Word: quito
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...QUITO The simple design and natural tone of BoConcept's Schelly chair ($849) make it a hit among Ecuadorans who prefer warm colors and fluffy carpets...
...wins, he intends to dissolve and re-create Ecuador's legislature in his own populist image. Like Chavez, "Correa is converting his [organizational] weaknesses into virtues and, under the guise of democracy, he'll fashion a Congress favorable to his political project," says Ramiro Crespo, president of the Quito investment bank Analytica Securities...
...free trade and the United States, could be a contender. He may find himself up against another candidate inspired by the left-wing, nativist triumph of Evo Morales in Bolivia: Auki Tituana, the mayor of the Indian ecotourism enclave Cotacachi, not far from the capital of Quito. Leon Roldos, the brother of the late President Jaime Roldos, is also a possible candidate. Money still is a powerful weapon, however, and the banana plantation magnate Alvaro Noboa may make a third run for the presidency. -By Mercedes Alvaro/Quito...
...came to this country when I was about three years old from Quito, Ecuador, with my younger sister and my mother and father. Coming here was not easy for anyone. My parents came to America with two little girls and with only a small amount of money...
...When I was five my family and I visited Quito. I was very surprised with how much of a difference there was between Ecuador and New Jersey. I was used to seeing building and skyscrapers, but over there, there were just small houses. I had already learned English and spoke it more than Spanish. I was already Americanized and I was used to being in my home and nowhere else. To me it seemed as if I was a stranger to the Spanish culture...