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- Ecuador is one of the 20 Latin American nations. Officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador) it is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 km (620 mi) west of the mainland.
- Ecuador is a democratic presidential republic. A medium-income country, its developing economy is highly dependent on commodities, namely petroleum and agricultural products.