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31/5/05
PERU
MOVILES launches buyout for minorities in El Salvador, Peru
Forbes – USA
MADRID (AFX) – Telefonica Moviles SA has launched a buyout of the minority
shares in its units in El Salvador and Peru, a spokesman said. …
www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/05/30/afx2063701.html
POLICE clash with coca growers
CNN – USA
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Seventeen police were injured and three civilians wounded
by gunfire during a violent confrontation Sunday with coca growers in
Peru’s …
www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/30/coca.battle.ap/
ECUADOR
CUBAN Literacy Program to Be Further Implemented in Ecuador
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Riobamba, Ecuador, May 30 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban literacy program “Yo
Sí Puedo” (Yes, I Can) will be implemented soon in Guaranda municipality,
in the …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BECE3C6B4-8
420-4187-9605-3BE089323036%7D&language=EN
ECUADOR to Reform Central Bank
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian Economy Minister Rafael Correa
sustained Ecuador´s Central Bank (BCE) restructuring would aim to strengthen
its …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B890B7330
-37BE-43BC-9136-735FD9826F8A%7D&language=EN
BOLIVIA
BOLIVIA leader defiant as protest pressure builds
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LA PAZ, Bolivia, May 30 (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters angered by
what they see as a sell-out of Bolivia’s natural gas reserves took to
the streets of the …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30603158.htm
REPSOL Investors Demand Expansion Outside Argentina, Bolivia
Bloomberg – USA
… which bought YPF of Argentina for $15 billion in 1999, generates almost
two thirds of earnings from countries such as Argentina and Bolivia, where
higher tax …
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aJH.XoiQSyoM&refer=news_index
ARE Brazilians becoming LatAm’s new ‘gringos’?
San Diego Union Tribune – San Diego,CA,USA
The protest shout, usually directed at “Yankees” by Latin American protesters,
has been heard on the streets of Bolivia and Ecuador this year. …
www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050530-05000-brazil-latam.html
NARCONEWS: More Marches In Bolivia, Protests Widen
Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand
… by the people, to define the organization of the Constituents’ (constitutional)
Assembly and the so-called vote on departmental autonomy in Bolivia, a
demand …
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00374.htm
UN agency calls for funds to clean up pesticide waste in Latin …
UN News Centre
… In Bolivia, old stocks of donated arsenic-based pesticides and volatile
fumigants were found in residential areas and close to important water
bodies …
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=14429&Cr=pesticide&Cr1=
PERU 28/5/05
PERU says reaches a debt plan with Paris Club
Reuters – USA
LIMA, Peru, May 28 (Reuters) – Peru reached an accord with the Paris Club
of creditor nations to reduce its debt payments after presenting a plan
to the group …
www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=bondsNews&storyID=8633772
ECUADOR 28/5/05
OIL production to resume as protests in Ecuador end
Houston Chronicle – Houston,TX,USA
PetroEcuador, Ecuador’s state oil company, said Friday it reached an agreement
to end protests in the province of Orellana that slashed its output by
up to 20 …
www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/energy/3201708
ECUADOR groups sue over Texaco’s Amazon policies
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) – MN,USA
DURENO COFAN, ECUADOR — The jungle dwellers, barefoot and clad in tunics,
thought a strange bird had dropped from the sky when the first Texaco
helicopter …
www.startribune.com/stories/484/5427828.html
BOLIVIA 29/5/05
BOLIVIA’S Gas Reserves Prove a Mixed Blessing
Washington Post – Washington,DC,USA
BUENOS AIRES — In theory, everyone agrees that Bolivia’s huge natural
gas reserves — the second-largest of any country in South America —
should be a …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/28/AR2005052800835.html
28/5/05
DEMONSTRATIONS resume in Bolivia after one-day break
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Professors, trade unions and demonstrators in general resumed Friday in
Bolivia their demonstrations against President Carlos Mesa after a one-day
break. …
english.people.com.cn/200505/28/eng20050528_187268.html
DISTURBANCES in Bolivia: Fighting erupted on El Alto, Lapaz …
Luchtzak Aviation – Belgium
… Disturbances in Bolivia prompted UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to
urge “all Bolivians to peacefully and democratically resolve their differences
over major …
www.luchtzak.be/article8790.html
RESPITE in Bolivia
The Narco News Bulletin
… fellow marchers have done already. Today is the second day of such
surreal calm in the capital of Bolivia. On Wednesday, there were …
narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/5/27/233342/114
27/5/05
PERU
UPDATE: Peru Govt Says Truce Reached At Tintaya Mine
Yahoo News – USA
LIMA (Dow Jones)—Peru’s Tintaya copper mine, closed this week after protesters
attacked the site in southern Peru, could reopen next week if a deal is
reached …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050527/15/3sqnt.html
ECUADOR
COLOMBIA Iffy over FTA Negotiations with US
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… government is undecided whether it should attend the 10th Round of
Negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US, to be held
in Guayaquil, Ecuador …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B5DA808F9-
C91A-4716-BD2E-42B8A1D26377%7D&language=EN
ECUADORIAN Powwow for Cuban Solidarity
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Riobamba, Ecuador, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Some 400 representatives of friendship
associations with Cuba in this country are meeting from Friday in the
city of …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BA5420DC1-
7DDD-4E87-BCAA-FEB66F23314A%7D&language=EN
BOLIVIA
BOLIVIA Army Ousts Rebel Officers; Ministers Resigns (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
May 27 (Bloomberg) — Bolivia’s army said it expelled junior officers who
called publicly for the ouster of President Carlos Mesa as rioters, in
a fourth day …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aG0tuSrJD628&refer=latin_america
CALL to form broad front to channel protests in Bolivia
Granma International – La Habana,Cuba
… direct the people towards the conquest of the nationalization of the
hydrocarbons industry as the only way of guaranteeing the harmonious development
of Bolivia …
www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/mayo/vier27/23bolivia.html
REJECTION to Coup in Bolivia Continues
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The rejection expressions to a coup as a
way out to the critical social situation in Bolivia still persisted Friday,
after two …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B13030FBE-
423D-439C-847B-A9CD58655511%7D&language=EN
PERMANENT unrest splits Bolivia
Pravda – Moscow,Russia
The situation in Bolivia tends to aggravate hour after hour, as protesters
against government’s energetic policy have virtually seized the capital,
La Paz, and …
english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/15544_bolivia.html
27/5/05
PERU
PERU Govt Calls For Talks After Tintaya Mine Riot
Yahoo News – USA
LIMA (Dow Jones)—Peru’s government said Thursday that it will send a high-level
mission to southern Peru to deal with violent protests that led BHP Billiton
…
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050526/15/3spzq.html
PERU’S Buenaventura, Sumitomo Take Cerro Verde Stake
Yahoo News – USA
Cerro Verde also told Peru’s securities regulatory agency, Conasev, that
Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA (BVN) subscribed for 39.0 million shares
worth …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050526/15/3spy5.html
STRIKER Oguro gets 1st start
Asahi Shimbun – Tokyo,Japan
… striker has been on a tear in recent weeks in the J.League, but Japan
coach Zico used him as a second-half substitute in Japan’s 1-0 loss to
Peru on Sunday to …
www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200505270107.html
WIMBLEDON balls opened later to suit Henman
Independent – London,England,UK
… Having been eliminated in the second round of the French Open here
on Wednesday, losing in four sets to Luis Horna, of Peru, Henman’s thoughts
naturally turned …
sport.independent.co.uk/tennis/story.jsp?story=641668
PERU spears the competition
Freshinfo (subscription) – London,UK
While China is the world’s largest producer of asparagus, the majority
of its product is designated for domestic consumption — and that leaves
Peru free to …
www.freshinfo.com/index.php?s=n&ss=nd&sid=36490.html
ECUADOR
EX-PRESIDENT expected to return to Ecuador
Xinhua – Beijing,China
QUITO, May 26 (Xinhuanet) — Former Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez,
who sought asylum in Brazil, will return to his country soon, said his
former …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/27/content_3009029.htm
AGENTS seize 750 pounds of cocaine hidden in fake fruit at Port of …
Sun-Sentinel.com – Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
MIAMI — Federal agents Thursday seized a shipment of 750 pounds of cocaine
hidden in fake plantains mixed in a delivery of the real tropical fruit
from Ecuador …
www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-0526hid
dencocaine.jpg,0,7959025.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
FEDS in Miami find plantains stuffed with at least $8 million in …
Sun-Sentinel.com – Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
… reached. The phone number at the Miami-based business was disconnected.
The company in Ecuador provides only an e-mail address.
www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/miami/sfl-dp
lantainsmay27,0,7666966.story?coll=sfla-news-miami
BOLIVIA
PENHAUL: Why the ‘original ones’ protest in Bolivia
CNN – USA
By Karl Penhaul. LA PAZ, Bolivia (CNN) — If you’re close enough, you can
hear their sandals cut from old car tires slapping on the asphalt. …
www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/26/penhaul.bolivia/
DISPATCH From Bolivia
Slate – USA
… LA PAZ, Bolivia—In most Latin American countries, you’d rather not
share a plane with the left-wing opposition leader on the eve of a national
political …
slate.msn.com/id/2119642/
EVO Morales discounts coup d’état in Bolivia
Granma International – La Habana,Cuba
LA PAZ, May 25.—Evo Morales, leader of the Movement Towards Socialism
(MAS) of Bolivia, today discounted any attempt at a coup d’état after
two army …
www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/mayo/juev26/23evo.html
ARGENTINA tightens border security due to Bolivia’s unrest
Xinhua – Beijing,China
BUENOS AIRES, May 26 (Xinhuanet) — The Argentine government reinforced
its security forces along the border with Bolivia to prevent massive inflow
of Bolivian …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/27/content_3009903.htm
BOLIVIA Searches for Anti-Crisis Dialogue
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, May 26 (Prensa Latina) Bolivians are intensifying Wednesday their
efforts to establish a dialogue to overcome the social and political crisis,
taking …
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B0D623906
-CE0B-420D-A965-B2D9A67B6141%7D&language=EN
26/5/05
BOLIVIA
BOLIVIA admiral denies coup plan
BBC News – UK
The head of Bolivia’s armed forces has denied that the military is planning
a coup and has criticised two officers for calling on the president to
resign. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4581453.stm
LATIN American poverty
International Herald Tribune – France
… For three very poor countries, Honduras, Nicaragua and Bolivia, the
international banks and their members are reducing debt, although not
enough. …
www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/25/opinion/edlatin.php
BOLIVIA UNREST SPLITS MILITARY
Special Broadcasting Service – Australia
… natural gas reserves. Last week, Bolivia’s Congress voted to give the
state a bigger stake in the energy industry. But activists …
www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=112503®ion=4
PUBLIC ADDRESS 26/05/05 – Hot Shots
Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand
… Che Guevara Returns To Bolivia – In 1967, Che Guevara died at the hands
of CIA-backed Bolivian soldiers while attempting to lead a guerrilla struggle
in Bolivia …
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00330.htm
BEYOND the Gas War: Indigenous Bolivians Fight for ‘ …
Democracy Now – New York,NY,USA
The fight for control of Bolivia’s vast natural gas resources is fueling
the current crisis but a war is escalating over the rights of the country’s
majority …
www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/25/1414214
ECUADOR
ECUADOR Grooves on President´s Proposals
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Leaders of Ecuadorian civil and popular organizations
extolled the changes President Alfredo Palacio proposed Tuesday when …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B3B130126
-92C8-4390-81F9-105DC69BAF55%7D&language=EN
ANGEL back in Colombia squad to meet England in US
Reuters.uk – UK
… May 28. Colombia will use the match as a warm-up for World Cup qualifiers
at home against Peru on June 4 and Ecuador on June 8.
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=football
News&storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20050525:
MTFH48795_2005-05-25_13-51-36_L25333523:1
ECUADOR Government Aims To Sell Concessions For Telecom Cos
Cellular-News – UK
QUITO -(Dow Jones)- Ecuador’s government on Tuesday announced plans to
turn over management control of three state-run telecommunications companies
to a …
www.cellular-news.com/story/12950.php
ECUADOR president calls for national unity
Malaysia Star – Petaling Jaya,Malaysia
QUITO, Ecuador: In his first formal address to the nation since taking
office last month, President Alfredo Palacio proposed increasing spending
on social …
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/
2005/5/25/latest/20050525114515&sec=Latest
BOLIVIA 25/5/05
BOLIVIA’S president vows to stay on despite protests
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LA PAZ, Bolivia, May 24 (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesting Indians
flooded central La Paz and blocked routes to the city on Tuesday to demand
that …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24731868.htm
US Intervention Threats Denounced in Bolivia
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The leader of Bolivia´s Movement toward
Socialism (MAS), Evo Morales, has issued a call for unity to defend national
…
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7BB4D86DC0-
6CC8-46EF-B24D-0613BFE40B2A%7D&language=EN
BOLIVIA’S president vows to stay despite protests
Reuters – USA
LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesting Indians flooded
central La Paz and blocked routes to the city on Tuesday to demand that
Bolivia’s …
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8594473
A Time of War in Bolivia
Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand
Gualberto Choque, leader of the peasant farmers of the Department of La
Paz and, as such, leader of the rural Aymara people, said it yesterday:
“This is a time …
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00308.htm
ENVIRONMENT-SOUTH AMERICA: Saving the Pilcomayo River
Inter Press Service (subscription) – World
TARIJA, Bolivia, May 24 (Tierramérica) – Work is under way on a plan to
prevent the total collapse of the contaminated and clogged Pilcomayo River
watershed …
www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28808
ECUADOR
ECUADOR is not negotiating its sovereignty, says minister of …
Granma International – La Habana,Cuba
QUITO, May 23 (PL) — Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s minister of economy, today
dismissed any commitment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that
would …
www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/mayo/mart24/22sobe.html
INTERNATIONAL NGOs Call on Brazil, Ecuador and Costa Rica to …
PR Newswire (press release) – USA
… Today, an international coalition of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) is launching a campaign to call on the governments of Brazil, Ecuador
and Costa Rica …
www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&
STORY=/www/story/05-24-2005/0003685602&EDATE=
COLOMBIA to evacuate area near rumbling volcano
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… government on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of 9,000 people living
on the slopes of the Galeras volcano near the border with Ecuador which
scientists say …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24303326.htm
PERU
THOUSANDS break into BHP mine in Peru
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) – New South Wales,Australia
In Peru, more than 2,000 people have broken into BHP Billiton’s Tintaya
copper mine, demanding more investment in local infrastructure. …
www.smh.com.au/news/World/Thousands-break-i
nto-BHP-mine-in-Peru/2005/05/25/1116950736077.html
CHILD laborers demand to keep working in Peru
Reuters – USA
… and adolescents staged their protest outside the headquarters of the
Andean Community, formed by Colombia, Venezuela, Boliva, Ecuador and Peru,
as deputy labor …
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=ourWorldNews&storyID=8594483
PERU draw with UAE in Kirin Cup clash
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
TOYOTA — Peru’s second-string selection held the United Arab Emirates
to a goalless draw yesterday in the three-nation Kirin Cup football tournament.
…
www.khaleejtimes.com/Displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/sports/
2005/May/sports_May437.xml§ion=sports&subsection=football
PROTESTING Indians block roads linking Bolivia with Peru, Chile
Xinhua – Beijing,China
LIMA, May 24 (Xinhuanet) — Roads linking Bolivia and neighboring Peru
and Chile were blocked Tuesday by Aymara Indians who demand the nationalization
of …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/25/content_2999557.htm
PERU: Finley Leads ‘Caravan of Hope’ Meetings in Fast-growing Area
Adventist News Network – Silver Spring,MD,USA
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Peru is continuing its astronomical
growth with a series of evangelism meetings in five of the country’s major
cities from …
news.adventist.org/data/2005/04/1116959112/index.html.en
24/5/05
BOLIVIA
BOLIVIA faced with a dead alley
MercoPress – Uruguay
Bolivia faces a renewed week of political instability as protesters take
to the streets to demand more state control over the country’s vast reserves
of …
www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=5706
MINERS in Bolivia continue to protest over gas
Monsters and Critics.com – Glasgow,UK
LA PAZ, Bolivia (UPI) — Bolivian police used tear gas and water cannons
Monday to repel protesters who demonstrated against government policies
regulating the …
news.monstersandcritics.com/southamerica/article_1
001956.php/Miners_in_Bolivia_continue_to_protest_over_gas
PROTESTS resume in Bolivia
Xinhua – Beijing,China
LIMA, May 23 (Xinhuanet) — Thousands of demonstrators on Monday resumed
a series of street protests in Bolivia to demand the nationalization of
the country’s …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/24/content_2995194.htm
BOLIVIAN Capital Gripped by Popular Marches
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… He added that a solution to the Bolivian crisis has to include the
convening of a constituent assembly in order to re-found Bolivia. …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B798D1B
70-8231-4E22-BB38-F8C6805E4D58%7D&language=EN
ECUADOR
ECUADOR Refuses to Accept IMF Pressure
MSN Money – USA
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – President Alfredo Palacio’s new government will not
accept pressure to set fiscal policy according to the wishes of the International
…
moneycentral.msn.com/inc/news/providerre
dir.asp?feed=AP&Date=20050523&ID=4837930
GIVING credit to Colombian refugees in Ecuador
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
QUITO, Ecuador, May (UNHCR). … Only three weeks ago, Ecuador’s former
President, Lucio Gutiérrez, was deposed, following violent street protests.
…
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR
/02e7a0fe5cf78f278a0491c2d0fdf66d.htm
IMF Checks Out Ecuador´s New Economy
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… Ecuador is not committed to the IMF so far, so it will limit itself
to presenting the country´s accounts as any multilateral group or organization.
…
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BBEB8E30
7-3EAA-4456-B137-DA863827A763%7D&language=EN
PERU, Chile normalize relations
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
… Ties between the two countries were strained due to Chile’s alleged
arms sale to Ecuador when it was at war with Peru in 1995. Chile …
english.people.com.cn/200505/24/eng20050524_186507.html
ON this day
Melbourne Herald Sun – Melbourne,Australia
… 1822 — South American rebels commanded by Antonio Jose de Sucre defeat
Spanish royalists on the slopes of volcano Cerro Pichincha in Ecuador.
…
www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_p
age/0,5478,15376778%255E10949,00.html
PERU
PERU, Chile normalize relations
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Peru and Chile have overcome their differences and normalized relations,
Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said Monday in Lima. …
english.people.com.cn/200505/24/eng20050524_186507.html
WITNESS: Peru’s Montesinos ordered enemies killed
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LIMA, Peru, May 23 (Reuters) – The principal witness against Peru’s jailed
former spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, alleged in an interview published
on Monday …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23228628.htm
PERU-CHILE relations back to normal
MercoPress – Uruguay
Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo declared Monday that differences between
Peru and Chile have been fully overcome and revealed that on his return
from a …
www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=5709
BOLIVIA 23/5/05
BOLIVIA faces pressures from protesters, provinces
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LA PAZ, Bolivia, May 22 (Reuters) – Bolivia’s two major conflicts — indigenous
protests over natural gas and wealthy provinces’ wish for autonomy —
converge …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N22149574.htm
BOLIVIA Epitomizes Fight for Natural Resources
New York Times – New York,NY,USA
LA PAZ, Bolivia, May 22 – The struggle over globalization and who controls
natural resources is being waged across Latin America, but the battle
lines are no …
www.nytimes.com/2005/05/23/international/americas/23bolivia.html
PERU
PERU accepts Chilean apology over arms sale
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LIMA, Peru, May 22 (Reuters) – Peru forgave Chile for illegally selling
weapons to its enemy, Ecuador, in a border war in the 1990s, after its
southern …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N22187487.htm
IN remote Peru, weak rule renders town’s laws tenuous
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
ILAVE, Peru — Mayor Cirilo Fernando Robles was fated to die the cold April
morning he returned to this town that rises on a small plateau above Lake
Titicaca …
www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2005/05/
22/in_remote_peru_weak_rule_renders_towns_laws_tenuous
Ecuador 22/5/05
STRONG quake jolts Ecuador
News24 – Cape Town,South Africa
Quito – A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted several
cities in Ecuador early on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports
of …
www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1708938,00.html
OIL rich, dirt poor
Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA
BY LETTA TAYLER. SAN CARLOS, Ecuador — Texaco’s legacy in the Amazon oozes
from an oil pit near Ruperto Narvaez’s shack like pus from a sore. …
www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-
wotexa0522,0,365884.story?coll=ny-world-big-pix
Bolivia 21/5/05
REGIONALISM Sharpens Polarization in Bolivia
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Social and political distress are tearing
Bolivia apart with soaring pressures for autonomy from the western Santa
Cruz …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B1364A6BF-B
2BB-4DEF-B236-69B78E23AB39%7D&language=EN
BOLIVIA Erupts
CounterPunch – Petrolia,CA,USA
… The road blockades and mobilizations of the indigenous poor stand in
the way of this conception of Bolivia. … He is currently in Bolivia.
…
www.counterpunch.org/webber05202005.html
NYT Juan Forero: Foreign gas companies in Bolivia face sharply …
Petroleumworld.com – Venezuela
… Tuesday that will sharply raise taxes on foreign energy companies,
a move officials hope will defuse mounting protests from groups that want
Bolivia to squeeze …
www.petroleumworld.com/Lag052005.htm
BOLIVIA Says US Wrong to Protect Posada Carriles
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian Ombudsman Waldo Albarracin said
the United States must extradite Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela at
once and without …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BBAE0E1C0
-034A-4FAE-A872-B6294354715E%7D&language=EN
LATIN AMERICA: Indigenous Leaders Say World Bank Should Take Its …
Inter Press Service (subscription) – World
… America: 1994-2004", released Wednesday, focuses on the five countries
in the region with the largest indigenous populations: Bolivia, Ecuador,
Guatemala …
www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28761
PERU
TOLEDO Survives Impeachment Vote in Peru Congress, Andina Says
Bloomberg – USA
May 20 (Bloomberg) — Peru’s Congress President voted against impeaching
Alejandro Toledo on charges he took part in the alleged forgery of signatures
to …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=100000
86&sid=a0Nsd3vSVYAc&refer=latin_america
COMPANIES eye Peru liquefied natural gas
Reuters.uk – UK
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) – US energy group Chevron (CVX.N: Quote, Profile,
Research), Repsol-YPF (REP.MC: Quote, Profile, Research) of Spain, a consortium
made up …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID
=2005-05-20T222055Z_01_MOL080182_RTRUKOC_0_ENERGY-PERU-LNG.xml
PERU Fails to Sanction Toledo
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… attended by legislators of the two largest opposition parliamentary
groups, Partido Aprista (PAP) and Unidad Nacional (UN), and Edgar Villanueva,
of Peru Ahora …
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B857AF41C-
457A-4150-91AB-E06309A983CB%7D&language=EN
LAST class leaves St. Mary’s junior high in Peru
LaSalle News Tribune – LaSalle,IL,USA
By Steve Depies. Jim Newland, a social studies teacher at Peru Catholic’s
junior high, watched Thursday as his seventh-graders decorated the St.
…
www.newstrib.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&Type
ID=1&ArticleID=17036&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=207
LOVING Peru’s Machu Picchu to death?
Seattle Times – Seattle,WA,USA
MACHU PICCHU, Peru — As the sun rises over the ruins of Machu Picchu,
the “Lost City of the Incas,” the first backpackers emerge from the dense
brush …
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2002279801_webperu19.html
Ecuador
ECUADOR energy minister says nation to review all current deals
Petroleum News – USA
Ecuador will review all of its current oil contracts with foreign companies,
the country’s self-described “nationalist” energy minister said in an
…
www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/105026328.shtml
TOP Ecuador mediator softens US trade pact stance
Reuters – USA
… said late on Thursday the country would likely sign a free trade agreement
with the United States, softening a tougher stance adopted by Ecuador’s
month-old …
www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=bondsNews&storyID=8562064
AICHI EXPO 2005 / Ecuador county showcases govt of the people
Daily Yomiuri – Tokyo,Japan
Public-participation-style political processes are vital to realizing economic,
social and environmental sustainability, an indigenous Ecuadorean governor
said …
www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20050521wo44.htm
EQUITABLE Ecuador: Take it Easy or Climb to New Heights with …
Frommers – USA
… Ecuador, saddled between Columbia and Peru towards the Northwest tip,
is one of the smallest countries in South America. Divided …
www.frommers.com/deals/airfare/article.cfm?dealID=AIRFARE&articleID=
2833&t=Equitable%20Ecuador%3A%20Take%20it%20Easy%20or%20Clim
b%20to%20New%20Heights%20with%20Bargains%20Galore
ANTI-DRUG Herbicide to be Sprayed Again in Nature Reserves
Inter Press Service (subscription) – World
… the authors do not explain what they consider ‘’significant’’, says
Santiago Salazar Córdova, coordinator of a commission of Ecuador’s Environment
Ministry …
www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28759
Ecuador 20/5/05
COLOMBIA war spills into Ecuador
Melbourne Herald Sun – Melbourne,Australia
A US-backed war is pushing Colombian rebels toward Ecuador, the prefect
of a province bordering with Colombia has said. “The major …
www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15349156%255E401,00.html
ECUADOR drop striker Kaviedes
Deepika – Kottayam,India
QUITO, May 19 (Reuters) Ecuador have lost patience with striker Ivan Kaviedes
and dropped him from the squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers.
…
www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG6_sub.asp?newscode=103937&catcode=ENG6&subcatcode=
CORRIENTE Resources Inc.: Optimization Well Underway at Mirador …
Business Wire (press release) – San Francisco,CA,USA
… within the Corriente Copper Belt. The Belt extends over a 20 x 80 kilometre
area in southeast Ecuador. The Belt currently contains …
home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?
ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050519005644&newsLang=en
HCJB Tops Brazilian Survey in Ecuador
Christian Post – San Francisco,CA,USA
… speaking participants in an annual survey conducted by the Santa Rita
DX Club in Brazil indicate that Radio Station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador,
continues to be one …
www.christianpost.com/article/missions/1605/s
ection/hcjb.tops.brazilian.survey.in.ecuador/1.htm
ECUADORIAN FM to Reconnect in Colombia
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador´s Foreign Minister Antonio Parra
will travel to Bogota Friday to analyze, with his Colombian counterpart
Carolina Blanco …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B834C4C
2B-9B0D-4587-B0F9-0F338FF1EDEF%7D&language=EN
19/5/05
INDIGENOUS Peoples Still Lag Behind Despite Increased Political …
Harold Doan and Associates (press release) – Rocklin,CA,USA
… considers how social conditions have evolved in the five Latin American
countries with the largest indigenous populations (Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala,
Mexico …
www.harolddoan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2855
OIL To Belong to Ecuadorians, Minister of Economy Says
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Minister of Economy of Ecuador, Rafael Correa,
stressed on Wednesday the need for recovery of Ecuadorian oil production,
but …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B6CA4E24
A-BD6A-4710-AB2A-1E991BD1CDFE%7D&language=EN
UN and IDB to build roads in Haiti
World Peace Herald – Washington,DC,USA
… Chile and Ecuador — among the 19 nations participating in the UN mission
— will provide military engineers for the project scheduled to begin
in June. …
www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050518-105146-3735
18/5/05
ECUADOR getting more risky for investors as oil contracts may be …
Forbes – USA
LONDON (AFX) – The risk of investing in Ecuador has risen after the country’s
energy minister, Fausto Cordovez, reportedly said that current oil contracts
with …
www.forbes.com/finance/feeds/afx/2005/05/17/afx2032974.html
OVL bids $1.4-bn for Encana’s Ecuador stake
Business Standard – India
ONGC Videsh (OVL) has bid $1.4 billion for buying out Canadian firm Encana’s
stake in a cluster of oilfields in Ecuador. OVL has …
www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?bKeyFlag=BO&autono=9488
ECUADOR: banana export volume to be regulated by law
Fresh Plaza – Netherlands
… Reaction to the announcement has been mixed: in Ecuador the producers
have gone back to work with the promise of US$3 per box — both Guayaquil
and Puerto …
www.freshplaza.com/2005/17mei/1_ec_banana.htm
ECUADOR: Minister promises protection for journalist during …
noticias.info (press release) – Spain
… Gándara interrupted a live broadcast of the programme “La Clave” and
appealed on the air for journalist Paco Velasco to return to Ecuador,
promising him and …
www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=66826&src=0
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