Iran plans to build power plants in Ecuador, first vice president Mohammad Reza Rahimi was reported as saying.

Carmen Fernandez, the director of the National Emergency Office (Onemi) reported that “The death toll that the earthquake that hit the central and southern area of Chile left more than 400 people dead”

An Ecuadorean air force helicopter has crashed during a military parade in Quito, after a fire was reported in the back end of their aircraft. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa, stated that the referee in the match between Uruguay and Ecuador had to be “slaughtered”, believing that he is guilty of his country being out from South Africa 2010 World Cup.

In front of a sold out crowd of 45,000, Chile ended its World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 victory against Ecuador.

Argentina and Uruguay will also be waiting for the result in Santiago, where the Ecuadorian team needs to score three points to get a pass to the 2010 World Cup. Chile has already qualified.

Ecuadorians won by 3 to 1 and now on they’re ahead of Maradona’s team, who is bound to get a good result tonight against Paraguay.

Colombia beat Ecuador 2-0 with goals by Jackson and Gutierrez Martinez and gets into the playoff zone with his defeated rival today. (VER VIDEO)

Around three thousand police officers will be guarding tomorrow’s summit where governors from South American nations will seek a solution to the tension originated by the American military bases settled in Colombia, which according to various officials under Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, represent a threat to the region.

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is to travel to the city of Quito, Ecuador, next Sunday to participate in the Summit of Chiefs of State of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and in the inauguration of a new term of fellow President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa.

Documents in which a slain leader of Colombia’s FARC rebel group said he gave money to former aides of leftist Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa appear to be genuine, Ecuador’s government said on Thursday.

The president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was invited to attend a business seminar in Venezuela, she will also make a visit to Ecuador.

The story of Evelyn Dueñas, the young Ecuadorian who put her virginity on sale on Internet, has got big interest from the media and the attention of the authorities . Nevertheless, the day after her story was known, she is out of reach and people wonder what is really in all this history.

A 28-year-old Ecuadoran young woman placed an announcement in Internet in which it sells his virginity to the best bidder to obtain money and this way to be able to settle his studies.

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said an investigation into a Colombian raid inside Ecuador also will probe allegations of ties between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and Correa’s government.

2 Goals of Ecuador on the minute 27 and 38 of the second half, 2-0. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

“Extra”, the sensationalist newspaper, of Ecuador, attacked again the team Diego Maradona coaches. In yesterday’s edition it had parodied Maradona with phrases about his past with drugs and today’s front page featured the headline: “If La Paz was your torture, Quito will be your grave!”

Messi will accompany Andújar, Demichelis, Heinze, Jonah, Battaglia, Zanetti, Maxi Rodríguez, Otamendi, Gago and Tevez, still in doubt are, Cata Díaz and Burdisso.

One day before the match against Ecuador, Diego Maradona, has not still have clear the eleven players, because Lionel Messi, Martín Demichelis and Gabriel Heinze have yellow cards and the next rival is Brazil.

The trainer of the Argentinean football national team, Diego Maradona, will begin today his work with the summoned players of the local tournament.