Ecuador

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What's your real name?

• Republic of Ecuador
• Republica del Ecuador

Quito

• San Francisco de Quito
• 372.39 km^2 
• Quito Rap
• Closest capital city to the Equator
• Climate 40-60s year round

Back to Ecuador. And How they got there.

• First Spaniards landed in Northern Ecuador in 1526
• The Inca leader was ambushed, held for ransom, tried, executed

Main Industries

• Petroleum
• Food Processing
• Textiles
• Wood Products
• Chemicals

Ecuadorian Musicians

• De Leon Haroldo
• Mera Martinez Juan Leon
• Ortiz Cobos Carlos
• Teran Enrique

Ecuadorian Cuisine

• Cuy
• Passionfruit
• Naranjilla

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Oil Exploitation

• Discovered in the 60s
• Large-scale production in the 70s
• Drilling on ancestral land
• Social & Environmental

Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador
• http://www.vivatravelguides.com/south-america/ecuador/
• ecuador-overview/social-and-environmental-issues-in-ecuador/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_quitoense