President Rafael Correa has estimated damage at $2 billion to $3 billion

  Additionally, a one-off tax of 0.9 percent will be imposed on people with wealth of over $1 million

  "We're looking at the possibility of issuing bonds on the international market, but other measures have been planned, a tax reform...

 

  Nearly 400 rescue workers flew in from countries in Latin America, along with 83 specialists from Switzerland and Spain

  To finance the costs of the emergency, some $600 million in credit from multilateral lenders was immediately activated, the government...

  About 230 aftershocks have rattled survivors, who huddled in the streets, worried the flow of tremors could topple their already cracked homes...

  The government said 262 people were killed and up to 2,500 injured, according to the latest tallies on Sunday evening....

 

  "What happened here in Pedernales is catastrophic."

A state of emergency was declared in six provinces.

  The oil company will continue to resist liability it claims was established by means of fraud and extortion