South America's Scariest Train: 'The Devil's Nose' Dec 4, 2008
The trip begins in the city of Riobamba, about 9,000 feet above sea level in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. Watch the story tonight on "Nightline" at 11:35 ET. (ABC News)
Paraguay joins shift to the left in Latin America Jul 3, 2008
The following year he went to Ecuador, where the majority of the population are indigenous, and where he came under the spell of the Bishop of Riobamba, Leonidas Proano, a leading South American liberation theologist. "We young priests were working mainly on youth work. But we were constantly going to talk to the man they called the bishop in the poncho, or the bishop of the Indians," he recalls. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
wheels for ecuador Mar 9, 2008
It was very emotional, Coonrad said of his trip to Riobamba, Ecuador ... Coonrad and Rotary members stationed in Quito were on the road and heading towards Riobamba, a city about three hours south of Quito, where many of the chairs were to find new owners ... Soon the church service started and Coonrad was ushered to the front of the church to sit with the Bishop of Riobamba. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Libertadores: Olmedo, Cienciano earn wins Feb 1, 2008
Replacement striker Estuardo Quinonez hit home a powerful 71st-minute shot to give new Olmedo coach Armando Osma a win on debut in Riobamba. The second leg will be in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Bathing, browsing, biking around Ecuador Mar 25, 2007
There are two or three large cities between Cuenca and Quito -- Azogues, Riobamba, and Ambato -- but if you want to make just one stop on the way to Quito, it has to be Ba os, an hour east of Ambato. Ba os is a tourist town, but rarely have villagers and tourists coexisted so harmoniously. (Boston Globe)
