that keeps the economy of the southeastern city of Macas beating. Bananas, papayas and coffee are some of the foods farmed by the largely indigenous population.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alleged rebel diary ties Ecuador president to FARC guerrillas</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/30/ecuador.farc.ties/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/30/ecuador.farc.ties/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A diary reported to have come from a top Colombian guerrilla leader killed last year says key officials in Ecuador accepted money from the rebels and had connections with Mexican drug gangs.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Worst XI: Infamous football punch-ups</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/07/10/first.xi.best.fights/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/07/10/first.xi.best.fights/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An ill-tempered CONCACAF Gold Cup match between Mexico and Panama recently saw three players and Mexico coach Javier Aguirre sent off amid violent scenes in Houston, Texas.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazil march on as Maradona's Argentina crash</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/06/11/brazil.argentina.world.cup/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/06/11/brazil.argentina.world.cup/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Brazil need just three more points to clinch qualification for the 2010 World Cup after beating former South American Group leaders Paraguay on Wednesday, but Argentina's hopes suffered a big blow.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador: Seven die from Quito plane crash</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/19/ecuador.plane/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/19/ecuador.plane/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A small military plane on a training flight in heavy fog crashed Thursday into a populated area of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, killing the five people aboard and two on the ground, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tim Vickery: Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina look to make qualifying statements</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tim_vickery/03/17/sa.qualifying/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tim_vickery/03/17/sa.qualifying/index.html</guid><description>All over South America, international squads are being called up as the continent's World Cup qualification campaign resumes after a 5½-month break. The 11th and 12th games for each nation are coming up in late March, followed by two more in June, two in September and the final two in October.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top FARC suspect reportedly captured in Ecuador</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/11/ecuador.guerrilla/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/11/ecuador.guerrilla/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Authorities in Ecuador said they have captured a top guerrilla leader belonging to the Marxist FARC group from neighboring Colombia, news outlets reported Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. protests expulsions of diplomats from Ecuador</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/18/us.ecuador.diplomats/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/18/us.ecuador.diplomats/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The State Department called the expulsion of the second U.S. diplomat from Ecuador in just over a week "unjustified," rejecting charges the diplomats meddled in Ecuador's internal affairs.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Smugglers sink 'drug subs,' but not feds' case</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/14/drug.subs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/14/drug.subs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Navy helicopter whipped the waves as the U.S. Coast Guard closed in on the suspected drug traffickers abandoning their homemade submarine off the coast of Ecuador.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador won't pay foreign debt interest</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/12/ecuador.default/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/12/ecuador.default/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said Friday he will not pay interest on the nation's foreign debt and that he was prepared to accept any consequences.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Americans brutally attacked in Ecuador, officials say</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/21/americans.ecuador/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/21/americans.ecuador/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An extended trip to Ecuador by two Americans changed from a dream to a nightmare after a brutal attack last week, according the couple's blog and U.S. officials.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tim Vickery: Ecuador again waiting in the weeds for a World Cup berth</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tim_vickery/09/16/ecuador.wcq/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tim_vickery/09/16/ecuador.wcq/index.html</guid><description>Slowly and quietly, Ecuador has played its way back into contention for a third consecutive World Cup appearance.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador to shut down U.S. anti-drug operation</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/30/us.equador.base/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/30/us.equador.base/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States is losing access to one of its three counternarcotics bases in Latin America, U.S. military officials said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador: Draft Charter Favors Correa</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826107,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826107,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A proposed new constitution grants Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa broad powers including the ability to dissolve Congress and set monetary policy, and would let him stay in office through 2017</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador Pardons Drug 'Mules'</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820698,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820698,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Hundreds of jailed convicts are celebrating Ecuador's decision to pardon low-level drug couriers known as "mules"</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador's Liga close on Libertadores Cup</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/06/26/libertadores.final/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/06/26/libertadores.final/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ecuador's Liga de Quito closed on their first Libertadores Cup with a 4-2 home win over Brazil's Fluminense in the first leg of the final on Wednesday night.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuadoran president downplays alleged plot</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/13/ecuador.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/13/ecuador.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa downplayed news that authorities arrested four people in an alleged plot to attack him.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador's Liga reach Libertadores Cup final</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/06/04/libertadores.quito/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/06/04/libertadores.quito/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ecuador's Liga de Quito reached the final of the Libertadores Cup for the first time with a goalless draw against Mexico's America in Quito on Tuesday night.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gomis double as France dispatch Ecuador</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/golf/05/27/euro.roundup/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/golf/05/27/euro.roundup/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Striker Bafetimbi Gomis scored twice on his French debut as they beat Ecuador 2-0 in a friendly international in Grenoble on Tuesday night.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 21:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador Targets a U.S. Air Base</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1779434,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1779434,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>President Rafael Correa alleges that Washington infringed on his country's sovereignty and will move to end a U.S. lease on a coastal military base
</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nightclub fire in Ecuador kills 14</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/19/ecuador.fire/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/19/ecuador.fire/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fireworks gone awry during a concert killed 14 concertgoers and injured 16 others at a Quito, Ecuador, nightclub, the Red Cross confirmed.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>South America's Most Troubled Border</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1732271,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1732271,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>On the border between Ecuador and Colombia,  FARC rebels -- and the government forces chasing them -- have created the continent's most serious security crisis</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Colombia: Ecuadoran killed in raid</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/24/colombia.ecuador/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/24/colombia.ecuador/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Colombian defense minister said Sunday that a military raid that killed about two dozen Colombian rebels in Ecuadoran territory also killed a citizen of Ecuador.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuadoran father denies son was rebel</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/24/colombia.ecuador.dad/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/24/colombia.ecuador.dad/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A day after a Colombian official identified one of the people killed by a Colombian military strike on a rebel camp in this country as Ecuadoran, the dead man's father denied his son was a member of the rebel group.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Second Colombian rebel leader killed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/07/colombia.farc/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/07/colombia.farc/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As South American officials tried to ease tensions sparked by Colombia's killing of a rebel leader inside Ecuador, the Colombian army announced the death of another top militant Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Nicaragua breaks diplomatic relations with Colombia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/06/nic.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/06/nic.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega said Thursday that the nation is breaking relations with Colombia "in solidarity with the Ecuadoran people." </description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>OAS passes resolution on Colombian raid</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/05/oas.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/05/oas.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Organization of American States passed a resolution Wednesday in hopes of easing tensions stemming from an attack into Ecuadoran territory by Colombia.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Colombia to accuse Chavez before international court</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/04/colombia.venezuela/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/04/colombia.venezuela/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Tuesday that he will seek Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's denunciation in court for financing a terrorist group. </description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador: Colombian raid prevented release of captives</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/03/ecuador.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/03/ecuador.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ecuador's president said Monday that a deal to release political prisoners -- including former Colombian Sen. Ingrid Betancourt -- was nearly complete before a Colombian raid into his country Saturday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador Breaks Ties With Colombia</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1719061,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1719061,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Ecuador on Monday broke off diplomatic ties with Colombia and Venezuela says it will expel Colombia's ambassador after that country conducted a strike against leftist rebels inside Ecuador</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador pulls diplomat from Bogota</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/02/chavez.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/02/chavez.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ecuador's President Rafael Correa withdrew his government's ambassador in Bogota, Colombia, and ordered troops to the country's border following a Colombian raid against leftist rebels inside Ecuador.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadly Ecuador floods leave thousands homeless </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/21/ecuador.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/21/ecuador.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 10 people have died and thousands have been left homeless after torrential rains inundated large parts of Ecuador, officials said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tim Vickery: Why two South American coaches fell on their swords</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/tim_vickery/11/27/coach.quit/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/tim_vickery/11/27/coach.quit/index.html</guid><description>Two coaches fell on their swords as a consequence of the action last week in the third and fourth rounds of South America's World Cup qualification campaign.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tim Vickery: Rio crowd may be Brazil's toughest challenge</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/tim_vickery/10/16/brazil.qualifier/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/tim_vickery/10/16/brazil.qualifier/index.html</guid><description>"I think Brazilians are very demanding with their idols," writes Pelé in his autobiography. "Sometimes it is as if they are more concerned with pulling you down than building you up."</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kaka double as Brazil rout Ecuador</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/10/18/brazil.qualifying/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/10/18/brazil.qualifying/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Brazil kickstarted their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 5-0 rout of Ecuador in the Maracana on Wednesday night as AC Milan star Kaka scored twice.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>In Ecuador, a Vote for Democracy?
 
 
 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667386,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667386,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Viewpoint: A constitutional referendum and plans to dissolve Congress are the latest reminder that Latin America's legislatures have often discredited the region's democracies</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador plan seeks balance of environment, oil </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/07/23/ecuador.oil/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/07/23/ecuador.oil/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Under pressure to preserve the environment while at the same time ease the poverty of his people, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has come up with an unusual solution.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tim Vickery: Bolivia, U.S. show promise in Copa</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/tim_vickery/07/06/copa.america/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/tim_vickery/07/06/copa.america/index.html</guid><description>While eight teams march on to the quarterfinals of the Copa Am&amp;#65533;rica, the other four go home to recriminations and postmortems. Not qualifying for the second round in a tournament that only eliminates one-third of the teams is clearly a failure. </description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ireland and Ecuador draw friendly</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/05/24/ireland.friendly/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/05/24/ireland.friendly/index.html</guid><description>Kevin Doyle's headed equalizer on the stroke of halftime saw Ireland draw 1-1 with Ecuador in a friendly international in New Jersey on Wednesday night.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 09:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Libertadores row over banned pair</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/02/06/ecuador.bans/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/02/06/ecuador.bans/index.html</guid><description>LDU pair Jairo Campos and Patricio Urrutia are free to play in the Libertadores Cup despite serving suspensions at home in Ecuador for their part in a brawl, the Ecuadorean Football Federation (FEF) said on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Banner day</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/12/25/8396784/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/12/25/8396784/index.htm</guid><description>When Rafael Correa (above, with his wife on election night) began campaigning for President, he seemed unlikely to win. Close links with a fellow leftist, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, were cos... </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The insider's guide to Ecuador's elections</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/11/27/tbr.ecuador/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/11/27/tbr.ecuador/index.html</guid><description>Rafael Correa, a leftist nationalist who is friendly with Venezuela's anti-U.S. president, defeated banana tycoon Alvaro Noboa in Ecuador's presidential runoff on Sunday, partial results indicated. Here is our guide to the country and the vote.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Beckham strike enough for England</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/25/worldcup.england/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/25/worldcup.england/index.html</guid><description>Captain David Beckham fired England into the quarterfinals with a trademark free-kick that earned them a scrappy 1-0 victory over Ecuador on Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two-goal Klose gives Germany group</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/20/world.germany/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/20/world.germany/index.html</guid><description>Miroslav Klose struck twice to steer Germany to a 3-0 win over a half-hearted Ecuador on Tuesday, sealing first place in Group A for the World Cup hosts.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FIFA unperturbed by 'Spider Man' </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/16/world.mask/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/16/world.mask/index.html</guid><description>FIFA are not planning to take any action against Ecuadorean striker Ivan Kaviedes for donning a Spider-Man mask to celebrate his goal against Costa Rica in their Group A clash on Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador rock Poles for first shock</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/09/world.upset/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/09/world.upset/index.html</guid><description>Goals from Carlos Tenorio and Agustin Delgado enabled Ecuador to spring the first shock of the 2006 World Cup finals with a 2-0 Group A victory over Poland in Gelsenkirchen.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador slump to Macedonia defeat</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/05/28/ecuador.friendly/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/05/28/ecuador.friendly/index.html</guid><description>Ecuador slumped to a disappointing 2-1 defeat against Macedonia in their final warm-up game before the World Cup on Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 20:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/04/26/worldcupteams.ecuador/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/04/26/worldcupteams.ecuador/index.html</guid><description>Group A | World Ranking: 39</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>First Round Groups</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/04/19/worldcup.groups/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/04/19/worldcup.groups/index.html</guid><description>The top two teams in each group advance to the 16-team knockout round.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sato goal proves enough for Japan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/03/30/japan.friendly/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/03/30/japan.friendly/index.html</guid><description>Substitute striker Hisato Sato scored six minutes from time to give Japan a 1-0 win over Ecuador in a World Cup warm-up friendly in Oita on Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kuyt silences jeers as Dutch win</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/03/01/dutch.friendly/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/03/01/dutch.friendly/index.html</guid><description>Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt scored Wednesday to lead the Netherlands to a 1-0 win over Ecuador in a friendly in Amsterdam.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador and Paraguay both qualify</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/football/10/09/worldcup.southam/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/football/10/09/worldcup.southam/index.html</guid><description>Ecuador and Paraguay have qualified for the World Cup, leaving Uruguay, Colombia and Chile scrambling for the right to play off against Australia.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2005 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Delgado boosts Ecuador cup chances</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/09/04/world.samerica/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/09/04/world.samerica/index.html</guid><description>Ecuador and Paraguay put themselves on the brink of qualifying for next year's World Cup after winning key matches on Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 09:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Search for 100 missing after Ecuador boat sinks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/17/ecuadoran.boat/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/17/ecuadoran.boat/index.html</guid><description>Fishing vessels and cargo ships off Colombia were being alerted Wednesday to search for more than 100 people missing after their fishing boat sank, said the captain of Ecuador's port of Manta.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lucarelli miss costs Italy victory</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/football/06/12/italy.friendly/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/football/06/12/italy.friendly/index.html</guid><description>Striker Cristiano Lucarelli missed a late penalty as Italy had to settle for a 1-1 draw in a friendly with Ecuador at Giants Stadium, New York.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador's ousted president arrives in Brazil</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/24/ecuador/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/24/ecuador/index.html</guid><description>Ecuador's ousted president arrived in Brazil on Sunday after fleeing his homeland just four days after losing power.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 12:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador's ousted leader besieged </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/23/ecuador/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/23/ecuador/index.html</guid><description>Protesters chanting "Killer, killer, killer!" besieged the Brazilian ambassador's home in Quito Friday in an effort to prevent Ecuador's ousted president Lucio Gutierrez from fleeing the country.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 08:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador's former president offered asylum in Brazil</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/21/ecuador/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/21/ecuador/index.html</guid><description>Brazil's ambassador said Thursday his country has granted asylum to Lucio Gutierrez, the ousted president of Ecuador, and was negotiating with Ecuador to arrange for his safe passage out of the country.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ecuador's president offered asylum in Brazil</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/20/ecuador/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/20/ecuador/index.html</guid><description>Brazil's ambassador said Thursday his country has granted asylum to Lucio Gutierrez, the ousted president of Ecuador, and was negotiating with Ecuador to arrange for his safe passage out of the country.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Copa America: Match schedule</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/07/05/copa.schedule/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/07/05/copa.schedule/index.html</guid><description>Tuesday, July 6</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2004 17:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>River advance in Copa 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