Possible Clues:

• Nation named for its latitude
• Race duo crashed in country
• Fuss amid cure formulated in SA country
• Country associated with pasillo
• Galapagos Islands' country
• Country named for its geographic location
• Country whose capital is Quito
• Spanish-speaking country in European Community united organising road
• Country's financial district gets universal love, almost
• One of the only two South American countries that doesn't border Brazil