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 toll from an earthquake that rocked Ecuador and Peru this weekend stands at 15 dead. And a day after Saturday s tragedy, residents of the hardest-hit coastal regions of southwest