China is set to gain access to sizeable copper deposits in Ecuador following an agreed C$679m (US$652m) cash bid for Vancouver-based Corriente Resources.
Climate change could cost Andean countries US$30 billion per year by 2025, according to a study.The study was commissioned by the Andean Community of Nations and
carried out by the Peruvian University of the Pacific, with the support
of specialists from Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador.