  We discuss the possibility of hosting a big Astrophysics ground-based
experiment in Ecuador aimed to detect VHE particles. Ecuador location makes
possible to see both the Northern and Southern sky. An additional geographic
feature is the presence of one of the highest American mountains, the
Chimborazo (6310 m.a.s.l.), that happen to be the highest point on Earth
measured from the center of the planet. In the last decade Ecuadorian
government has invested resources in higher education and research, with an
important policy of training abroad. The effect has been that now many
researchers in Physics, Astrophysics, and Engineering are working in
universities across the country and collaborating with important experiments
like CMS at CERN, Pierre Auger in Argentina, HAWK in Mexico and in LAGO
project. All these features make Ecuador an ideal place to host a big VHE
particle detector experiment in South America.
