After a two-hour flight from the humid, Ecuadorean port of Guayaquil, here I was being driven across the lush volcanic island of Santa Cruz in the Galápagos.

Peru implemented a maritime blockade of the port of Guayaquil demanding a revocation of the deal, as well as an acknowledgment of Peruvian sovereignty over the disputed territories.

On August 31, 1859, Castilla betrayed his commitment to García Moreno, and came to an agreement with Franco that resulted in the end of the blockade against the port of Guayaquil.

The mint equipment was worn and could not produce coin in sufficient quantity to compete with the foreign coin that entered Ecuador, especially through the port of Guayaquil.

After a pursuit of five months, he blockaded the Spanish ships in the port of Guayaquil.

The Peruvian Navy blocked the port of Guayaquil, almost cutting all supplies to the Ecuadorian troops.

Another candidate who attracts controversy is Abdala Bucaram, a former Mayor of the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador's second-largest city.

When I arrived to the port of Guayaquil, my brother was waiting for me with his arms wide open.

Early 19th century travelers on ships entering and leaving the port of Guayaquil were served chifle (instead of bread) with meals, including breakfast, and discovered its use as a snack food.

In the spring of 1843, he took four cases of plants, which he had collected on the slopes of the Peruvian Andes, by sea to the Ecuadorian port of Guayaquil.