Tungurahua volcano exploded into action friday , forcing the evacuation of at least seven villages and closing down the airport and public schools in guayaquil , the country 's largest and most populated city .
Bespectacled and in his gravelly guayaquil accent , ecuador 's foreign minister , ricardo pati o , rallied the americas against britain 's display of " gross blackmail " in threatening to arrest mr assange on the premises of the london embassy .
When expreso , a newspaper in guayaquil , broke the story of these contracts , president correa , a socialist , at first dismissed it as a media attack on his family . But the public seemed to believe the newspaper .
Last month , ecuador introduced these restrictions in a bid to stem a recent spike in murders in the capital quito and the country 's most populous city , guayaquil .