BOLIVIA 30/6/05

BOLIVIA’S interim president renews pledge to hold snap elections
Xinhua – Beijing,China
BUENOS AIRES, June 30 (Xinhuanet) — Bolivia’s interim president Eduardo
Rodriguez has reaffirmed the pledge to call general elections as soon
as possible …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/01/content_3161414.htm

IN pictures: Bolivia Gay Pride
BBC News – UK
By night, he transforms into Danna Galan, frontperson for La Familia Galan,
Bolivia’s leading troupe of drag queens. “To be Bolivian …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/americas_bolivia_gay_pride/html/1.stm

PETROBRAS to reconsider Bolivian projects due to new energy tax
Forbes – USA
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFX) – Petroleo Brasileiro SA said it will reconsider its
planned investments in Bolivia, due to the implementation of a new energy
tax. …
www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/06/30/afx2117645.html

BOLIVIA: Strengthening of democracy and electoral institutions
ReliefWeb (press release) – Geneva,Switzerland
… that these elections are conducted in an inclusive and transparent
fashion, which should help to reduce the level of social tension and conflict
in Bolivia. …
www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6DUQHK?OpenDocument

PERU 30/6/05

US envoy presses Peru on ‘drug enforcer’
CNN International – USA
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A top US diplomat has urged Peru to stop dragging its
feet on the extradition of an alleged associate of the man Washington
describes as …
edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/06/29/peru.us.ap/

TINKA Resources Limited – Geophysics identifies targets at …
Canada NewsWire (press release) – Canada
… to provide results of the geophysical program at the Company’s 4,300
hectare Luminaria Project located in the Huaraz mining district, department
of Ancash, Peru …
www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2005/29/c7444.html

PERU: Gringo Ambassador Sides with Coca Growers’ Leader
The Narco News Bulletin
The United States ambassador to Peru, don James Curtis Struble, just made
a certain statement that, of course, the press agencies and commercial
media “forgot …
narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/29/175526/379

ECUADOR 30/6/05

US threatens to end aid to Ecuador
Xinhua – Beijing,China
QUITO, June 29 (Xinhuanet) — The United States threatens to end its military
assistance to Ecuador in case the latter refuses to accept the immunity
of US …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/30/content_3156362.htm

ECUADOR aims to strengthen China links
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Ecuador’s centre-left government is moving to diversify its financial ties
and strengthen economic links with China, following recent political upheaval.
…
news.ft.com/cms/s/4c106206-e8d6-11d9-87ea-00000e2511c8.html

COLOMBIA to talk security with Ecuador
Science Daily (press release) – USA
Colombia:Uribe apologizes for implication (June 28, 2005) — Colombian
President Alvaro Uribe admitted he was wrong in insinuating that foreign
news agencies …
www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article
=UPI-1-20050629-08092000-bc-colombia-ecuador.xml

ECUADOR Seeks to Keep Peace
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… of Government Mauricio Gándara Wednesday asserted that the proposal
to give visas to Colombians aims at guaranteeing internal security in
Ecuador, amid the …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BDBDC78
18-BDFB-4A0E-A5CB-8FF280E3C2F5%7D&language=EN

RUSSIA ends WTO talks with Bolivia, Ecuador, Pakistan
RIA Novosti – Moscow,Russia
GENEVA, June 29 (RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Andrianova) – Russia has completed
bilateral talks on its accession to WTO with Bolivia, Ecuador and Pakistan,
a …
en.rian.ru/business/20050629/40814510.html

PERU 29/6/05

PERU Deputy Min: Govt Hasn’t Meet Mining Area Needs
Yahoo News – USA
LIMA (Dow Jones)—Conflicts in the mining sector are percolating nationwide,
but Peru’s Energy and Mines Ministry is making a concerted effort to stave
them off …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050628/15/3t7eo.html

JUDGE annuls libel conviction against British journalist involving …
San Diego Union Tribune – San Diego,CA,USA
LIMA, Peru — An appeals court has overturned the conviction of a British
journalist for libeling a Peruvian businessman who has been identified
by the US …
www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050628-1518-peru-cocainelibel.html

MAN sentenced to time already served in TIMCO case
Wilmington Morning Star – Wilmington,NC,USA
… March 8, is a retired military officer known as a friend to US drug
agents fighting traffickers in cocaine and other narcotics in Peru’s Upper
Huallaga Valley. …
www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article
?AID=/20050629/APN/506290556&cachetime=5

ECUADOR 29/6/05

COLOMBIAN FM Desires Increased Cooperation with Ecuador
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister of Colombia, Carolina Barco,
pleaded on Tuesday for a strategy leading to increased cooperation with
Ecuador in order …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B673CEFFB
-65C0-4490-9E11-A75CC90823F5%7D&language=EN

BOLIVIA 28/6/05

MERCOSUR supports Bolivia’s entry into regional “energy ring”
Xinhua – Beijing,China
Duhalde said it was inconceivable if Bolivia, which has a natural gas reserve
of 48.7 billion cubic feet, was absent from the “energy ring.”. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/28/content_3146544.htm

CHILE: Candidate favors Bolivia talks
World Peace Herald – Washington,DC,USA
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean presidential hopeful Michelle Bachelet would
entertain talks with neighboring Bolivia about giving the country access
to the sea …
www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050627-044925-3867r

BACHELET May Open Sea Route for Bolivia
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… Chilean socialist party members, the foreign policy program of the
former Defense Minister states the need for maintaining a comprehensive
dialogue with Bolivia …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BA1CAF996-
A231-4FB8-AE3C-013FF48AA729%7D&language=EN

SAVING Bolivia’s political system
eTaiwan News – Taipei,Taiwan
The recent collapse of the traditional political party system as a result
of popular protests and mobilizations in Bolivia is a new phenomenon in
Latin America …
www.etaiwannews.com/Opinion/2005/06/28/1119925695.htm

WHY east and west don’t meet in Bolivia
Christian Science Monitor – USA
SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA — If Lorgio Balcazar Arroyo has his way, Bolivia will
soon have a system of government like the United States. …
www.csmonitor.com/2005/0628/p06s01-woam.html

27/6/05

BOLIVIA Lives a Week of Political Arrangements
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia has gone through a week of tight
political negotiations in which regional pressures and conservatives lost
the race to …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B9BB5A118-
65B7-49E2-A80C-C88097662DD6%7D&language=EN

PERU 27/6/05

READING between the pipelines
Guardian Unlimited – UK
… Other international extractive companies accused of abusing indigenous
rights include Hunt Oil and Manhattan Minerals in Peru, Gladis Gold in
Guatemala …
www.guardian.co.uk/analysis/story/0,3604,1515679,00.html

PERU Possible Party Internal Pressures Continue
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Lima, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Tension among leaders of the Peru Posible
party (PP), which is in power, continues Monday in spite of calls for
President …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B23BAAEBB-
2950-44EE-BF20-E850424B1035%7D&language=EN

ECUADOR 27/6/05

URIBE Praises Colombia-Ecuador Relations
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Bogota, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Colombian President Alvaro Uribe called
Monday constructive and friendly relations with Ecuador and was in favor
of greater …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B68D0FA97-
1369-49C3-8472-F547DB97E475%7D&language=EN

ECUADOR at risk of financial crisis in 2006
Reuters.uk – UK
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ecuador risks suffering a financial crisis next year
as the new government is seen spending more than it receives from its
oil revenues …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID
=2005-06-27T140049Z_01_NOA750422_RTRUKOC_0_ECUADOR-CRISIS.xml

INTERIM President Palacio Steady 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=7824

ECUADOR 27/6/05

INMATES stage crucifixions to protest prison conditions
Chicago Tribune – Chicago,IL,USA
QUITO, ECUADOR — Ecuador inmates stepped up a protest for improved conditions
Friday, with some prisoners voluntarily being hung from crosses and others
using …
www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-050626
0033jun26,1,474807.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

PERU 26/6/05

CORPORATE social responsibility in Peru
Enter Stage Right – Sudbury,Ontario,Canada
… of an 80-year-old copper and lead smelter — both because it’s the
lifeblood of the town and because they support the company, Doe Run Peru,
in its efforts …
www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0605/0605correspperu.htm

IT’S time for him to go, say UK Jewish leaders of Ambassador …
DEBKA file – Israel
Now he is suspected of using his position to wangle the premature release
of his daughter from jail in Peru where she is serving a sentence for
drug-smuggling. …
www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=138

BOLIVIA 25/6/05

BOLIVIA’S future unclear as leader seeks stability
San Jose Mercury News – San Jose,CA,USA
WASHINGTON – The protesters and blockaders who paralyzed Bolivia for weeks
have gone home, but worry about the troubled Andean country has grown
among US …
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/11984449.htm

DAMNED by Demand: Drug problem is far from Mexico’s alone
Dallas Morning News (subscription) – TX,USA
… Belgium — South America’s cocaine output rose by 2 percent last year,
bucking a five-year downward trend as increases in Peru and Bolivia outpaced
Colombia’s …
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion
/editorials/stories/062605dnedidrugs.45779185.html

BOLIVIA 24/6/05

GOVERNMENTS, investors closely watching Bolivia’s recovery
Myrtle Beach Sun News – Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
WASHINGTON – (KRT) – The protesters and blockaders who paralyzed Bolivia
for weeks have returned home, but worry about the troubled Andean country
has grown …
www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/politics/11979397.htm

BOLIVIA’S popular uprising: staged or spontaneous?
Radio Netherlands – Hilversum,Netherlands
… Nearly all of the estimated 800,000 people who live here are Aymara
Indians, forced to uproot themselves from other parts of Bolivia by drought
and mine …
www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/currentaffairs/region/southamerica/bol050624?view=Standard

BOLIVIA: Internal Unrest Minor Emergency Bulletin No. 3
ReliefWeb (press release) – Geneva,Switzerland
… Staff from OXFAM are currently working in Bolivia and the OXFAM-GB
representative worked jointly with the Bolivian Red Cross to identify
the most vulnerable …
www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6DNLXW?OpenDocument

BOLIVIA – after the uprising
Socialist Party – UK
THE MASS protest movements against neo-liberal policies that swept Bolivia
with strikes and demos have ousted president Carlos Mesa. …
www.socialistparty.org.uk/2005/398/pp9.htm

NEW Bolivian president sworn in as protesters say: nationalize oil
The Militant – New York,NY,USA
WASHINGTON—Renewed protests by miners, peasants, and indigenous groups
met the June 14 swearing-in of a new cabinet by the interim president
of Bolivia. …
www.themilitant.com/2005/6925/692504.html

PERU 24/6/05

PERU: the next Andean domino?
Open Democracy – London,UK
The next presidential elections in Peru are not due until April 2006, but
campaigning is already underway among those hopeful to replace Alejandro
Toledo. …
www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/peru_2625.jsp

PERU’S emerging water paradigm – report
WaterWorld – Tulsa,OK,USA
… LLC has released its latest monthly Project Analytics report with a
focus on “An Emerging Water Paradigm; Finally Addressing the Issues —
Peru’s Program.”. …
ww.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&
SubSection=Display&PUBLICATION_ID=41&ARTICLE_ID=230916

ECUADOR 24/6/05

ECUADOR Inmates Stage Crucifixions
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador inmates stepped up a protest for improved conditions
Friday with some prisoners voluntarily being hung from crosses and others
using …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-ecuador
-inmate-crucifixions,1,5837712.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

BOLIVIA 24/6/05

BOLIVIA’S left preparing for elections
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
… contested race. Morales, a federal deputy and leader of Bolivia’s coca
growers union, lost a bid for the presidency in 2002. Earlier …
washingtontimes.com/upi/20050623-110752-8183r.htm

INDIAN movement seeks ‘to expel white invasion’
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — A growing indigenous movement has helped topple
successive governments in Bolivia and Ecuador and, angered by the destruction
of Andean …
washingtontimes.com/world/20050623-112430-1607r.htm

HARD Political Work Before Bolivian Elections
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Hard political work for general elections
marks Bolivia on Thursday, as pressures to keep the date of the electoral
process …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BF1C05D52
-3869-437A-B103-02E61F35165F%7D&language=EN

PERU 24/6/05

BRAZIL’S Odebrecht wins $810 mln Peru road contract
Reuters L-Am. – UK
LIMA, Peru, June 23 (Reuters) – Consortia led by Brazil’s Constructora
Norberto Odebrecht SA, and Constructora Andrade Gutierrez on Thursday
won an $810 …
about.reuters.com/dynamic/countrypages/peru/1119549836nN23253824.ASP

SOUTHERN Peru Copper initiated with “buy” – update
New Ratings – USA
NEW YORK, June 23 (newratings.com) – Analysts at UBS initiate coverage
of Southern Peru Copper Corporation (PCU.NYS) with a “buy” rating. …
www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_886782.html

PERU electric headquarters moving out of old plant
LaSalle News Tribune – LaSalle,IL,USA
By Steve Depies. After more than 100 years in a facility on Water Street,
the Peru Electric Department is getting a new home. The …
www.newstrib.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&ArticleID=17342&SubSectionID=207

PERUVIAN Supreme Court fuels Fujimori hopes to return to politics
Pravda – Moscow,Russia
Peru ‘s Supreme Court of Justice decided to drop allegations that former
President Alberto Fujimori forged 1 million signatures to register for
2000 elections …
english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/15695_fujimori.html

23/6/05

PERU Grants Road Contracts to Link Peru, Brazil Coast (Update2)
Bloomberg – USA
June 23 (Bloomberg) — Peru awarded an $809 million contract to two Brazilian
companies to build a highway that will span the continent, connecting
the Pacific …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aMolGmzYRYPA&refer=latin_america

ECUADOR 23/6/05

ECUADOR jail protests turn bloody
BBC News – UK
Inmates demanding improved prison conditions in Ecuador’s jails have begun
mutilating themselves in an effort to publicise their cause. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4617773.stm

ECUADOR Refuses to Sign US Immunity Pact
Guardian Unlimited – UK
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Ecuador will not sign a pact to grant US military
personnel special immunity from the International Criminal Court, even
if that means …
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5094794,00.html

ECUADOR inmates nail selves to crosses in protests
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
QUITO, Ecuador, June 23 (Reuters) – Dozens of prisoners in Ecuadorean jails
nailed themselves by the wrists and ankles to wooden crosses on Thursday
in a …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23373294.htm

ECUADOR: Colombia drug plan has gone bad
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
By Carmen J. Gentile. Ecuador’s interior minister criticized Colombia’s
US-sponsored drug eradication program saying it bred violence and corruption.
…
washingtontimes.com/upi/20050623-113417-2065r.htm

BOLIVIA 23/6/05

BOLIVIA: The Second Gas War
Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand
On June 9, after weeks of blockades, marches and strikes that bought Bolivia
s economy to a virtual standstill, Congress voted to accept President
Carlos …
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00319.htm

BOLIVIA wants to join proposed energy loop
BusinessWeek – USA
22 4:02 PM ET Bolivia will seek to join a plan to build a regional energy
loop in which natural gas from Peru would flow via pipelines to neighboring
countries …
www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8ASS7L80.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down

BOLIVIA hostage to populist hypocrisy
Business Day – Johannesburg,South Africa
BOLIVIA stands on a cliff edge. Politicians have manipulated the … a
tenser investment community. This is the state of Bolivia today. …
www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A59697

GOVERNOR in Peru lifts coca curbs
BBC News – UK
… The United Nations has blamed the increase on the crackdown on coca
production in Colombia, which it says has fuelled production in Bolivia
and Peru. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4118734.stm

ECUADOR 23/6/05

ECUADOR rejects US military aid
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… He said Ecuador has given “much more than whatever has been at its
reach” with the acceptance of a US base at Manta Port and the deployment
of 8,000 Ecuadorian …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/23/content_3124695.htm

ECUADOR says breaks drug ring linked to Hizbollah
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
QUITO, Ecuador, June 22 (Reuters) – Ecuador has broken up a cocaine ring
suspected of funneling cash to Hizbollah, the Lebanese Shi’ite group listed
by the …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N22275647.htm

IMPOSSIBLE to Control Colombian Border, says Ecuador
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… Ecuador´s north border is 620 kilometers long, it demands a special
effort, that is why it is not possible to control all border checkpoints,
he underlined. …
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B62EC74F2-
1775-43F9-BE10-EDC690F0614E%7D&language=EN

ECUADOR links drug bust, Hizb Allah
Aljazeera.net – Doha,Qatar
Ecuadorean police say they have broken up an international cocaine ring
led by a Lebanese restaurant owner suspected of raising money for the
Islamic …
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CA2688EC-A3DB-400E-BCB1-E7BCE2AB6251.htm

BELGIUM Funds Cuban Doctors in Ecuador Health Program
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… 22 (Prensa Latina) Belgium will contribute 7.3 million Euros to help
Cuban doctors implement from August a health program in seafront Esmeraldas,
west Ecuador. …
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7BD2C310FD
-F2C6-4F7C-A61B-DCEB6F6948A6%7D&language=EN

PERU 22/6/05

PERU government condemns closure of Fujimori case
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LIMA, Peru, June 22 (Reuters) – The Peruvian government on Wednesday condemned
as “scandalous” a Supreme Court decision to drop allegations that former
…
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N22429237.htm

GOVERNOR in Peru lifts coca curbs
BBC News – UK
By Paul Keller. A regional governor in Peru has issued a by-law lifting
curbs on the growth of coca, the raw ingredient in cocaine. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4118734.stm

PERU debt fraud was inside job, Sobotka says
Prague Daily Monitor – Prague,Czech Republic
… CSOB, the bank where the money from Peru had been deposited for years,
claims it had sent reports on the accounts to the ministry. …
www.praguemonitor.com/ctk/?id=20050622E0089
6;story=Peru-debt-fraud-was-inside-job-Sobotka-says

BOLIVIA 22/6/05

INDIAN power grows in poor, unstable Bolivia
Reuters – USA
LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) – Bolivia’s Indian movement is feeling powerful
after forcing two presidents out of office in two years, and it says it
will topple …
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=ourWorldNews&storyID=8850299

THE hidden hypocrisy that drags down Bolivia
Financial Times – London,England,UK
By Sanchez de Lozada. Bolivia stands on a cliff-edge. Politicians have
… investment community. This is the state of Bolivia today. …
news.ft.com/cms/s/ed05b418-e2b9-11d9-84c5-00000e2511c8.html

WHERE lynching still lives
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
… In countries from Bolivia to Mexico, Guatemala to Brazil, hundreds
of people each year die or are gravely injured at the hands of lynch mobs.
…
www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion
/oped/articles/2005/06/22/where_lynching_still_lives

ECUADOR 21/6/05

VOLCANO eruption in Ecuador may affect oil pipelines
Xinhua – Beijing,China
QUIT, June 21 (Xinhuanet) — Reventador Volcano in Ecuador has resumed
eruption, which is expected to affect two major oil pipelines, said Hugo
Yepez, director …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/22/content_3118506.htm

ECUADOR Plans to Swap One-Year Bonds to Help Lower Debt Costs
Bloomberg – USA
June 21 (Bloomberg) — Ecuador, the South American nation that defaulted
in 1999, plans to swap bonds maturing in a year or less for new securities
due in 2012 …
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aHw1CBBsWY_E&refer=news_index

ECUADOR debt downgrade by S&P ‘fully warranted’ – Goldman Sachs
Forbes – USA
LONDON (AFX) – The decision by Standard & Poor’s to cut its long-term sovereign
credit rating on Ecuador to CCC+ from B- is ‘fully warranted’ given the
recent …
www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/06/21/afx2102930.html

ECUADOR: drug ring suspected of funding Hezbollah
Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem,Israel
Police broke up an international cocaine ring led by a Lebanese restaurant
owner suspected of raising money for Hezbollah. Ecuadorean …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename
=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1119320281828

ECUADOR: Ex-president wanted by officials
Monsters and Critics.com – Glasgow,UK
QUITO, Ecuador (UPI) — Ecuadorian officials in the province of Pichincha,
home of the capital, said Tuesday they were charging the ex-president
with …
news.monstersandcritics.com/southamerica/article
_1018773.php/Ecuador_Ex-president_wanted_by_officials

PERU 21/6/05

BHP Billiton’s Sees Peru Tintaya Mine Output at 100% Next Week
Bloomberg – USA
June 21 (Bloomberg) — BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s largest mining company,
will take a week to get its Tintaya mine in Peru producing at full capacity
after …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=aEltr6wJTasA&refer=australia

NORTHERN Peru Signs Joint Venture Agreement with JOGMEC on Pashpap …
CCNMatthews (press release) – Toronto,ON,Canada
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA—(CCNMatthews – June 21, 2005) – Northern Peru
Copper Corp (TSX:NOC) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement
with …
www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases.Controller?action=check4Cookies&actionFor=546216

PERU region declares coca legal with ancient rite
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
CUZCO, Peru, June 21 (Reuters) – Under pressure from Andean peasants, southern
Peruvian authorities on Tuesday declared the plant used to make cocaine
a local …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N21625545.htm

LOCAL currency debt appeals in Latin American climate
Financial Times – London,England,UK
… Recent upgrades of Chile, Peru, Brazil and Mexico were all to some
extent influenced by the trend towards local currency debt, he added.
…
news.ft.com/cms/s/49084b00-e2b9-11d9-84c5-00000e2511c8.html

BOLIVIA 20/6/05

A Lesson From Latin America
AllAfrica.com – Africa
… And these three — Bolivia, Paraguay and Colombia — are reflected
in a fourth and far more troublesome example, Venezuela, which hovered
close to the …
allafrica.com/stories/200506201089.html

BOLIVIAN architectural treasure worth the trip
USA Today – 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.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2005-06-20-bolivian-temple_x.htm

BOLIVIA Begins Decisive Week for Elections
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) The transitional government of Bolivian
President Eduardo Rodriguez is starting Monday a decisive week seeking
to achieve a …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B7FDF263C-43
69-4E56-B41E-D7C07C66E233%7D&language=EN

MERCOSUR backs new Bolivian government
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
… Mercosur is comprised of member nations Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
and Uruguay. Associate members include Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Peru and
Venezuela.
washingtontimes.com/upi/20050620-080714-2021r.htm

PERU 20/6/05

PERU May Face Fallout From Prison Release
Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA
LIMA, Peru — Political fallout mounted Monday over President Alejandro
Toledo’s decision to reduce a prison sentence for the daughter of Israel’s
ambassador …
www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-peru-
ambassadors-daughter,0,7105949.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

BHP to see Peru Tintaya mine open
Age (subscription) – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
BHP Billiton, the world’s largest diversified miner, hopes to begin operating
its Tintaya copper mine in southern Peru at full capacity next week following
a …
www.theage.com.au/news/Business/BHP-to-see-Peru-
Tintaya-mine-open/2005/06/21/1119250950988.html

PERU Copper reports progress update
Yahoo News (press release) – USA
VANCOUVER, June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Peru Copper Inc. (TSX:PCR,
PCR.WT / AMEX:CUP, CUP.WS) (”Peru Copper” or the “Company …
biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050620/to293.html?.v=7

PERU gas industry stands to profit from Bolivian woes
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Peru’s gas industry stands to benefit from political instability in Bolivia,
as the Andean countries’ neighbours look for a quick fix to settle chronic
…
news.ft.com/cms/s/d20cfcdc-e1fd-11d9-bf18-00000e2511c8.html

MERCOSUR Nations Plan to Push Gas Pipeline, Peru Minister Says
Bloomberg – USA
June 20 (Bloomberg) — Peru’s Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez comments
on a proposed Peru-Mercosur gas pipeline project. Peru …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=anPTdLx87emA&refer=latin_america

ECUADOR 20/6/05

ECUADOR Credit Rating Cut by S&P on Financing Concern (Update2)
Bloomberg – USA
June 20 (Bloomberg) — Ecuador’s credit rating was cut one level by Standard
& Poor’s to the lowest grade in South America on concern the government’s
plans to …
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aZJMcVPpLpuI&refer=news_index

US commander visits Ecuador, seeking closer ties
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… of the US Southern Command, said here Monday that the United States
will strengthen its “long and fruitful” bilateral military relationship
with Ecuador. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/21/content_3113550.htm

CALL on Ecuador to Defend National Sovereignty
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… “There are fears of the policy of continuous blackmail on Ecuador,
which offered economic aid might be pressured to approve actions that
go against national …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B94545BA0
-09DC-42F3-A1FE-0417EEF28D90%7D&language=EN

ECUADOR to Prioritize Oil and Electricity Output
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador is working to maintain petroleum
production and overcome its energy shortfall, said newly appointed Energy
and Mining …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B85A7CBAE-
39B4-41BE-8E09-80C8F172E516%7D&language=EN

LATAM partners seek stable region
BBC News – UK
… The recent unrest in Bolivia and Ecuador, where two presidents were
forced from office in as many months, showed that street protestors have
the power to put …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4113286.stm

BOLIVIA 19/6/05

BOLIVIA: Movement Towards Where?
Green Left Weekly – Chippendale,NSW,Australia
No one can talk about the crisis in Bolivia, the site of continuous waves
of mobilisation, road blockades and general strikes that have thrown out
two …
www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/630/630p12b.htm

BOLIVIA: The Second Gas War
Green Left Weekly – Chippendale,NSW,Australia
On June 9, after weeks of blockades, marches and strikes that bought Bolivia’s economy to a virtual standstill, Congress voted to accept President Carlos …
www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/630/630p12.htm

BOLIVIA On The Boil
People’s Democracy
THE current political turmoil in Bolivia is part of a wider movement in Latin America, of people rejecting not only corrupt politicians, but also --- and more …
pd.cpim.org/2005/0619/06192005_eco.htm

PERU 19/6/05

PERU’S POWER PLAY
Miami Herald – FL,USA
Peru is moving aggressively to develop its natural-gas holdings while controversy
over how to develop greater gas reserves in neighboring Bolivia has set
off …
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/
special_packages/business_monday/11923748.htm

COULD Anti-Mining Protests Turn Peru Into the Next Guatemala
Resource Investor – Herndon,VA,USA
… Peru has also suffered its share, and given the contribution that mining
makes to the country’s economy (accounting for more than half of the countries
total …
www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=10677

BOLIVIA 18/6/05

ELECTIONS for Bolivia
Washington Post – Washington,DC,USA
FOR THE SECOND time in less than two years mobs have defeated democratic
institutions in the poor South American nation of Bolivia. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/18/AR2005061800875.html

THE Struggle In Bolivia: A Primer
New Socialist Group – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The situation in Bolivia has been rapidly changing for some time — with
the recent resignation of the second Bolivian President in less than two
years due to …
www.newsocialist.org/index.php?id=313

EX-AREA activist drawn into Bolivia ‘water war’
Sacramento Bee (subscription) – Sacramento,CA,USA
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia – Long before roiling street protests against foreign
oil interests laid siege to the capital city and forced Bolivia’s president
to resign …
www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/13086008p-13931036c.html

CANCELLATION of debt should attract foreign investment in long run
Miami Herald – FL,USA
Question: Bolivia, Guyana, Honduras and Nicaragua are among 18 poor countries
worldwide whose multilateral debt was forgiven as part of a deal announced
by the …
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/11925529.htm

FITCH Revises Outlook on Bolivia’s FC & LC Sovereign Ratings to …
Business Wire (press release) – San Francisco,CA,USA
NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—June 17, 2005—Fitch Ratings today revised the
Outlook on the Republic of Bolivia’s ratings to Negative from Stable.
…
home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?
ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050617005385&newsLang=en

UN envoy wraps up mission to Bolivia
UN News Centre
… Announcing plans to send Mr. Ocampo to Bolivia late last week, Mr.
Annan said through a spokesman that he strongly believes that Bolivians
should resolve their …
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=14650&Cr=bolivia&Cr1=

BOLIVIA with complete but undefined government
Granma International – La Habana,Cuba
THE Bolivian president, Eduardo Rodríguez, begins to govern today with
a complete ministerial cabinet but persisting parliamentary vagueness
over his aim of …
www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/junio/viern17/26bolgov.html

US says no to $150M to fight coca farming
Miami Herald – FL,USA
… Drugs and Crime indicated Colombia achieved only a modest reduction
in coca cultivation despite heavy spraying, with more coca being grown
in Peru and Bolivia. …
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/11915877.htm

ECUADOR 18/6/05

ECUADOR redistributes oil income
MercoPress – Uruguay
Ecuador’s Congress will give preference to social programs over lowering
national debt. The country’s Congress voted 64-1 to amend …
www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=5872

PERU 18/6/05

BHP Billiton Set to Reopen Peru Tintaya Mine as Workers Return
Bloomberg – USA
June 18 (Bloomberg) — BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s largest mining company,
began returning workers to its Tintaya mine in Peru after protests from
…
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=a5ZspB13yK7k&refer=news_index

RUSSIA, Peru to sign agreement on aircraft repairs
RIA Novosti – Moscow,Russia
BUENOS AIRES, June 18 (RIA Novosti, Yuri Nikolayev) – Peru is set to sign
an agreement on aircraft repairs with Russia, Peruvian President Alejandro
Toledo said …
en.rian.ru/business/20050618/40543702.htm

FITCH Revises Outlook on Bolivia’s FC & LC Sovereign Ratings to …
Business Wire (press release) – San Francisco,CA,USA
NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—June 17, 2005—Fitch Ratings today revised the
Outlook on the Republic of Bolivia’s ratings to Negative from Stable.
…
home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?
ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050617005385&newsLang=en

UN envoy wraps up mission to Bolivia
UN News Centre
… Announcing plans to send Mr. Ocampo to Bolivia late last week, Mr.
Annan said through a spokesman that he strongly believes that Bolivians
should resolve their …
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=14650&Cr=bolivia&Cr1=

BOLIVIA with complete but undefined government
Granma International – La Habana,Cuba
THE Bolivian president, Eduardo Rodríguez, begins to govern today with
a complete ministerial cabinet but persisting parliamentary vagueness
over his aim of …
www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/junio/viern17/26bolgov.html

US says no to $150M to fight coca farming
Miami Herald – FL,USA
… Drugs and Crime indicated Colombia achieved only a modest reduction
in coca cultivation despite heavy spraying, with more coca being grown
in Peru and Bolivia. …
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/11915877.htm

ECUADOR 17/6/05

ECUADOR’S Balancing Act: Palacio, the People and the IMF
Harold Doan and Associates (press release) – Rocklin,CA,USA
Newly appointed Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacio announces that he
wants to create a government more relevant to Ecuador’s suffering citizenry.
…
www.harolddoan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3731

CHE Guevara Birth Anniversary Marked in Ecuador
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian students and friends of Cuba honored
the 77th birth anniversary of Cuban-Argentine guerrilla fighter Ernesto
Che …
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B1F06C511
-7B6B-4971-A5A1-7BAD9ED495CF%7D&language=EN

PERU 16/6/05

4 dead in military helicopter crash in Peru
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… missing. The helicopter fell down during a routine check of borders
along Peru’s northern frontier, according to the local media. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/17/content_3096576.htm

PERU’S $2 Bln Repayment Offer Accepted by Paris Club (Update2)
Bloomberg – USA
June 16 (Bloomberg) — Peru’s proposal to pay back early as much as $2
billion of debt owed to the Paris Club was accepted by a majority of the
creditor …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aIYEXcPrV8WM&refer=latin_america

PERU to buy back $2bn from debtors
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Peru is to buy back as much as $2bn of its bilateral debt to Paris Club
creditor governments after recent prepayment deals with Russia and Poland.
…
news.ft.com/cms/s/1f4b34a8-de9a-11d9-92cd-00000e2511c8.html

AMERICA Movil expects to operate in Peru before year-end
MarketWatch – USA
LIMA (MarketWatch) — Sercotel SA, a unit of Mexico’s America Movil SA
(AMX), is committed to launching its cellular telephone service in Peru
before the end …
www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B
038A7D70-C080-4718-96C4-0C2CA1D5CC40%7D

BARRICK’S Peru mine starts ahead of schedule
Reuters Canada – Toronto,Canada
TORONTO (Reuters) – Barrick Gold Corp., Canada’s largest gold producer,
said on Thursday that its new Lagunas Norte mine in Peru has started operating,
well …
www.reuters.ca/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=
businessNews&localeKey=en_CA&storyID=8813479

ECUADOR 16/6/05

ECUADOR Congress Approves Reform Package
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s Congress has approved a reform package to devote
most of a reserve oil fund to social programs and an economic growth package
…
www.latimes.com/business/investing/wire/sns-ap-ecuador
-oil-fund,1,1397425.story?coll=sns-ap-investing-headlines

CHANNEL Resources Ltd.: El Mozo Property, Ecuador
CCNMatthews (press release) – Toronto,ON,Canada
… (”Mineca”) to acquire a gold resource property for development in Ecuador
known as the El Mozo Property to the TSX Venture Exchange (”TSXV”) for
approval. …
www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases.Cont
roller?action=check4Cookies&actionFor=545723

ENCANA CEO fired up
Globe and Mail – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
… It is in the process of selling its oil business in Ecuador, which
is now considered discontinued but once accounted for about 10 per cent
of its production. …
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/
TPStory/LAC/20050616/RENCANA16/TPBusiness/Canadian

NEW Ecuadorian Government Begins Its First Reforms
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
The bill, strongly criticized by international financial institutions and
Ecuador”s Central Bank, was proposed by the Executive to use sales from
surplus …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BD579419
C-CBED-4A16-B22D-3DED234407C6%7D&language=EN

BOLIVIA 16/6/05

BOLIVIA’S acting president sworn in
Xinhua – Beijing,China
LIMA, June 16 (Xinhuanet) — Bolivia’s acting President Eduardo Rodriguez
was sworn in on Thursday, repeating his call for the resignation of lawmakers,
said …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/17/content_3096669.htm

MOB rule in Bolivia
Economist – UK
A SEMBLANCE of normality has returned to Bolivia after a month of protests
and road blocks by miners, peasants and workers. They …
www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4079503

BOLIVIA Wants to Participate in Energy Ring
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Dunn said Wednesday that Bolivia is guaranteed a decisive role as a supplier
in South America, because of its gas reserves, which are 48.7 trillion
cubic feet …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B59F3EF
CF-200F-47A4-B60B-BCE2F8FCA823%7D&language=EN

AN end to Bolivia’s social and political upheavals?
Economist – UK
… Mr Vaca Díez shifted Congress from La Paz, Bolivia’s capital, to Sucre,
seat of the Supreme Court, but the protesters followed.∑
www.economist.com/World/la/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4088813

BOLIVIA 15/6/05

BOLIVIA’S interim president appoints transition cabinet
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
… government appointed 12 new ministers, approved two and left four portfolios
pending, according to dispatches from La Paz, the administrative capital
of Bolivia …
english.people.com.cn/200506/16/eng20050616_190607.html

VENEZUELA’S Chavez blames Bush for Bolivia crisis
Mathaba.Net – Africa
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez blamed President Bush on Sunday for Bolivia’s
crisis and said Bush’s “poisoned medicine” of free-market democracy was
being …
mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=243524

BOLIVIA´S President Strives to Complete New Cabinet
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Jun 15 (Prensa Latina) Newly-installed Bolivian President Eduardo
Rodriguez formed a new cabinet late Tuesday but has yet to fill four ministries
on …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B40C85F8F-
5D9F-4C26-8428-8BA56C0576D5%7D&language=EN

PERU 15/6/05

PERU Growth Quickens in April on Manufacturing, Gas (Update2)
Bloomberg – USA
June 15 (Bloomberg) — Peru’s economy accelerated in April as a surge in
output of natural gas, chemicals, paper and cotton outpaced declines in
copper and gold …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=ajFETB2DiTSY&refer=latin_america

PERU Social Demands,Conflicts Put Mining Industry On Edge
Yahoo News – USA
… on edge. Peru’s mining industry has boomed, with rising exports of
minerals like copper, zinc, gold and molybdenum. Alongside demands …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050615/15/3szer.html

DAUGHTER of Israeli ambassador to UK freed from Peruvian jail …
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
… eight months. Her sentence was commuted by Peru’s president Alejandro
Toledo, with the approval of the prison parole board. She …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/588607.html

PAYING the social cost of cocaine eradication
International Herald Tribune – France
Eradication efforts financed by the United States had until recently wiped
out much of the coca in Bolivia and Peru, the two countries that in the
1990s …
www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/15/news/coke.php

7.8 Earthquake Rocks Chile, 6.9 Quake Hits Alaska
Mathaba.Net – Africa
… even a tsunami. The earthquake, which lasted nearly a minute, was also
felt in neighbouring Bolivia and Peru. Iquique, which is …
mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=243519

BOLIVIA 15/6/05

BOLIVIA’S President Names New Cabinet
Guardian Unlimited – UK
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Bolivia’s new president swore in his Cabinet, making
clear that the caretaker government would be brief as he seeks early elections
to …
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5075442,00.html

BOLIVIA assists Chile to rescue earthquake victims
Xinhua – Beijing,China
An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit the First Region of
north Chile, bordering Bolivia, in the early hours of Monday, leaving
11 people dead …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/15/content_3086794.htm

BOLIVIA worries UN drug chief
Seattle Times – Seattle,WA,USA
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Bolivia needs urgent international help to stop farmers
from turning to coca production as a political crisis distracts efforts
to combat …
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002336469_bolivia15.html

FRAGILE BOLIVIA DOESN’T HAVE LEGS WHEN IT COMES TO PROGRESS
Yahoo News – USA
WASHINGTON — The blazing headlines these days about Bolivia, the beautiful
but most impoverished country in the hemisphere, don’t seem to jaded Latin
American …
news.yahoo.com/s/ucgg/20050614/cm_ucgg/fragil
eboliviadoesnthavelegswhenitcomestoprogress/nc:742

SOCIAL turmoil in Bolivia results in heavy economic losses
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
At least 100 million US dollars were lost as a result of social turmoil
in Bolivia which had lasted nearly a month, the Bolivian National Chamber
of Commerce …
english.people.com.cn/200506/15/eng20050615_190341.html

ECUADOR 13/6/05

NEW USAID Mission Director for Ecuador Sworn In
I-Newswire.com (press release) – USA
… DC – The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced
today the swearing-in of Alexandria Panehal as its new Mission Director
for Ecuador. …
i-newswire.com/pr25123.html

US Policy Contradictory, Says Ecuadorian Foreign Minister
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
On Monday, Antonio Parra condemned assessments by US Ambassador to Ecuador
Glenn Warren, who said ex president Lucio Gutierrez will exercise all
his rights in …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BF4DA2A6E
-C670-4639-81A0-A7F147B03FC5%7D&language=EN