Word: quito
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...powerhouse of this prosperity is the layer of productive topsoil three feet thick that covers the warm lowlands around the busy port of Guayaquil (pop. 262,000). But because picturesque Quito (pop. 212,000), some 9,000 ft. up in the Andes, is the seat of government, it happily shares the fruits of the boom. Once slurred as the city of "100 churches and one bathtub," the capital now boasts new hotels, nightclubs, theaters. Around Quito, however, in the eroded Andean valleys that are overpopulated with 60% illiterate Indians, the economy is still sluggish. The Panama-hat industry, once...
Velasco, alarmed, climbed into his private car at 10p.m., with only his naval aide and a civilian friend. Driving all night on the perilous, 300-mile road that swings down through the Andes from the capital at Quito, he reached the Pacific seaport of Guayaquil. Seven top officers ordered troops to occupy Quito communications centers, then flew off after him. But the President's lead gave him time enough to strike a deal with the Guayaquil military command. By dumping Nebot, he persuaded the Guayaquil garrison to arrest the pursuing officers for "promoting disorder," when they stepped from their...
...Guided tours for businessmen seeking Latin American markets are being sponsored by Pan American-Grace Airways. The 30-day, 13,500-mile trips are being scheduled to give executives time to look over markets and line up distributors in Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Santiago, La Paz, Lima, Quito, Panama City, etc. Price: about...
...WERNER ARON Quito, Ecuador...
...destined for the U.S. Some of the dope was foreign-made, apparently lifted from medical stocks sent by other countries as friendly help in 1949 when an earthquake hit Ecuador. But much of it came from the poppy fields which flourish under the snow-capped Andean volcanoes close to Quito. Impressed by White's raids, Minister of Government Camillo Ponce Enriquez last week promised to ask the next Congress for laws prohibiting poppy-growing. George White headed back toward his desk in Boston where, between traveling assignments, he is New England supervisor for the U.S. Narcotics Bureau...