QUITO, Ecuador (AP) Some affectionally name Machala the “Banana Capital of the World.” This port neighborhood on Ecuador’s Pacific coast is dwelling to
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Some affectionally call Machala the “Banana Capital of the World.” This port community on Ecuador’s Pacific coast is home to about a quarter million people and normally bustles with commercial activity. But not this weekend, not after the deadly quake. Grief hung in the air on Sunday, a day after a powerful temblor rocked this…
The earthquake with about 6.8 magnitude, as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey, killed at least 15 people and brought down homes and buildings in vastly different communities, from coastal areas to the highlands. But in Ecuador, regardless of geography, many of the homes that crumbled had a lot in common: They housed the poor, were old and did not meet building standards in the earthquake-prone country.