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PERU 27/8/05
PERU’S new PM wins confidence vote
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Peruvian Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynsky won a confidence vote in
parliament on Friday after he promised to fight poverty and improve security
in the …
english.people.com.cn/200508/27/eng20050827_204793.html
PERU’S Retreating Glacier’s Create Water Shortages
Free Internet Press – New York,NY,USA
… Soon it, like many other glaciers in Peru, will have disappeared almost
completely. At … 2015. This is the majority of Peru’s glaciers. …
freeinternetpress.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4383
ECUADOR 27/8/05
ECUADOR oil protesters threaten to resume attacks
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
QUITO, Ecuador, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Protesters who crippled Ecuador’s vital
oil industry earlier this month threatened on Saturday to resume their
attacks …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27140076.htm
CRUNCH time in South America
Special Broadcasting Service – Australia
… has chosen to have a look at a new group of players – and the inexperience
in the Bolivia line-up is one factor which tips the balance in Ecuador’s
favour in …
www2.sbs.com.au/opinions/index.php3?id=62356
ECUADOR 26/8/05
OIL to flow again as Ecuador ends strike
Ninemsn – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
AP – An agreement has been reached to end a strike in Ecuador’s two largest
oil-producing provinces that had idled the country’s exports and triggered
violent …
news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=59154
AGREEMENT Reached to End Oil Strike in Ecuador
Voice of America – USA
An agreement has been reached in Ecuador to end a strike that had shut
down oil exports from the country’s two largest oil-producing regions
and had triggered …
www.voanews.com/english/2005-08-26-voa55.cfm
OIL Firms to Aid Poor as Pact Ends Ecuador Strife
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
QUITO, Ecuador — Protesters who had shut down oil exports vital to Ecuador’s
economy struck a deal with energy companies Thursday under which they
will end …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
ecuador26aug26,1,4761426.story?coll=la-headlines-world
VENEZUELA to provide Ecuador 600,000 barrels of crude
Xinhua – China
25 (Xinhuanet) — Venezuela is to provide Ecuador with 600,000 barrels
of crude in a loan agreement to make up the shortfalls in Ecuador’s oil
production. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/26/content_3406978.htm
BOLIVIA 26/8/05
BOLIVIAN Government Might Postpone Elections
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Concerns over a likely postponement of Bolivia´s
general elections in December are growing today after the government admitted
…
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B3BBB40A7-
6589-4FB6-BF01-1127F6C7BB89%7D&language=EN
PERU 21/8/05
PERU spy chief’s trial begins with a delay
Miami Herald – FL,USA
The trial of Peru’s former spy chief and 56 others in the deaths of 35
people renewed debate about the government of former President Alberto
Fujimori. …
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/12434383.htm
LATIN American Agenda
Financial Times – London,England,UK
… Peru’s new prime-minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is set to announce
his government’s new legislative programme on Thursday. If …
news.ft.com/cms/s/6be6a952-125f-11da-8cc3-00000e2511c8.html
20/8/05
Y Colombia? Rumsfeld visit a threat to L-America!
Indymedia Colombia – Colombia
During stops in Paraguay and Peru, Mr. Rumsfeld and his gringo aides warned
of what they consider to be ‘troublemaking’ by President Hugo Chávez
of Venezuela …
colombia.indymedia.org/news/2005/08/29642.php
ECUADOR 25/8/05
ECUADOR protesters reach pact with oil firms
Reuters.uk – UK
QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) – Ecuador oil protesters, whose attacks have shut
down petroleum exports, struck a deal with energy companies on Thursday
in which the …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID
=2005-08-26T010307Z_01_ROB603761_RTRUKOC_0_UK-ECUADOR-SETTLEMENT.xml
UPDATE 1-Ecuador protesters reach pact with oil firms
Reuters – USA
QUITO, Ecuador, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Ecuador oil protesters, whose attacks
have shut down petroleum exports, struck a deal with energy companies
on Thursday in …
today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=
URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20050826:MTFH11939_2005-08-26_00-47-09_N25716554:1
ECUADOR asks Venezuela for 6 mth grace period before paying crude …
Forbes – USA
QUITO (AFX) – Ecuador has asked for a grace period of six months before
starting to pay for the crude oil to be supplied by Venezuela to help
Ecuador cope with …
www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/08/25/afx2192331.html
ECUADOR protesters threaten to launch hunger strike if they are …
Forbes – USA
QUITO (AFX) – Oil protesters have threatened to launch a hunger strike
if the Ecuadorian authorities or oil companies press charges against them
for damages to …
www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/08/25/afx2191662.html
ECUADOR protesters sign settlement with oil firms
Reuters.uk – UK
QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) – Ecuador protesters, whose attacks shut down
oil exports vital to the country’s economy, struck a deal with energy
companies on …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=
2005-08-26T020332Z_01_ROB603761_RTRUKOC_0_UK-ECUADOR-SETTLEMENT.xml
24/8/05
ECUADOR oil protesters threaten hunger strike
Reuters.uk – UK
QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) – Protesters who have choked off Ecuadorean oil
exports threatened on Wednesday to launch a hunger strike to pressure
the government …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=
2005-08-25T032716Z_01_ROB503266_RTRUKOC_0_UK-ECUADOR.xml
OIL protests cost Ecuador millions
Science Daily (press release) – USA
QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 24 (UPI) — A week of protests against Ecuador’s handling
of its oil reserves cost the industry an estimated …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=
UPI-1-20050824-11364300-bc-ecuador-protests.xml
VENEZUELA Sending Oil to Ecuador
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Caracas, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela announced Wednesday that it would
send crude oil and derivatives to Ecuador next month to help that country
fulfil …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BACF11BA2-3A7
6-4C6D-83C9-48C89D1C442E%7D&language=EN
RESULTS in Ecuador Rainforest Trial Point to Billion-Dollar …
Yahoo News (press release) – USA
QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ — ChevronTexaco, now Chevron Corp
(CVX), appears to be losing ground in the environmental …
biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050824/law056.html?.v=26
ECUADOR state oil producer boosting output after protests
TODAYonline – Singapore
Ecuador’s state-owned oil company is pumping at 45 percent of its normal
production, but not enough to resume exports cut during a week of protests,
a source …
www.todayonline.com/articles/68482.asp
23/8/05
ECUADOR protesters are optimistic over oil deal
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
QUITO, Ecuador, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Protesters whose attacks have choked
off Ecuador’s oil exports held out hopes on Tuesday for reaching a deal
under which …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23560705.htm
ECUADOR seeks to end oil crisis
BBC News – UK
Talks are to resume in Ecuador on Tuesday in an effort to end the unrest
that has severely affected the country’s oil production. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4177190.stm
OIL atop $65; Exports halted in Iraq, resumed in Ecuador
MarketWatch – USA
… ground above $65 a barrel Monday as traders weighed an oil export halt
in Iraq and ongoing tension in Iran, against news that exports in Ecuador
have been …
www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BA2D984
12-0B49-4BDA-90D0-0644F237C36B%7D&siteid=google&dist=
20/8/05
ECUADOR defence minister quits as oil protests mount
Globe and Mail – Canada
Quito — Ecuador’s defence minister quit yesterday amid a crisis over protests
that in oil provinces have cut output to a trickle. …
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/
TPStory/LAC/20050820/WORLD20-2/TPInternational/Briefs
ECUADOR gets tough with protestors
Euronews.net – France
The government of Ecuador is cracking down on protests that have rocked
the country and crippled oil production. Security forces …
euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&article=305169&lng=1
ECUADOR cracks down on protests
Science Daily (press release) – USA
QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 20 (UPI) — Ecuadorian forces are cracking down on
protesters in the capital amid demonstrations against the …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=
UPI-1-20050820-11311200-bc-ecuador-protests.xml
BOLIVIA 25/8/05
POSTPONEMENT Threatens Bolivia´s Elections
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) A possible postponement is threatening Bolivia’s
December 4 general elections Thursday, due to legal matters and possible
…
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BD7023BD0
-0A3D-40C3-B914-039E46D9DB35%7D&language=EN
UN: Gap between rich and poor wider
Science Daily (press release) – USA
UN encouraged by Bolivia agreement (July 8, 2005) — UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan said he was greatly encouraged by the Bolivian Parliament’s
decision to …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=
UPI-1-20050825-23122000-bc-un-unequal.xml
24/8/05
BOLIVIA Tense Following Evictions
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) The Government´s decision to evict campesinos
from lands they have occupied in the east of Bolivia, and other conflicts,
have …
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B383D74CA-
D87C-4FFD-AD19-262A29A18641%7D&language=EN
NEW farm states discussed at Bolivia
Tenterfield Star – Tenterfield,New South Wales,Australia
Chairman of the Bolivia Branch of the NSW Farmers Association and Region
2 Executive Councillor Charlie McCowen has called on farmers from throughout
Northern …
tenterfield.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&su
bclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=419005&y=2005&m=8
23/8/05
JAPANESE-BOLIVIAN to run in Bolivia’s presidential election
Japan Today – Tokyo,Japan
… A center-left opposition party has selected Japanese-Bolivian business
consultant Michiaki Nagatani as its candidate for Bolivia’s presidential
election in …
www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=9&id=347053
VENEZUELA condemns call for Chavez assassination
Financial Times – London,England,UK
… frequently expressed worries that the Venezuelan president is using
his oil wealth to meddle in unstable South American countries such as
Ecuador and Bolivia. …
news.ft.com/cms/s/2c68d246-1408-11da-af53-00000e2511c8.html
BOLIVIA: Once again on the precipice
Maryknoll Magazine – Maryknoll,NY,USA
Bolivia’s parliament has announced that the country will hold elections
for president, vice president, parliament, and for regional governors
in December …
home.maryknoll.org/index.php?module=MKArticles&func=display&id=476&office=global
20/8/05
HAVANA Medical School Sees First Grads
Guardian Unlimited – UK
… Rumsfeld told reporters Thursday that ``there certainly is evidence
that both Cuba and Venezuela have been involved in the situation in Bolivia
in unhelpful …
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5223435,00.html
PERU 19/8/05
PERU’S ex-spy chief on trial
San Jose Mercury News – United States
LIMA, Peru – Just the mention of former spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos’
name can still silence Peruvians who remember the years when he was the
balding, beak …
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/12423058.htm
ECUADOR 19/8/05
ECUADOR’S army tackles protesters
BBC News – UK
Ecuador’s army has stepped up efforts to quell protests which have crippled
production in the oil-rich Amazonian region of the country. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4168070.stm
CRUDE Oil Prices Rise on Ecuador Output Cut, Attack in Jordan
Bloomberg – USA
19 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil rose more than $1 a barrel as production disruptions
in Ecuador and a failed rocket attack on two US Navy vessels at a Jordanian
…
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=amUszUhaSEVU&refer=uk
OIL jumps after attack on US ships, Ecuador halt
USA Today – USA
LONDON (Reuters) — Oil climbed back above $65 a barrel Friday as rocket
attacks in the Middle East and protests in Ecuador reminded the market
how vulnerable …
www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2005-08-19-oil-prices_x.htm
OIL prices spike on Venezuela fire, Ecuador protests
San Diego Union Tribune – United States
… back from a dip earlier this week as markets reacted to a fire at a
massive refining complex in Venezuela and developments in Ecuador, where
protesters had …
www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20050819-1133-oilprices.html
ECUADOR oil dispute worrying as increasingly politicised – analyst
Forbes – USA
LONDON (AFX) – The demonstrations in Ecuador’s Amazonian oil fields that
have brought oil exports to a halt are worrying as they are increasingly
taking a …
www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/08/19/afx2185928.html
BOLIVIA 19/8/05
BOLIVIA Ratifies Sea Access Demand to Chile
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
The government´s Friday communiqué denied Bolivia would apply the “gas
for sea” policy, pushed by the former administration of Carlos Mesa and
ratified in a …
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B0E9715FF-7
FE7-424D-91A6-DA35C6ECD5AA%7D&language=EN
SENATOR takes Rumsfeld to task over Chávez criticism
Financial Times – London,England,UK
… During a visit to South America this week, Mr Rumsfeld warned that
Mr Chávez and Cuba’s Fidel Castro were trying to destabilise Bolivia,
where unrest has led …
news.ft.com/cms/s/caee41a8-1101-11da-adc0-00000e2511c8.html
PETROBRAS to Raise Natural Gas Prices in Brazil Next Month
Bloomberg – USA
… exchange. Rio de Janeiro-based Petrobras said it will increase prices
of natural gas it imports from Bolivia 13 percent as of Sept. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aOkltc4bxpK4&refer=latin_america
BOLIVIAN Photographer Freddy Alborta, 73, Dies
Art Daily – USA
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.-Bolivian photographer Freddy Alborta, 73, died in La Paz.
He is famous for his image of revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara lying
dead. …
www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=14669
US revives old warnings on Latin American leftists
International Herald Tribune – France
… American officials traveling with Rumsfeld said Chávez, sometimes
with Cuban help, was quietly backing leftist movements in Bolivia and
elsewhere in the region …
www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/19/news/rumsfeld.php
PERU 18/8/05
PERU’S ex-spy chief on trial for massacre
Science Daily (press release) – USA
Peru: Ex-spy chief ordered deaths (May 23, 2005) — The former secretary
for Peru’s ex-spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos says her boss ordered the
deaths of two …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article
=UPI-1-20050818-13452000-bc-peru-spychief.xml
PERU’S president The masochist
Economist – UK
… medal. As he began his fifth and final year as Peru’s president, Mr
Toledo had been enjoying a welcome wavelet of adulation. Thanks …
www.economist.com/World/la/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4301011
RUMSFELD in Peru to Discuss Mutual Security Interests
US Department of Defense (press release) – USA
LIMA, Peru, Aug. … The leaders are also expected to discuss Peru’s interest
in increasing its role in peacekeeping operations, the official told reporters.
…
www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2005/20050818_2474.html
17/8/05
PERU spy chief faces abuse trial
BBC News – UK
By Hannah Hennessy. Peru’s imprisoned former spy chief has gone on trial
accused of ordering massacres by paramilitary-style death squads in the
1990s. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4161526.stm
PERU anti-narcotics aid on Rumsfeld visit agenda
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LIMA, Peru, Aug 17 (Reuters) – US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived
in Peru on Wednesday to face requests for more aid to battle narcotics
as the …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17262828.htm
RESEARCHERS test lead levels in Peru’s filthiest mining towns
Resource Investor – Herndon,VA,USA
By Jon Nones. Researchers from St. Louis University have began taking blood
samples from residents of La Oroya, Peru, where The Doe Run Co. …
www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=12126
NEW premier for crisis-hit Peru
BBC News – UK
… Mr Kuczynski is an Oxford- and Princeton-educated former fund manager
who has helped to turn Peru into one of the region’s fastest-growing economies.
…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4159242.stm
ECUADOR 18/8/05
ECUADOR halts oil exports because of protests
Channel News Asia – Singapore
QUITO – Ecuador’s state oil firm, Petroecuador, said it was suspending
exports of crude oil because of protests that have cut production. …
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/163968/1/.html
ENCANA shuts in 43,000 bpd in Ecuador
Reuters Canada – Toronto,Canada
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oilfield unrest in Ecuador is costing EnCana Corp.
(ECA.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) 43,000 barrels per day …
ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=
2005-08-19T011508Z_01_HO904525_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESS-ENERGY-
ECUADOR-ENCANA-COL.XML
‘MANY drown’ in Ecuador shipwreck
Journal of Turkish Weekly – Ankara,Turkey
The boat is thought to have sailed from the port of Manta in Ecuador. …
Emigration from Ecuador has been on the rise in recent years. …
www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=18066
ECUADOR and Brazil Promote Cooperation, Plead for Integration
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) Brazil´s Foreign Minister Celso Amorim wound
up on Wednesday a visit to Ecuador aimed at promoting cooperation, bilateral
trade …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B479FBED5
-066A-4A74-A9A5-3A868C8A7970%7D&language=EN
PROTESTS halt Ecuador oil exports
BBC News – UK
Ecuador’s state oil company says it is suspending crude oil exports following
five days of protests in two provinces that have slashed production. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4164840.stm
17/8/05
ECUADOR in state of emergency over oil
BusinessWeek – USA
… Since Sunday morning, residents of the two provinces in Ecuador’s northeast
Amazon have blocked the main access roads to oil fields in the zone, and
have also …
www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8C1T
RQ80.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db
GLOBAL Development & Environmental Resources Visiting With …
Market Wire (press release) – USA
(OTC: GDVE) announced today that representatives from the Company are currently
meeting with key Ecuadorian officials in Ecuador’s northern Amazon border
of …
www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=93279
ECUADOR declares emergency, oil production falls
Reuters Canada – Toronto,Canada
QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government declared a state of emergency
in two Amazon provinces where protests have cut crude oil production by
state …
ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=
2005-08-18T031149Z_01_HO811439_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESS-ENERGY-
ECUADOR-PRODUCTION-C-COL.XML
BOLIVIA 18/8/05
BOLIVIA and Chile Hold Trade Meeting
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia and Chile began a preparatory commercial
meeting aimed at improving Bolivia´s position in bilateral trade. …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B4FE6D24E
-F22E-4386-8F82-6E6F0DCF2F67%7D&language=EN
BOLIVIAN photographer of “Che” Guevara fame dies
Reuters – USA
LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) – Bolivian photographer Freddy Alborta, famous
for his image of revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara lying dead, has died
in La Paz …
today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-08-
18T192248Z_01_SCH869757_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-BOLIVIA-
PHOTOGRAPHER-DC.XML
US warns Castro and oil-rich ally
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
… Mr Rumsfeld said that the oil-rich Venezuelan strongman and his Cuban
ally Fidel Castro, had interfered in the affairs of Bolivia, lending support
to a …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/
08/19/wrums19.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/08/19/ixworld.html
17/8/05
RUMSFELD says outsiders affecting Bolivia:-
Webindia123 – India
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld claims that political unrest in
Bolivia has been encouraged by Cuba and Venezuela, The Washington Post
reports. …
news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=107695&cat=World
BOLIVIAN MAS Rejects New US Interference
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Aug 17(Prensa Latina) Bolivia´s Movement Towards Socialism (MAS)
rejected on Wednesday new US allegations about supposed Cuban and Venezuelan
…
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B3630B892-563F-427A-BE6F-C638B7CEAD9A%7D&language=EN
PERU 16/8/05
PERU’S new cabinet led by former top banker
Forbes – USA
… Toledo named a new cabinet led by a top banker five days after sparking
a government crisis by naming an unpopular politician as Peru’s foreign
minister. …
www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2005/08/16/afx2182797.html
PERU mine town residents stone scientists for probe
Reuters – USA
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) – Dozens of residents in one of Peru’s filthiest mining
towns threw stones and spat at US scientists undertaking the first independent
…
today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=
2005-08-17T000924Z_01_HO700525_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-
MINERALS-PERU-DOERUN-DC.XML
15/8/05
PERU’S Toledo inches towards new Cabinet
Reuters – USA
LIMA, Peru, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo on Monday
inched towards resolving the worst Cabinet crisis of his turbulent four
years in …
today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNew
s&storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20050815:MTFH03052_
2005-08-15_17-21-18_N15720262:1
14/8/05
PERU minister to quit after two days
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Peru’s new foreign minister said at the weekend he would step down – two
days after being appointed – because of the controversy his nomination
provoked. …
news.ft.com/cms/s/088fe58a-0d28-11da-ba02-00000e2511c8.html
13/8/05
UPDATE 1-Peru’s problem minister steps down
Reuters – USA
LIMA, Peru, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The man whose appointment as Peru’s foreign
minister detonated the biggest Cabinet crisis of President Alejandro Toledo’s
four …
today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&sto
ryID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20050814:MTFH75207_2005-08
-14_00-34-08_N13365452:1
BOLIVIA 16/8/05
BOLIVIA´S MAS Favors Energy Integration
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Agu 16( Prensa Latina) The Movement toward Socialism (MAS), suggested
Tuesday a south American energy integration, involving Bolivia, Brazil
and …
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7BAD171FF1-9C
B2-497D-A019-1817C8B49D13%7D&language=EN
FOREIGN foes behind Bolivian unrest: US
The Age (subscription) – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The United States has accused Washington’s leftist foes Venezuela and Cuba
of trying to destabilise Bolivia, where indigenous revolts have overthrown
two …
www.theage.com.au/news/World/Foreign-foes-behind-
Bolivian-unrest-US/2005/08/17/1123958108250.html
15/8/05
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
Miami Herald – FL,USA
… expires at the end of 2006 would cause most of the exports and jobs
to disappear, added officials from the four countries: Peru, Colombia,
Bolivia and Ecuador. …
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/
special_packages/business_monday/12371374.htm
13/8/05
OIL industry drastically cuts investment in Bolivia
MercoPress – Uruguay
Investment in Bolivia by the mainly foreign-owned petroleum companies dropped
40% in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2004,
reported …
www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=6237
ECUADOR 16/8/05
ECUADOR Against Recruiting of Mercenaries
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador expressed uneasiness on Monday over
the recruiting of mercenaries to serve in Iraq by a US firm operating
from the …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BBF72AFA2-C0
62-41B5-BE0D-5586A4EFC464%7D&language=EN
ECUADOR Amazon protests cut Petroecuador’s output by 23%
MarketWatch – USA
QUITO (MarketWatch) — Ecuador’s state-run oil company, Petroecuador, had
lost nearly 23% of its daily oil output as consequence of protests in
Orellana and …
www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=
%7B8F62EC33-A36E-416E-BBE1-D7BE32C32DBA%7D
US FCC uneasy about international phone rate spats
Reuters – USA
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) – US communications regulators have expressed
concerns about telephone carriers in Ecuador, Jamaica and Nicaragua disrupting
phone …
today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=governmentFilings
News&storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20050816:MTFH30631_
2005-08-16_21-32-18_N16734691:1
ECUADOR: protest of banana growers scheduled
FreshPlaza – Netherlands
… price of $ 3 per box. Also a demonstration will be held in front of
the Central Bank of Ecuador (CBE). The protestors are demanding …
www.freshplaza.com/2005/16aug/1_ec_protest.htm
15/8/05
ECUADOR: Sovereignty Takes One Step Backwards
Dissident Voice – Santa Rosa,CA,USA
Just as the longstanding political crisis in Bolivia hangs fire pending
future elections, so too in Ecuador people await some serious attempt
at a new …
www.dissidentvoice.org/Aug05/solo0816.htm
ECUADOR: Iraq mercenaries recruited
World War 4 Report – Brooklyn,NY,USA
… (La Jornada, Mexico, Aug. 13). Ecuador’s minister of government, Mauricio
Gandara, responded on Aug. 13 by announcing he will order …
www.ww4report.com/node/941
BOOK on President Fidel Castro Launched in Ecuador
Ahora.cu – Holguín,Cuba
… Tiempo de Los Cedros” by Cuban journalist Katiuska Blanco, dedicated
to the life of President Fidel Castro, was launched in Quito, capital
of Ecuador, on the …
www.ahora.cu/english/SECTIONS/culture/2005/Agosto/15-08-05.htm
ECUADOR’S Head of Human Rights Commission Calls for Cuban Five’s …
Ahora.cu – Holguín,Cuba
Ecuadorian Ecumenical Human Rights Commission Executive Director, Elsy
Monje, called for the release of the five Cubans imprisoned in the US,
following the …
www.ahora.cu/english/SECTIONS/international/2005/Agosto/15-08-05a.htm
14/8/05
TERROR exercise kills three
Daily Telegraph – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
… About 3,500 navy personnel from Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia,
the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and the United
States were also …
dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1274&storyid=3613096
ECUADORIANS Worried About Drug Trafficking
Angus Reid Global Scan – Vancouver,BC,Canada
(Angus Reid Global Scan) — Most adults in Ecuador are concerned about
narcotics trade, according to a poll by Informe Confidencial. …
www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8519
BUSH must oil Latin cogs
Australian – Australia
… in South America was being seriously undermined by the election of
a string of left and centre-left governments in Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador,
Uruguay and …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/sto
ry_page/0,5744,16259577%255E643,00.html
13/8/05
AGRICULTURE Ministers to Meet in Ecuador
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Ecuador´s Agriculture Ministry, the main organizer, said the gathering
would take place in the context of the Summit of the Americas and more
than 30 …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BEC51D4
8A-FC6B-4769-9FD3-4D7C87847F34%7D&language=EN
EX-MINISTER rising as top figure
Miami Herald – FL,USA
Ecuador has a tradition of politics by remote control; former presidents
and powerful politicians have often pulled government strings from afar.
…
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/12373159.htm
CARETAKER Palacio Gets High Marks in Ecuador
Angus Reid Global Scan – Vancouver,BC,Canada
… Palacio—a cardiologist—had previously acted as Ecuador’s minister
of health and is not directly affiliated with any political party. …
www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8499
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