Ecuadoreans in Earthquake Zone Jostle for Food, Water

Survivors of an earthquake that killed 570 people and shattered Ecuador's coast clamored for food, water and medicine on Thursday as aid eluded more remote parts of the disaster zone. President Rafael Correa's socialist government, facing a mammoth rebuilding task at a time of slashed oil revenues in the OPEC nation, said there was no lack of supplies — just problems with distribution that should be quickly resolved. "We're trying to survive. We need food," said...

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