Ecuador's role as a significant exporter of petroleum has proven to be at the expense of its environmental quality, and the indigenous people of the Oriente continue to resist this exploitation.
Presidents Mahuad and Fujimori met several times to conclude the process, and finally agreed to submit the last unresolved issue to arbitration by the Guarantor countries, upon acceptance of the Congresses of Ecuador and Perú.
The Presidents of Brazil, Argentina and Chile -the Guarantor countries of the Protocol of RÃo de Janeiro with the United States of America-, the King of Spain, the Presidents of Bolivia, Colombia and Venezuela and U.S. Special Envoy Thomas Mack McLarty were in attendance.
The Republic of Ecuador is a country in northwestern South America, bounded by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Ecuador is a member of the United Nations (and most of its specialized agencies) and the Organization of American States (OAS) and also is a member of many regional groups, including the Rio Group, the Latin American Economic System, the Latin American Energy Organization, the Latin American Integration Association, and the Andean Pact.
The culture of Ecuador mirrors the demographics of the country itself, and is a rich amalgam of various influences.
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