The cultural capital of Ecuador, the Athens of the Andes, UNESCO World Heritage site - a lot of titles for Ecuador's third largest city to bear, but Cuenca does it well. ... Read More

And it's a whopper! Maybe the dirtiest trick yet, this lie is going to have repercussions for some time yet. It's the women versus the men, and another ... Read More

Taunted with a New Bolivia Beach Jibe read the deadlines for the Reuters account of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's remarks that offended Chileans. Bolivia has been landlocked since the War ... Read More

Survivor will be on TV Wednesday night, instead of Thursday. Make sure you catch all the action and keep informed with the Episode, Polls and Photos recap. ... Read More

Update: Colombian Rebels Slammed on Hostage Photo,AP, saying "Colombian generals lambasted rebels... trying to improve their image after kidnapping foreign backpackers." Colombian guerrillas released two hostages, Reinhilt Weigel from Germany and Asier ... Read More

In more ways than one! Once Survivor wants one, but gets more than he bargains for when the other castways go into a virtual frenzy of plotting and scheming. Swimming ... Read More

Scinax Quinquefasciata, go home! The tree frog, not a native of the Galapagos archipelago, is threatening native wildlife. Park officials are trying to eradicate it without damage to the environment. ... Read More

This is how I remember Sewell from my childhood. Browse through the newly added photos of the El Teniente mining complex in the Pictures of Chile and read about Sewell, ... Read More

Spanish, Portuguese Seek to Ease Poverty reads the headline from Newsday.com about the meeting in Santa Cruz of twenty-one leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal to discuss an aid ... Read More

What was more shocking than the sting ray the zapped several castaways was the looks on several faces when they realized their plan to vote someone off wasn't going to ... Read More

Rio, a cidade maravilhosa, is spectacularly located, and to live up to the scenery, cariocas and visitors enjoy a vivid lifestyle nestled between fabulous beaches and rainforested hills. Don't forget! ... Read More

The BBC report, New light on Martian mystery, compares the soil on Mars to the Atacama Desert which has a similar chemical composition. See this photo of the Atacama Desert ... Read More

Isla de Pascua busca autonomía para tallar futuro propio from Reuters, is a report of the latest efforts on the part of the residents of Rapa Nui, also called Isla ... Read More

It was a dark and stormy night... . The Drake and Morgan teams are no more! Instead, the merged team Balboa meets new challenges, takes the game seriously and alliances ... Read More

Care to guess who's coming back to "sting" their former tribe members? Oh, revenge is sweet, said the cast off castaways. Now two of them return, one each to ... Read More

The battle against crime, drugs and smuggling never ends. In latest reports, Police refocuses on crime-fighting efforts in Georgetown, Guyana - AP At Least Three Dead in Colombia Bombing in the ... Read More

Brazilian President Lula's historic Africa tour begins "in the archipelago of Sao Tome and Principe and then Angola - will end in South Africa," says the BBC. Lula wants to ... Read More

Peru seeks tribal cure for addiction reads the BBC headline for a report about curing heroin addiction with Shamanism, using ayahuasca, and other traditional medicines of Amazonia. For an account of ... Read More

The premiere resort on the Chilean "Riviera," Viña del Mar attracts Chileans and international visitors to the beaches, the elegant hotels and restaurants, the museums and spritely nightlife, including games of ... Read More

Shrunken heads, anyone? You'll find a photo and many more of historical interest in the newly added Historical Photos and Sketches of Ecuador.