The Américas News Links 1-13 JULY 2005

The Américas

1-13 JULY 2005

ECUADOR 13/7/05

ECUADOR says tax take jumped 14.2 percent in June
Reuters – USA
QUITO, Ecuador, July 13 (Reuters) – Ecuadorean net tax revenues rose 14.2
percent to $273.6 million in June compared with the same month last year,
the …
today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=
URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20050713:MTFH81443_2005-07-13_20-48-37_N13665473:1

ECUADOR Says No to Criminal US Soldiers
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Havana, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian Deputy Foreign Minister Marcelo
Fernandez Cordoba assured Wednesday that Ecuador will not grant immunity
to US …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B47B609FE-212A-4094-AEAF-5EB878DB8DC0%7D&language=EN

STRONG results continue from Quimsacocha, Ecuador
Metals Place – UK
… Corporation (”IAMGOLD” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the
results of an additional 21 diamond drill holes on its Quimsacocha project
in Ecuador. …
metalsplace.com/metalsnews/?a=1611

ECUADOR Indians protest Petrobras oil development
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
QUITO, Ecuador, July 12 (Reuters) – Indians and environmental protesters
marched through Ecuador’s capital on Tuesday to demand that Brazilian
state oil firm …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N12584407.htm

ECUADOR Indians threaten kidnappings
Science Daily (press release) – USA
… Ecuador’s ex-leader arrives in Brasilia (April 25, 2005) — Deposed
Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez has arrived in the Brazilian capital
with his wife and …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050712-22444900-bc-ecuador-brazil.xml

ECUADOR to deport suspected Colombian rebels
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
QUITO, Ecuador, July 12 (Reuters) – Ecuador said on Tuesday it will deport
two suspected Colombian rebels arrested in a Quito hospital, a move that
may help …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N12228511.htm

ECUADOR Concerned About Colombian Armed Groups
Angus Reid Global Scan – Vancouver,BC,Canada
82 per cent of respondents in Quito—and 76 per cent of respondents in
Guayaquil—think Colombian armed groups are already present in Ecuador.
…
www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8048

VENEZUELA Proposes Debt Market for Emerging Countries (Update2)
Bloomberg – USA
… Venezuela proposed the creation of a debt market for emerging market
countries, saying it may purchase bonds from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil
and Ecuador. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aOwe.vbAl4eI&refer=latin_america

BOLIVIA 13/7/05

IN Bolivia, unrest expected to increase Jewish emigration
Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem,Israel
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — The political, social and ethnic crisis in Bolivia
is taking a toll on the country’s small Jewish community. …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1121221096889

BOLIVIA Says No to Petro-Biz Pressure
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… Repsol, British, and Total, from Spain, Great Britain and France, respectively,
are blackmailing for investment protection agreements Bolivia signed with
those …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B3A340A68-FC20-4E40-8FB7-C6060017BE00%7D&language=EN

SUEZ Strikes Back in Bolivia
ZNet – Woods Hole,MA,USA
… Should private gas and water companies be expropriated, he warned,
Bolivia would have to pay the multinational corporations that invested
in privatized water …
www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=52&ItemID=8287

A Coca Grower to Lead Bolivia?
Harold Doan and Associates (press release) – Rocklin,CA,USA
Bolivia stands today on the verge of a potentially radical political overhaul.
Following the resignation of President Carlos Mesa …
www.harolddoan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4472

A different socialism
Sun-Sentinel.com – Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
… They say the support Venezuela gives Bolivia’s indigenous movement
makes the country ungovernable and foreign investment in its huge gas
fields a risky endeavor …
www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/columnists/sfl-gmcol14jul14,0,3589974.column

PERU 13/7/05

PERU: World Bank Approves $50 Million for Transport
noticias.info (press release) – Spain
/noticias.info/ WASHINGTON, July 12, 2005 — The World Bank’s Board of
Directors today approved a $50 million loan for Peru to improve regional
transport …
www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=82937&src=0

ALL miners to pay Peru royalty from 2018
Reuters – USA
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) – Ending a year of confusion, Peru will charge all
mining companies a royalty from 2018, although most will face the levy
from 2007, as …
today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=
2005-07-12T201229Z_01_N12564707_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-MINERALS-PERU-DC.XML

MARSEILLE have signed French midfielder Sabri Lamouchi and Peru …
TODAYonline – Singapore
Lamouchi, 33, joins the French first division side from Genoa whom he helped
to win promotion last season while he was on loan from Inter Milan. …
www.todayonline.com/articles/61076.asp

SILVER Standard Completes Drilling at Berenguela Project in Peru
Business Wire (press release) – San Francisco,CA,USA
… to report the remaining outstanding drilling results from the Berenguela
project located five kilometers east of Santa Lucia on the altiplano of
southern Peru. …
home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndm
ViewId=news_view&newsId=20050712005500&newsLang=en

EXHIBIT sheds light on Huari people of Peru
CNN – USA
… All are in a new display at the capital’s Textile Museum, finely woven
by the Huari people who ruled most of Peru between about 750 and 950 AD
That was a half …
www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/07/12/ancient.textiles.ap/

ECUADOR 13/7/05

BOLIVIA 13/7/05

BOLIVIA ratifies aim of hosting ODESUR Games in 2006
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Bolivia ratified its decision to host the 8th South American Games in 2006,
sources of the Bolivian Olympic Committee (COB) said Tuesday. …
english.people.com.cn/200507/13/eng20050713_195758.html

VENEZUELA Proposes Debt Market for Emerging Countries (Update2)
Bloomberg – USA
… Bloomberg) — Venezuela proposed the creation of a debt market for
emerging market countries, saying it may purchase bonds from Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil and …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1000
0086&sid=aOwe.vbAl4eI&refer=latin_america

BOLIVIA 12/7/05

THE dubious drug war
Providence Journal (subscription) – Providence,RI,USA
… Colombian officials assert that violence related to drug trafficking
has fallen sharply in Colombia, cocaine output has soared in Peru and
Bolivia, as peasants …
www.projo.com/opinion/editorials/content/projo_20050711_eddrug.1fe18af.html

ECUADOR 12/7/05

US and Colombia Want to Involve Ecuador in Conflict
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) US and Colombia want to involve Ecuador in
an alien conflict, and this might affect Ecuadorian stability, said former
deputy …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B3DD0799A-1270-4929-8F0B-F56D9AFD1FA5%7D&language=EN

BANANA producers consider union
Canada East – Canada
… “Something like this is necessary to achieve common goals,” said Eduardo
Ledezma, president of Ecuador’s Association of Banana Exporters. …
canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050711/TPMONEY09/207110307/-1/MONEY

BOLIVIA 10/7/05

BOLIVIA’S warning to the hemisphere
San Francisco Chronicle – San Francisco,CA,USA
… The next example of instability may take a very different form from
Bolivia’s, but it will come soon enough and the message it sends will
be the same: Latin …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/07/10/INGQ2DJRER1.DTL

BOLIVIA Balkanized – Aid to Haiti Coup Regime
Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand
… idea of “autonomy” and who might suggest the rationality of first entering
into a Constituent Assembly in order to create a new political structure
for Bolivia …
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00128.htm

BOLIVIAN temple’s glory revived by grand renovation
Chicago Sun-Times – Chicago,IL,USA
SAN JOSE DE CHIQUITOS, Bolivia — In this remote town in eastern Bolivia,
an unlikely monument rises majestic above the simple red tile-roofed houses
— the …
www.suntimes.com/output/travel/tra-news-bolivia10.html

PERU 10/7/05

PERU Indians seize 9 oil wells demanding investment
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LIMA, Peru, July 9 (Reuters) – Around 100 native Indians wielding bows,
arrows and machetes seized nine oil wells in Peru’s northern jungle in
the latest …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09431650.htm

PERU 9/7/05

PROTESTS after Peru pulls Fujimori TV ad
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LIMA, Peru, July 8 (Reuters) – At least 200 supporters of former Peruvian
President Alberto Fujimori clashed on Friday with protesters demanding
his return …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N08634853.htm

ANCIENT Peru Fabrics on Display in DC
Washington Post – Washington,DC,USA
… All are in a new display at the capital’s Textile Museum, finely woven
by the Huari people who ruled most of Peru between about 750 and 950 AD
That was a half …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/08/AR2005070800984.html

DEVENS Ready to Follow Peru’s Example This Weekend in The Tire …
Auto Racing Daily – USA
TOPEKA, Kan. — Coming off a Peru, Ind., event that featured a record 398
competitors, The Tire Rack® SCCA Solo National Tour keeps up a full head
of steam …
www.autoracingdaily.com/article.php?cid=1672

PERU Rejects Alleged US Fight against Terror
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Lima, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) The cynicism and double standard of a US announced
anti-terrorist fight was rejected in Peru, with statements that the US
…
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B213472E9-
1A99-4541-B911-DB02510D7A3A%7D&language=EN

MERCEDES Olivera: Immigrant group makes much ado about Peru
Dallas Morning News (subscription) – TX,USA
The ancient Incas of Peru are said to have had three principles to live
by: Don’t kill, don’t lie and don’t steal — no matar, no mentir, no robar.
…
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/localnews/
columnists/all/stories/070905dnmetolivera.88c248b3.html

PERU 7/7/05

PERU’S boom in farm exports
Economist – UK
AS HE drives along the Pan-American Highway near Ica, a city four hours
south of Lima, Elmer López has to use both hands to point out the farms
on either side …
www.economist.com/World/la/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4157659

PERU Military Resists Civilian Trials
Guardian Unlimited – UK
LIMA, Peru (AP) – For the first time in Peru’s history, civilian courts
are calling scores of military men to account for the torture and murder
of civilians …
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5123773,00.html

PERU complains about Western biopiracy
World Peace Herald – Washington,DC,USA
The Inter press Service reported that President of Peru’s National Institute
for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property
…
www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050707-043200-6595r

PEOPLE Protesting in Peru
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… Pedro Macedo and Edgar Valcarcel, transport union leaders from Arequipa,
the second major city of Peru, said there would be a 30-day truce as long
as talks …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B20611AA5
-F413-4EEB-A515-A94C6EF5F9F9%7D&language=EN

PERU: Asian Textile Imports Jump 500%
just-style.com – UK
Peru’s imports of Asian textiles leapt 500 per cent following the removal
of temporary restrictions to protect the country’s industry, Peru’s Minister
of …
www.just-style.com/news_detail.asp?art=38030

ECUADOR 7/7/05

ECUADOR to Strengthen Cooperation with Cuba
Cuban News Agency – Cuba
Havana, July 7 (AIN) Ecuador’s Deputy Foreign Minister Marcelo Fernandez
has travelled to Cuba to explore ways to enhance bilateral cooperation
between the two …
www.ain.cubaweb.cu/idioma/ingles/2005/jul7ecuador-cooperacion.htm

ECUADOR protest ends, allowing oilfields to resume ops in Amazon …
Forbes – USA
QUITO (AFX) – Indigenous groups and colonists in the Amazonian town of
Shushufindi have ended their protest, allowing oilfields in that area
to resume their …
www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/07/07/afx2128690.html

DRUG exports ‘to rise’ if bananas halted
NEWS.com.au – Australia
… Mr Pacheco was speaking at the inauguration of a gathering of presidents
from top Latin American banana-exporting nations, including Ecuador and
Colombia …
www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15861544-38199,00.html

BRAZIL sets vote on banning firearm sales
Science Daily (press release) – USA
Ex-president of Ecuador renounces asylum (June 8, 2005) — The former president
of Ecuador has renounced his asylum status in Brazil and is planning to
travel …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&
article=UPI-1-20050707-20543700-bc-brazil-guns.xml

TATTLING on TV news
USA Today – USA
… Miami-based Spanish-language TV reporter Manolo Bonilla (John Leguizamo)
goes with his news crew to a remote town in Ecuador on the trail of a
serial killer …
www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2005-07-07-cronicas_x.htm

BOLIVIA 9/7/05

UN encouraged by Bolivia agreement
Science Daily (press release) – USA
Bolivia: Rodriguez sets election date (July 7, 2005) — Bolivian President
Eduardo Rodriguez has set a date for presidential elections at the end
of the year. …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&
article=UPI-1-20050708-17153600-bc-un-bolivia.xml

BEIJING reception marks China-Bolivia diplomatic ties
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
A reception was held Friday in Beijing to mark the 20th anniversary of
the establishment of China-Bolivia diplomatic relations. …
english.people.com.cn/200507/08/eng20050708_195003.html

UN encouraged by Bolivia agreement
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
“The secretary-general is greatly encouraged by the agreements reached
by Bolivia’s Parliament this week to hold elections for president, vice
president …
washingtontimes.com/upi/20050708-045826-9644r.htm

USAID Awards $13 Million for Community Health Programs in Bolivia
Harold Doan and Associates (press release) – Rocklin,CA,USA
… will consolidate a joint effort between the Bolivian Government and
the private sector in order to deliver primary health care to the rural
areas of Bolivia. …
www.harolddoan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4319

HUGE field an option for the region’s needs, but drilling has …
Houston Chronicle – Houston,TX,USA
… In the meantime, overwhelming opposition to foreign investors in neighboring
Bolivia — which had been the provider of choice in the region because
its gas …
www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/energy/3258997

BOLIVIA 7/7/05

BOLIVIA Senate agrees new poll
BBC News – UK
Bolivia’s Senate has approved plans for early elections later this year,
after protests forced President Carlos Mesa out of office last month.
…
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4652531.stm

FEATURE-GIVING birth often means death for Bolivia’s women
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
By Fiona Ortiz. CURVA, Bolivia, July 7 (Reuters) – Carlota Huacani is 53
and has just visited the doctor for the first time in her life. …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N29450144.htm

$40BN?DEBT relief will have little impact says S&P
Financial Times – London,England,UK
… agreement. They include Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda,
and Zambia in Africa, and Bolivia and Nicaragua in South America. …
news.ft.com/cms/s/38578f28-eefd-11d9-8b10-00000e2511c8.html

GOLDEN Eagle Raises Equity Funding
Market Wire (press release) – USA
The proceeds will be used to meet several critical operational needs in
Bolivia and in the US The Company intends to allocate some of the funds
to support …
www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=90351

RODRíGUEZ Tenure Will Be Positive, Say Bolivians
Angus Reid Global Scan – Vancouver,BC,Canada
(Angus Reid Global Scan) — Many adults in Bolivia have an optimistic view
of their interim president, according to a poll by Apoyo, Opinión y Mercado
…
www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/7971

PERU 6/7/05

PERU coca growers’ leader defiant over eradication
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LIMA, Peru, July 6 (Reuters) – A leader of coca growers in Peru’s biggest
coca cultivation region threatened on Wednesday to flood the world’s No.
…
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06245154.htm

ECUADOR 6/7/05

ECUADOR protests continuing, disrupting ops at 9 oilfields
Forbes – USA
QUITO (AFX) – Ecuador’s interior minister Mauricio Gandara said that protests
were continuing in several parts of the country, disrupting the operations
of …
www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/07/06/afx2125761.html

WINE fight, firecrackers launch Spain bull fiesta
Reuters.uk – UK
… “Everything is allowed here,” said Javier Castillo, 25, from Santo
Domingo, Ecuador. “They throw champagne at you, wine, sangria and no one
minds.”. …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID
=2005-07-06T144849Z_01_SPI653310_RTRUKOC_0_SPAIN-PAMPLONA.xml

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TO VISIT ECUADOR TO FOLLOW-UP ON SITUATION …
noticias.info (press release) – Spain
… The Special Rapporteur on the independence of lawyers and judges of
the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Leandro Despouy, will visit
Ecuador from 11 …
www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=81097&src=0

ECUADOR: banana exports and effects on the reefer market
FreshPlaza – Netherlands
The reefer market has been affected recently by the events which have caused
irregularities in the banana export activity in Ecuador and which could
continue …
www.freshplaza.com/2005/06jul/1_ec_bananareefer.htm

CORRIENTE Resources Inc.: High-Grade Copper Intersected at Mirador …
Business Wire (press release) – San Francisco,CA,USA
… economics at Mirador. We have received several serious proposals to
participate in the development of our projects in Ecuador. We are …
home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?n
dmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050706005795&newsLang=en

BOLIVIA 6/7/05

BOLIVIA sets date for elections
BBC News – UK
Bolivia’s interim president has confirmed the country will hold presidential
and congressional elections at the end of the year. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4658547.stm

POLITICAL turmoil hurts Bolivia’s bid to become natural gas …
Houston Chronicle – Houston,TX,USA
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – Bolivia’s southern neighbors are scrambling to find new
sources for desperately needed natural gas after concluding that political
chaos in …
www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3254239

THE carnival’s almost over for oil giants as the South strikes …
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
For centuries, Bolivia made it easy for prospectors to mine, from the Spaniards
who plundered gold to the tin barons of the 19th century to the multinational
…
www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/07/07/2003262548

ECUADOR 6/7/05

US Base in Ecuador Tracks Colombian Guerrillas
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Retired high officials of the Ecuadorian Army
denounced Tuesday that the US military base of Manta, Ecuador, is used
to monitor …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B67A7B0C3
-0189-43D5-B3BA-4F0392DB94A4%7D&language=EN

BOLIVIA 5/7/05

BOLIVIA to hold elections
CNN International – USA
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Congress voted to hold presidential and congressional
elections on December 4, taking a key step toward ending the country’s
protracted …
edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/07/05/bolivia.elections.ap/

BOLIVIA hopes early poll will end social unrest
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Bolivia’s lower chamber of Congress was expected on Tuesday to set a timetable
for an early presidential election in a move aimed at ending the social
unrest …
news.ft.com/cms/s/b4a7e9fa-ed82-11d9-9ff5-00000e2511c8.html

BOLIVIA’S Political Crisis
Voice of America – USA
This was Bolivia in May and June 2005: roadblocks and sometimes violent
street protests that have choked off fuel supplies to the country’s main
cities. …
www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/2005-07-05-voa55.cfm

OIL-RICH Countries Demand Bigger Share Bolivia Leads Charge …
RedNova.com – Dallas,TX,USA
… deposits in Latin America. But like many energy-producing countries
these days, Bolivia has pulled up the welcome mat. With an angry …
www.rednova.com/news/science/164116/oilrich_countries
_demand_bigger_share_bolivia_leads_charge_against_companies/

BOLIVIA will celebrate early elections in December
Granma International – La Habana,Cuba
BOLIVIA is to hold early elections in December, as convened by Congress,
which approved several reforms to the Constitution including a reduction
of its mandate …
www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/julio/mart5/28boliv-i.html

PERU 6/7/05

PERU Judge Orders 118 Arrested in Slayings
Guardian Unlimited – UK
LIMA, Peru (AP) – A Peruvian judge ordered the arrest of 118 current and
retired military officials for their alleged involvement in the 1988 massacre
of …
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5120973,00.html

DYNACOR to acquire tungsten mine in Peru for $1.25 million US
Canada.com – Canada
MONTREAL (CP) – Dynacor Mines Inc. is acquiring a tungsten mine in northern
Peru for up to $1.25 million US, the Montreal gold miner announced Tuesday.
…
www.canada.com/businesscentre/story.html?id=00cfa390-3efd-43dc-813f-d574d6ed36cc

PERU to make advance payment of debt to Paris Club
Xinhua – Beijing,China
LIMA, July 5 (Xinhuanet) — Peru signed an agreement with the Paris Club
on Tuesday, under which it will make an advance paymentof some 1.6 billion
US dollars …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/06/content_3181934.htm

PERU All-Stars advance to state after two weekend wins
LaSalle News Tribune – LaSalle,IL,USA
The Peru All-Stars only needed two games to win the two-team District 20
Senior League Softball Tournament Saturday and Sunday at Zearing Park
in Princeton. …
www.newstrib.com/main.asp?SectionID=90&ArticleID=17430&SubSectionID=333

PERU miners begin strike at Shougang Corp iron mine
Metals Place – UK
Workers at Shougang Hierro Peru SAA, Peru’s only iron miner, went out on
strike, their third in 12 months, to push for a pay raise, a union official
said. …
metalsplace.com/metalsnews/?a=1555

ECUADOR 5/7/05

PHONE-TAPPING Allegations Reviewed in Ecuador
Angus Reid Global Scan – Vancouver,BC,Canada
(Angus Reid Global Scan) — Many adults in Ecuador believe their country’s
… Do you think the police has intercepted telephone conversations in
Ecuador?
www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/7929

OIL Exports Yield Record Income in Ecuador
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) The Central Bank of Ecuador reported record
oil export yields In the first quarter of 2005 to total1.4 billion USD.
…
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B8C6B8F67
-F344-43EC-838F-1D3EC54B77B9%7D&language=EN

TENSION Prevails in Ecuador-Colombia Border
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Bogotá, Jul 4 (PL) Tension along the common border has typified relations
between Colombia and Ecuador that have seen their links deteriorated.
…
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B1DAED3E1
-789F-46D8-B9DC-5A09874F0E0D%7D&language=EN

COLOMBIA captures leading rebel
Science Daily (press release) – USA
Colombia: Uribe rails against Ecuador (July 1, 2005) — Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe criticized neighboring Ecuador Friday for not doing enough
to keep …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article
=UPI-1-20050704-11482900-bc-colombia-farc.xml

UN AGENCY VOICES NEW CONCERN FOR REFUGEES FROM FIGHTING IN …
Harold Doan and Associates (press release) – Rocklin,CA,USA
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees specifically mentioned more than
1,200 indigenous Aw forced to leave their homes near the border with Ecuador
as a result …
www.harolddoan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4132

PERU 5/7/05

WORKERS Strike At Peru Iron Miner Shougang Hierro
Yahoo News – USA
LIMA (Dow Jones)—Workers at Chinese-owned iron miner Shougang Hierro Peru
SAA (SHPC1.VL) walked off the job Monday, demanding higher pay and better
working …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050704/15/3takf.html

HIGH Support for Election Reform in Peru
Angus Reid Global Scan – Vancouver,BC,Canada
… 1, Peru’s National Electoral Jury (JNE) announced that members of the
military and law enforcement officers would be allowed to vote—but not
to run as …
www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/7936

EX-PERUVIAN President Fujimori May Return to Country, AFP Says
Bloomberg – USA
… Peru will make a fresh bid to persuade Japan to hand over Fujimori,
who faxed his resignation as president from a hotel while visiting Japan
in 2000, the …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=aRXdy9o6xiKk&refer=japan

SUPREME Decree Issued for Petrolifera’s License on Maranon Block …
Canada NewsWire (press release) – Canada
… Petrolifera”), a Calgary-based oil and natural gas exploration and
production company with current and planned activities in Argentina and
Peru, is pleased to …
www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2005/04/c8462.html

SOUTH AMERICA: Amazon Nations Gear Up to Fight Biopiracy
Inter Press Service (subscription) – World
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 4 (IPS) – Around 500 products based on plants native
to Peru are registered in patent offices in the United States, Europe
and Japan, but …
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=29334

BOLIVIA 4/7/05

BOLIVIA needs a dose of compromise and civic education to get …
Spero News – USA
by Stephen Johnson. Venezuela’s rambunctious president Hugo Chávez blames
US President George W. Bush for the stewing conflict in Bolivia. …
www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=135&id=1617

BOLIVIA Starts Decisive Week for Elections
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian Congress is starting Monday
a decisive week for general elections, seeking a political agreement for
the constituent …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B392C6DFF-
6E22-4862-A8A8-07EA035D9581%7D&language=EN

FRIEDSKY: Authentic Media from Below in Bolivia
Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand
Narco News publishes a story of independence on this July 4th: a report
by our correspondent Jean Friedsky in Bolivia on that country’s blossoming
independent …
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00053.htm

BOLIVIA: Tragic Hoax of Debt Cancellation
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
According to Jubileo Foundation, a similar program was applied to Bolivia,
months before, when it reduced its debt from 4 412 million dollars to
1 912 millions …
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7BAC2B4141-
2D53-49BB-88D0-84364EADA82D%7D&language=EN

QUIROGA Leads in Bolivia, Only Without Mesa
Angus Reid Global Scan – Vancouver,BC,Canada
(Angus Reid Global Scan) — Former head of state Jorge Quiroga is the early
frontrunner in Bolivia’s presidential race, according to a poll by Apoyo
…
www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/7924

BOLIVIA 3/7/05

TRACKING Hurricane Hugo
TIME – USA
… The most recent domino to fall was Bolivia. Last month an uprising
by indigenous citizens demanding the nationalization of the country’s
…
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1079480,00.html

HIDDEN gem of Bolivia being restored
Charlotte Observer – Charlotte,NC,USA
SAN JOSE DE CHIQUITOS, Bolivia – In this remote town in eastern Bolivia,
an unlikely monument rises majestic above the simple red tile-roofed houses
— the …
www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/living/travel/12045648.htm

CULTURES gather on the Riverfront
The News Journal – Wilmington,DE,USA
… Mary Catherine Reely perched under a tree Saturday on Wilmington’s
Riverfront, watching flagbearers, drummers and dancers from Africa, Bolivia,
India and other …
www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A
ID=/20050703/NEWS01/507030337/1006

TRAVEL warnings scare more than tourists
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
Anxious Americans planning a trip to Bolivia the first week of June were
probably spending as much time surfing the Web as they were packing their
suitcases. …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/12016521.htm

BOLIVIA 2/7/05

CONSIDERING new pastures
Dallas Morning News (subscription) – TX,USA
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — A half-century ago, Mennonites began migrating to
Bolivia’s lowlands, drawn by fertile, sparsely populated lands where they
could build …
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/w
orld/stories/070305dnintmenn.65dca0cf.html

SIX Myths About the Benefits of Foreign Investment
CounterPunch – Petrolia,CA,USA
… In Bolivia, the privatization of the gas and petrol industry in the
mid 1990's has led to billions in profits in the 21st century and the
loss of hundreds of …
www.counterpunch.org/petras07022005.html

PERU 2/7/05

TOLEDO Maintains Low Numbers in Peru
Angus Reid Global Scan – Vancouver,BC,Canada
(Angus Reid Global Scan) — Few adults in Peru openly support Alejandro
Toledo, according to a poll by Apoyo, Opinión y Mercado. …
www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/7900

ECUADOR 2/7/05

COLOMBIA: Uribe rails against Ecuador
Science Daily (press release) – USA
Colombia to talk security with Ecuador (June 29, 2005) — Colombia’s foreign
minister said she would like to improve relations with Ecuador particularly
when …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=
UPI-1-20050701-22263000-bc-colombia-ecuador.xml

THOUSANDS affected by fighting near Colombia-Ecuador border
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… July 1 (UNHCR) — Fighting in south-western Colombia has driven thousands
of civilians out of their homes, including more than 100 into neighbouring
Ecuador. …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/
45e2bdf948ca77457fd288cdd03779fb.htm

ECUADOR Takes Measures to Halt Illegal Flow of Colombians
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) Reinforcement of the northern border, granting
visas and repatriation of Colombians are two of Ecuador´s measures to
guarantee …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BDC181
9A1-24F2-40E9-A554-CB3EBB6677D7%7D&language=EN

THE Boss A Long Road From Ecuador
New York Times – New York,NY,USA
I COME from a small village in the mountains of Ecuador. … He took me
to the airport, bought a ticket and sent me back to Ecuador. …
www.nytimes.com/2005/07/03/business/yourmoney/03boss.html

TENSION between Ecuador and Colombia
El Diario New York – NY,USA
Presidential statements and conflicting opinions from both Secretaries
of State mark a recent episode of tension between Ecuador and Colombia.
…
www.eldiariony.com/noticias/detail.aspx?section=25&desc=Editorial&id=1183953

PERU 2/7/05

PERU confident of Fujimori extradition from Japan
Xinhua – Beijing,China
The minister also hoped the petition to invalidate 11 of the 22charges
against Fujimori would be rejected by Peru’s Supreme Courtto strengthen
the extradition. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/02/content_3165406.htm

TREATMENT begins for Peru ‘lobster baby’
Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
One-month-old Moises Chavez, who was brought to Lima this week after he
was born in Peru’s central Andes, is one of only a few babies in the world
born with …
news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=726812005

FLORES Nano and García Lead All in Peru
Angus Reid Global Scan – Vancouver,BC,Canada
(Angus Reid Global Scan) — Lourdes Flores Nano is the most popular presidential
hopeful in Peru, according to a poll by CPI. 18.1 …
www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/7888

PUBLIC library offers movie night and ‘trip’ to Peru
Harvard Hillside – Harvard,MA,USA
HARVARD — The Harvard Public Library offers its patrons a movie night
and a program for second- through fifth-graders that will “take” them
to Peru. …
www.harvardhillside.com/Stories/0,1413,108~5342~2947245,00.html

PERU region compensates rebel war victims
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LIMA, Peru, July 1 (Reuters) – Peru’s poorest region, Huancavelica, began
handing out $308,000 on Friday in reparations to victims of leftist rebel
wars in the …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N0119839.htm

BOLIVIA 1/7/05

BOLIVIA early election accord fails, protests loom
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LA PAZ, Bolivia, July 1 (Reuters) – Bolivian lawmakers failed to agree
on Friday to call general elections this year, sparking threats of protests
from …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N01618314.htm

ECUADOR 1/7/05

ECUADOR Rejects Intervention in Colombian Conflict
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… On the issue, Foreign Affairs Minister Antonio Parra said “Bogota wants
to involve Ecuador in its domestic affairs but it would be complete madness
to …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B088E9631
-B1C3-4CD3-9170-D95AB2970161%7D&language=EN

OAS General Secretary to Prop up Palacio in Ecuador
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba Quito, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina)
The general secretary of the Organization
of American States(OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, will visit Ecuador July
15, for a move …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B19BD2CD
2-05E6-4BB0-9FB5-CF1FE4996244%7D&language=EN

DISSATISFACTION with Congress Continues in Ecuador
Angus Reid Global Scan – Vancouver,BC,Canada… public funds case. The next congressional election in Ecuador is tentatively
scheduled for October 2006. Thirteen political parties …
www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/7877

PERU 1/7/05

FUJIMORI begins fight to annul Peru murder charges
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LIMA, Peru, June 30 (Reuters) – Peru’s ex-President Alberto Fujimori onThursday began a legal challenge to annul murder and corruption charges
against him to …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30576503.htm

TEXTILE exhibit spotlights Peru’s Huari culture
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription) – Evansville,IN,USA
By LINDA HALES The Washington Post. Today, the Incas who came afterward
are more widely known. But the Huari lasted longer. They …
www.courierpress.com/ecp/community/article/0,1626,ECP_737_3894285,00.html

LAN to Buy 25 Medium-Range Airbus Planes
Forbes – USA
… Spain and Germany in Europe. Through subsidiaries it operates domestic
routes in Peru and Argentina. The company last year reported …
www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2005/07/01/ap2120026.html

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