Ecuador is a country filled with breathtaking landscapes and rich cultural experiences. From the unique wildlife of the ...

S IX ESTEEMED sommeliers sit silently behind a judging table. A waiter tops up their glasses one by one and they appraise the ...

attracted mostly to the ski centres along the Andes Mountains and to Patagonia. Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano (‘throat of fire’ in indigenous Quechua language) spewed red-hot rock and ash ...

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To understand how glaciers influence volcanoes, researchers also looked at volcanic records from the Andes mountains in South America. Around 18,000 years ago, large ice sheets covered volcanoes ...

(Some volcanoes are still active ... the first in a stream of European adventurers and naturalists drawn to the Andes' soaring peaks and clear skies. To this day, tourists still flock to the ...

ALARMING reports of vast showers of volcanic ash from eruptions of Descabezado and other recent volcanoes of the group which occurs on the chain of the Andes south of Santiago de Chile ...

Flamingos are not just Florida lawn decor—they are a remarkable bird that thrives in the driest desert on the planet. In ...

The Andes alone include 620 volcanoes, many of which are active. Many residents also struggle with the natural barriers some of the landscapes have created. The elongated shape can often make long ...

Some locals call them el guardian de los Andes – the guardian of the Andes ... one of Ecuador’s most sacred volcanoes. As the sun climbs higher, the thermals strengthen and the condors ...

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has ...