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...QUITO, Ecuador: After voting "El Loco" out of the presidency, Ecuador's lawmakers are discovering that in their country, "El Presidente" is a very common name. When Congress voted 44-34 Thursday night to oust President Abdala Bucaram for "mental incapacity" after two days of massive strikes and protests, the streets of Quito erupted in celebration. The legislature quickly swore in its own leader, Fabian Alarcon, as interim president pending new elections. But after the vote, a defiant Bucaram barricaded himself inside the national palace, surrounded by troops in combat uniforms, saying he won't turn over the government...
...roommates was off to Ecuador to write for Let's Go, planning to sip cerveza in Quito. Another roommate was leaving for India to set up small businesses for the poor as part of a Christian mission. A third roommate was on his way to Italy for the orchestra's European tour and fine red wine...
...pawns in the game," says Johannah Barry, executive director of the U.S.-based Charles Darwin Foundation, which raises money for the research station. "What's going to happen the next time?" International tour operators are wondering the same thing; they are scheduled to meet this week with officials in Quito to find out how the government proposes to resolve the disputes...
...some point, given a change to a situation of total war, the United Nations could see grounds for international intervention. Attacks on Quito and other civilian centers or wartime atrocities would provide humanitarian grounds for forcing an end to the hostilities. Hopefully, the U.S. would then join a multinational force, despite the irrelevance of the conflict to its own particular interests...
...American countries defined disputed boundaries between the two nations. Almost half of Ecuador's previous territory was ceded to Peru, but the treaty left the 78-km tract in the jungle undemarcated when the document was ratified in 1948. Ecuadorians never fully accepted their defeat, and by 1960 the Quito government had repudiated the agreement. Minor border skirmishes have occurred ever since, usually around the treaty's Jan. 29 anniversary. In 1981 the potshots turned into a serious five-day battle; in 1991 no shots were fired, but diplomatic relations were sorely tested after Peru built a military base...