Marco Fioretti recently published an article (A look at free software in Ecuador) about his experiences at the Congress on Free Software and Democratization of Knowledge hosted in Quito, Ecuador.

The article goes into detail about the spectacular growth of free software in Ecuador, which has its own GNU/Linux distribution (Elastix). Elastix has already been widely deployed in Ecuador: by one of the largest television networks in Ecuador (RTS), by the call center for Aerolineas Galapagos (a major airline), the Ministry of Health and other government agencies.

Ecuador has been increasingly contributing to the Latin American free software movement since Ecuador President Rafael Correa mandated a migration to open source software with Presidential Decree 1014.

Ecuador was also well-represented at CONSEGI 2008 and further demonstrates the incredible acceleration of free software adoption throughout Latin America.