9/10/07

Ecuador to Audit Foreign Oil Company Contracts
Ecuador will audit contracts signed with foreign oil companies, Jose
Sanchez, director of hydrocarbons at the Energy and Mining Ministry,
said. ``We’re going to analyze the pre-contractual process, basically,
and the terms under which …
www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=
modload&name=News&file=article&sid=82897

A new future for Ecuador, an uncertain future for the Indigenous …
By redamazon
UN NUEVO FUTURO PARA ECUADOR, UN FUTURO INCIERTO PARA LOS PUEBLOS
INDIGENAS Artículo en español más abajo. 1191173995_0.jpg Ecuadorian
women getting ready to vote Mujer ecuatoriana preparándose para votar.
By Nidia Arrobo …
redamazon.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/a-new-future
-for-ecuador-an-uncertain-future-for-the-indigenous-people/

Chavez backs Ecuador in bid to rejoin cartel
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
Ecuador plans to officially rejoin OPEC at the cartel’s next meeting in
November as part of President Rafael Correa’s promise to revive its
flagging crude …
www.thestar.com/Business/article/264713

A trip home to Ecuador turns into a computer crusade
The Journal News / Lohud.com – Westchester,NY,USA
By LEAH RAE When Edison Venegas returned to his hometown in Ecuador, it was
like going back in time. He was a 26-year-old mechanical engineer living in
…
www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20071009/NEWS01/710090360/1019/NEWS03

Ecuador: Swedish Construction Versus Indigenous Survival in the Amazon
Upside Down World – Hartwick,NY,USA
As late as a mere generation or so ago, the Waorani people in the Amazon
basin of Ecuador had succeeded in surviving colonialism’s numerous rushes
to …
upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/929/1/

Colombian, Venezuelan presidents to open gas pipeline
Xinhua – China
“We have also invited Ecuador’s Rafael Correa because we have thought about
the pipeline reaching Ecuador and possibly Peru and Bolivia,” Araujo said.
…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/09/content_6850569.htm

Repsol YPF asks Ecuador govt to extend oilfield contract to 2018 …
Forbes – NY,USA
Since Rafael Correa took over as President of Ecuador, concerns have arisen
over his stance towards international oil majors operating in the country
and …
www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/10/09/afx4199403.html

Ecuador rejoins expanding Opec
Ecuador is to rejoin the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries after a 15-year absence, in another sign of the group’s growing prestige.
www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidFFT10728222F7175F

Chevron Seeks Dismissal of Ecuador Lawsuit
By info@ecologicalinternet.org (Reuters: Michael…
Reuters: Chevron Corp asked an Ecuador court Monday to drop an environmental lawsuit the oil giant said had turned into a “judicial farce.” In its petition to an Ecuador Superior Court, Chevron cited several examples of interference in …
forests.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=85651

Chevron seeks to dismiss ‘judicial farce’ lawsuit in Ecuador
Bizjournals.com – Charlotte,NC,USA
Chevron Corp. filed a petition Monday in superior court in Ecuador, seeking
to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it in 2003 that has descended, …
www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2007/10/08/daily9.html

Ecuador to Audit Foreign Oil Company Contracts (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
By Stephan Kueffner Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) — Ecuador will audit contracts
signed with foreign oil companies, Jose Sanchez, director of hydrocarbons
at the …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060
1086&sid=a6iDIwcQRmQ0&refer=latin_america

Ecuador cabinet resigns, signals ministry shuffle
Reuters UK – UK
Cabinet resignations are common in Ecuador, where presidents often
reshuffle ministries during their four-year terms. The resignations are
meant to show …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0833606220071008

UPDATE 2-Ecuador ‘flexible’ in oil talks, firms no show
Reuters – USA
QUITO, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Ecuador will be flexible in talks with foreign oil
companies to rework contracts, but a surprise increase in oil revenues
taken by …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0828952820071008

FACTBOX-Major oil companies working in Ecuador
Reuters – USA
Oct 5 (Reuters) – President Rafael Correa of Ecuador has issued a surprise
decree ordering foreign oil companies to hand over 99 percent of the extra
crude …
www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN0521849020071005

Ecuador government offers to
The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Ecuador’s government on Friday offered to rework the contracts of foreign
oil companies that object to a decree that sharply reduces their share of
windfall …
www.theage.com.au/news/Technology/Ecuador-government
-offers-to-renegotiate-oil-contracts/2007/10/06/1191091396512.html

Chevron seeks dismissal of Ecuador lawsuit
Chevron Corp (CVX.N: Quote, Profile , Research) asked an Ecuador court on Monday to drop an environmental lawsuit the oil giant said had turned into a “judicial farce.”
digg.com/environment/Chevron_seeks_dismissal_of_Ecuador_lawsuit

Ecuador Tax Agency Closes Microsoft Branch Offices For 7 Days
Ecuador’s Internal Revenue Service, or SRI, said Thursday it has closed the offices of Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) Ecuadorian branch for seven days. 10 Vote(s)
www.fsdaily.com/Opposition/Ecuador_Tax_
Agency_Closes_Microsoft_Branch_Offices_For_7_Days/

Ecuador to rejoin OPEC
By Alonso Soto
After leaving the cartel in 1992, Ecuador now returns in a bid to revive its oil industry.
www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071008.wecua
dor1008/BNStory/robNews/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20071008.wecuador1008

Ecuador’s Popular Revolt: Forging a New Nation
ZNet – Woods Hole,MA,USA
“To the surprise of virtually everyone,” says Rene Baez, a political
analyst at the Catholic University of Ecuador, “the popular repudiation
shook the …
www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=62&ItemID=13982

Ecuador’s Proposal to Save Yasuni Rainforest Recognized at the …
By GovernanceFocus(GovernanceFocus)
The Ecuadorian proposal “Leaving Ecuador’s Oil in the Ground,” which seeks to avoid carbon emissions and save the Yasuni Rainforest, has been recognized from among close to a thousand other proposals to the Clinton Global Initiative. …
governancefocus.blogspot.com/2007
/10/ecuadors-proposal-to-save-yasuni.html

Proposal formulated by Ecuador for offering new contracts to oil firms
Polymerupdate.com (subscription) – Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
… a polymerupdate team member reported that a new type of contract is
proposed to be implemented by Ecuador for oil companies wherein the state
will …
www.polymerupdate.com/polymer-petro
chemical-news/checkbreak.asp?id=50906&types=brk

US proposes military test site in Suriname
Caribbean Net News – Georgetown,Cayman Islands
It is likely that Ecuador will not renew the lease on a facility it hosts
when the agreement expires in 2009. US officials are, however, hoping that
Ecuador …
www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-3877—36-36—.html

Pro-US leader of Colombia may take leftward turn
San Jose Mercury News – CA, USA
This is the thinking: After a big victory by Ecuador’s President Rafael
Correa in a Sept. 30 referendum to change the constitution and create a …
www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_7116341

Chavez says Venezuela considering return to Andean Community trade …
International Herald Tribune – France
Presidents Evo Morales and Rafael Correa of Bolivia and Ecuador, both CAN
member nations, have joined Chavez in his outspoken criticism of
Washington’s …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/07/bu
siness/LA-FIN-Venezuela-Andean-Community.php

Ecuador to take bigger oil profits share
BusinessWeek – USA
Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa decreed on Thursday that the
government will take 99 percent of windfall oil profits that had previously
been …
www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8S2OV300.htm

Ecuador sees $700 mln/year from oil rev rise-source
Reuters UK – UK
QUITO, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Ecuador expects to receive around $700 million a
year from its increase in the state’s share in foreign oil company revenues
above …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0440740420071004

Ecuador’s Correa won assembly vote- official count
Reuters – USA
QUITO, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa’s party won by
a wide margin a weekend vote for a national assembly to rewrite the
constitution, …
www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0434847420071004

ECUADOR: Landslide triumph for the left
Green Left Weekly – Chippendale,NSW,Australia
On September 30, Ecuador went to the polls for the fourth time in under a
year and gave supporters of left-wing President Rafael Correa a massive
majority …
www.greenleft.org.au/2007/727/37724

Gates Says US Aid Not Linked to Need for New Latin America Base
Voice of America – USA
Ecuador says it will not renew the lease on a facility it hosts when the
agreement expires in 2009. “We have no interest in a base in Suriname. …
voanews.com/english/2007-10-07-voa5.cfm

US searching for new anti-drug airbase
KGAN – Cedar Rapids,IA,USA
The anti-drug flights are now based in Ecuador but the lease of the base
there expires in 2009 and the country’s president says he won’t extend the
…
www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires
.international/2cb9938c-www.kgan.com.shtml

Ecuador for Important Oil Incomes
Quito, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador Mining and Oil Minister Galo Chiriboga stated that the country will receive over $800 million more per year with the new distribution of crude oil profits.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B142125E0
-67BF-4BDA-9520-01919CA66241%7D&language=EN

Ecuador says to offer oil firms new contracts
Reuters UK – UK
QUITO, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Ecuador plans to propose to oil companies a new
type of contract in which the state would keep all the crude produced and
pay firms …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0625184520071006

Ecuador for Important Oil Incomes
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador Mining and Oil Minister Galo Chiriboga
stated that the country will receive over $800 million more per year with
the …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B142125E0-
67BF-4BDA-9520-01919CA66241%7D)&language=EN

TAKE A LOOK-Ecuador state oil grab
Reuters – USA
Ecuador on Friday pushed for talks with oil companies over their contracts,
a day after President Rafael Correa sharply raised the government’s share
of oil …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0519949520071005

Brazil, Ecuador: Petrobras Wants To Stay In Ecuador
Stratfor (subscription) – USA
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Oct. 5 that Brazil’s state oil
company, Petrobras, wants to remain in Ecuador even though the Ecuadorian
…
www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.
php?selected=Situation%20Reports&sitrep=1&id=296366

Ecuador claims 90% of oil ‘windfall profits’
By webmaster@pennwell.com (PennWell Staff)
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa signed a decree requiring foreign oil
firms with operations in his country to pay the treasury 90% of their
profits and not 99%, as earlier stated.
www.ogj.com/display_article/308256/7/ONART/
Display/GenIn/Ecuador-claims-90-of-oil-’windfall-profits’

ANALYSIS-Ecuador oil grab tracks Chavez leftist moves
Reuters – USA
By Alonso Soto QUITO, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Ecuador’s president has copied his
ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in grabbing oil company windfall
revenues …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0543557420071005

Ecuador: doors open to change
Granma International – La Habana,Cuba
The change has been the course announced by Alianza País and President
Rafael Correa in Ecuador, and the way is virtually clear after their
landslide …
www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/octubre/vier5/40ecuador-i.html

Firms reviewing Ecuador oil rev hike – trade group
Reuters – USA
QUITO, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Ecuador’s move to increase the state’s share of
oil company revenue is equal to a “nationalization” of the industry, the
head of an …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0520410320071005

Ecuador Oil Profits for People
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa’s decision
to change the distribution of additional income obtained from the high
price of …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B759AE6FE
-132C-4156-868C-2EF8B266E3A0%7D)&language=EN

Ecuador to charge more for oil
ABC Online – Australia
The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has signed a decree to make
foreign energy companies pay more for their oil. When he took office in
January, …
abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/05/2052515.htm?section=justin

Repsol plays down effect of Ecuador tax changes
Reuters UK – UK
MC: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday played down the possible effect on
its revenue of news that Ecuador will take a larger share of revenues
generated …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL053230620071005

Ecuador seeks talks on hike in state oil revenue
Reuters UK – UK
QUITO, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Ecuador is seeking negotiations with foreign oil
companies to ensure they stay in the country under terms favorable to
government …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0520397020071005

Heavily hyped gold miner wows investors with massive strike
Canada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
That is a result of operating in Ecuador, where non-governmental
organizations have waged war on the mining industry and there has been a
great deal of …
www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story
.html?id=45f27f83-5491-41b9-8dcc-fbeb0c26f00a&k=28803

Ecuador Keeps 99 Percent of Oil Windfall
By Andy Rowell
President Rafael Correa of Ecuador has announced that Ecuador will keep 99 percent of windfall oil profits, changing a law that called for a 50-50 share with foreign oil companies of profits stemming from rising oil prices. …
priceofoil.org/2007/10/05/ecuador-keeps-99-percent-of-oil-windfall/

Historic Victory in Ecuador for the Left
Left Triumphs, Nation’s Institutions to be Transformed.
digg.com/world_news/Historic_Victory_in_Ecuador_for_the_Left

Scenes from the class struggle in Ecuador
The Brandeis Hoot – West Orange,NJ,USA
One of these revolutions is happening in Ecuador and has recently achieved
two important victories, neither of which are well known to readers in the
US. …
www.thehoot.net/?module=displaystory&story_id=2234&format=html

Ecuador’s Ongoing Confrontation with the Forces of Neo-Liberalism
Monthly Review – Herndon,VA,USA
by Shawn Hattingh On Sunday, the 30th of September, yet another blow was
struck against the advocates and beneficiaries of neo-liberalism in Ecuador
and …
mrzine.monthlyreview.org/hattingh041007.html

Support Ecuador’s Decision Not to Drill
Green Options blog – Berkeley,CA,USA
By Gavin Hudson Oct 2, 2007 GO and ENN news articles have reported on
Ecuador’s high-minded decision to leave its largest oil reserve untapped.
…
greenoptions.com/2007/10/02/support_ecuador_s_decision_not_to_drill

Ecuador: More Election Reactions
By Eduardo Avila
Ecuador Elige [ES] continues providing links from blogs reacting to the recent Constituent Assembly election.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/05/ecuador-more-election-reactions/

A Triumphant Advance in Ecuador
For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=
viewArticle&code=BLA20071004&articleId=6980

Book on Cuban Five Launched in Ecuador
Quito, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) The book “5 Children 5 Heroes, deprived from their freedom for defending Cuba,” was launched in this capital on Thursday with the presence of Ecuadorians in solidarity with the Caribbean country.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B7244B7CA-
4EE0-4E5B-964E-1FE0B7757ACE%7D&language=EN

Ecuador’s Correa outflanks foes in popular assembly
Reuters – USA
… his mettle has yet to be tested by reactions to his proposed reforms
and his popularity could dwindle if he does not tackle Ecuador’s pallid
economy, …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0435478820071004

A Triumphant Advance in Ecuador
Center for Research on Globalization – Canada
Kintto Lucas, writing in Ecuador Rising, notes that “The victory in the
Constituent Assembly is the result of years of agitation and struggle by
Ecuador’s …
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6980

Ecuador Incumbents Solidify Win
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) Results of the official counting of votes on
Thursday confirm the victory of the ruling Alianza Pais movement in the
Ecuadorian …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B812B1FB
8-7D3E-4E91-B6A8-E6CE380D0720%7D)&language=EN

Correa’s victory
Economist – UK
HE CALLED it the “mother of all battles” and Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s
new young president, appears to have won it. According to an unofficial
count of the …
www.economist.com/world/la/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9909382

Ecuador’s Correa celebrates ‘win’
BBC News – UK
Official results are slowly being tallied in Ecuador where President Rafael
Correa is celebrating victory in constituent assembly elections. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7022623.stm

Ecuador assembly plans attacked
BBC News – UK
Congressmen in Ecuador say President Rafael Correa’s plans to replace
parliament with an assembly run by his supporters is an attack on
democracy. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7027612.stm

Correa Wins Majority in Ecuador Vote to Rewrite Constitution
Bloomberg – USA
``The people of Ecuador have won the mother of all battles,’’ Correa told
reporters at the presidential palace in Quito last night. …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060
1086&sid=ahC.qiXINCA8&refer=latin_america

Leftists set to redraft Ecuador constitution
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
By Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer QUITO, ECUADOR — Voters on
Sunday appeared to clear the way for socialist President Rafael Correa to
try to …
www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg
-ecuador1oct01,1,7735922.story?coll=la-news-a_section

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa claims victory in reform vote
Forbes – NY,USA
QUITO (Thomson Financial) – Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa
celebrated victory today after claiming that his ruling coalition had won a
solid …
www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2007/10/01/afx4171438.html

Ecuador Leftwing Claims Congress Resignation
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian leftwing and central-leftwing blocs
are in favor of an honorable resignation by the national Congress, …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B0A6087
83-C37F-44F9-B244-00917A981A51%7D)&language=EN

Report #56: Gone Fishin’
The Times – Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
Lago Agria is the primary town in Ecuador’s Amazonian oilfields. And the
petroleum companies have ravaged this area. Oil pipelines criss-cross the
landscape …
blogs.thetimes.co.za/greeff/2007/10/03/report-56-gone-fishin/

Support Ecuador’s Decision Not to Drill
By Rabbit R.
GO and ENN news articles have reported on Ecuador’s high-minded decision to leave its largest oil reserve untapped. The unexploited oil fields lie in Yasuni National Park, home to at least two indigenous tribes. …
www.care2.com/news/member/818150751/499459

Ecuador Leftwing Claims Congress Resignation
Quito, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian leftwing and central-leftwing blocs are in favor of an honorable resignation by the national Congress, faced with a Constituent Assembly proposal to dissolve that authority.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B0A608783
-C37F-44F9-B244-00917A981A51%7D&language=EN

Ecuador’s new President
By Paul Shoul(Paul Shoul)
Ecuador has elected a new leftist president, Rafael Correa. The final tally of votes may take weeks , but he has already declared victory. According to a Voice of America report “ Rafael Quintero of Central university of Quito says …
www.gonomad.com/roundworldphoto/2007/10/ecuadors-new-president.html

Free Software in Ecuador: Correa’s got that one right!
By colono
The YouTube initiatives are part of the hip strategies of Correa’s government, appealing to a whole new demographic class in Ecuador – a middle class consuming the remittances that their migratory family members send back from, mainly, …
colonos.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/free
-software-in-ecuador-correas-got-that-one-right/

Constituent assembly in Ecuador
But Ecuador held elections for a constituent assembly on Sunday. So far, it seems that Correa’s “party” won a majority (though official results aren’t yet in). It’ll be interesting to see how the situation unfolds there, though he has …
www.mcentellas.com/archives/2007/10/constituent_assembly_in_ecuador.html

Ecuador’s President Pushes for Leftist Reforms – Voice of America
Boston GlobeEcuador’s President Pushes for Leftist ReformsVoice of America – 11 hours agoBy Brian Wagner Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa is promising to move quickly on government reforms following Sunday’s vote that …
news.originalsignal.com/article/509120/ecuadorand-39
-s-president-pushes-for-leftist-reforms-voice-of-america.html

Ecuador’s President Pushes for Leftist Reforms
Voice of America – USA
By Brian Wagner Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa is promising to
move quickly on government reforms following Sunday’s vote that apparently
gave …
www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-02-voa68.cfm

The Venezuela-Ecuador Alliance
Diario las Américas – Miami,FL,USA
These statements by the Venezuelan ruler have practically coincided with
the absolute powers that will be vested on Rafael Correa, the President of
Ecuador. …
www.diariolasamericas.com/news.php?nid=37465

Ecuador: Alianza Pais Wins the Majority of Seats
By Milton Ramirez
This past weekend nearly 9 million Ecuadoran nationals and others who live abroad voted looking for a change in direction of Ecuador politics. Seats for the Constituent Assembly were up for grabs, and the current President Rafael …
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/02/ecuado
r-alianza-pais-wins-the-majority-of-seats/
Global Voices Online
www.globalvoicesonline.org

25 years of democracy in Ecuador, digitized!
By annemiek
This is Ecuador’s political and social legacy of the last 25 years. In a country where politicians and the general media are often not trusted, Radio La Luna provides a safety valve; its ‘open mike’ policy allows citizens to publicly …
www.iicd.org/articles/logon4d/25-years-of-democracy-in-ecuador-digitized

Ecuador president pledges new constitution
By James M Yoch Jr(Bernard Hibbitts)
[JURIST] Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa [official website, in Spanish; personal website] said Monday that he plans to disband the Ecuadorean congress and rewrite the country’s constitution [text, in Spanish]. …
jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/10/ecuador-president-pledges-new.php

Ecuador’s Correa leads in early official vote tally
Reuters – USA
QUITO, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa’s party is
leading in the official tally of results from the weekend election of a
national …
today.reuters.com/investing/FinanceArticle.aspx?type
=bondsNews&storyID=2007 -10-02T171840Z_01_N02
408917_RTRIDST_0_ECUADOR-ASSEMBLY-RESULTS.XML

UPDATE 1-Ecuador says Petrobras agrees to rework oil contract
Reuters UK – UK
MC: Quote, Profile, Research), France’s Perenco and China’s Andes Petroleum
have already reached an agreement with Ecuador to rework their contracts.
…
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0241152320071002

Pentagon chief makes first visit to Latin America
Reuters – USA
Ecuador’s president has refused to renew the Pentagon’s lease on the Manta
air base, leading US officials to look for another location. …
uk.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUKB48702220071002

Correa’s Backers Win Key Vote in Ecuador
Periódico 26 – Las Tunas,Cuba
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa proclaimed an “unquestionable
victory” in the vote Sunday to elect a 130-member constituent
assembly to
draft a new …
www.periodico26.cu/english/news_world/correa100107.htm

HISTORIC VICTORY IN ECUADOR
By Sukant Chandan(Sukant Chandan)
“We have won an historic victory,” proclaimed President Rafael Correa of Ecuador. On Sunday the political coalition he heads won an overwhelming majority of the seats in the Constituent Assembly that is tasked with “refounding” the …
sonsofmalcolm.blogspot.com/2007/10/historic-victory-in-ecuador.html

Ecuador to Leave Oil — And Revenue — In the Ground
There is, at least in my humble and possibly pessimistic opinion, very little to be excited about in this day and age when it comes to reversing global warming. Lakes are dying, ice sheets are… Original article from: Green Options blogs …
www.eco-cide.com/ecuador-to-leave-oil-and-revenue-in-the-ground/

Ecuador to Leave Oil – And Revenue – In the Ground
By Noelle D’estries
There is, at least in my humble and possibly pessimistic opinion, very little to be excited about in this day and age when it comes to reversing global warming. Submitted by Noelle D’estries to Green Lifestyle | Note-it! …
www.care2.com/news/member/667281369/497898

Ecuador votes to reconfigure government
Leftist President Rafael Correa said the assembly would help restore democracy to Ecuador by removing corrupt lawmakers, El Comercio reported online. Opponents and critics of Correa accused the president of trying to create a socialist …
politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/73626/

Ecuador’s New President Tells Congress to “Go Home”
ShortNews.com – Regensburg,Germany
After claiming a sweeping victory in Ecuador, Rafael Correa has now said
that he is planning to dissolve the national Congress which he calls
corrupt and …
www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=65303

Chavez congratulates his Ecuadorian counterpart for victory in the …
Mathaba.Net – London,UK
Since Rafael Correa assumed the control of Ecuador in January this year,
Venezuela and Ecuador have constantly strengthened their ties of
cooperation. …
mathaba.net/news/?x=565942

Ecuador poll backs the Chavez route to reform
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Voters in Ecuador appear to have backed an attempt to redesign the country
along socialist lines, giving fresh impetus to the surge of Latin America’s
“pink …
www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2181483,00.html

Providing Maternal Health Care in Ecuador’s Amazon Region
UNFPA (press release) – New York,NY,USA
ORELLANA PROVINCE, Ecuador — Widman Jimenez, a farmer in Ecuador’s
fertile, but sometimes tumultuous Amazon region, has the intensity of
someone who is …
www.unfpa.org/news/news.cfm?ID=1005

ECUADOR: Correa Wins Majority in Constituent Assembly
IPS – Italy
By Kintto Lucas QUITO, Oct 1 (IPS) – The landslide victory for Ecuador’s
governing Movimiento Alianza País in the election for a constituent
assembly to …
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39478

Ecuador’s Correa celebrates ‘win’
By urbano411
“Official results are slowly being tallied in Ecuador where President Rafael Correa is celebrating victory in constituent assembly elections. A final outcome… read more.
www.nowpublic.com/politics/ecuadors-correa-celebrates-win

Correa claims victory in Ecuador vote
Official results haven’t been released yet but that didn’t stop Ecuador’s president from claiming victory in an election to create an assembly to write a new constitution that could usher in a socialist model of government. …
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Guardian: Ecuador poll backs the Chavez route to reform – Rory Caroll
By A-News(A-News)
Voters in Ecuador appear to have backed an attempt to redesign the country along socialist lines, giving fresh impetus to the surge of Latin America’s “pink tide”. Exit polls showed President Rafael Correa’s coalition heading for a …
www.eu-digest.com/2007/10/guardian-ecuador-poll-backs-chavez.html

‘Connectivity’ high on the government agenda in Ecuador
By annemiek
A recent survey of the cost and quality of the Internet in Ecuador revealed that only 0.2% of the population has access to broadband as opposed to 1.6% in the whole of Latin America. To gain a better understanding of Ecuador’s …
www.iicd.org/articles/logon4d/connectivity
-high-on-the-government-agenda-in-ecuador

Ecuador ruling coalition wins majority in new constitutional assembly
JURIST – USA
[JURIST] Unofficial results of Constituent Assembly elections in Ecuador
[JURIST news archive] on Sunday give the ruling coalition led by President
Rafael …
jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/10/
ecuador-ruling-coalition-wins-majority.php

Correa Wins Majority in Ecuador Vote to Rewrite Constitution
Correa Wins Majority in Ecuador Vote to Rewrite Constitution By Stephan Kueffner Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) — Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa won backing for his plans to rewrite the country’s constitution and expand state control of the …
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UPDATE 1-Ecuador’s Correa set for strong mandate after vote
Reuters UK – UK
Ecuador’s benchmark 2030 global bond on Monday fell 0.250 point to bid
90.000 with a yield of 11.359 percent while Ecuador’s 2012 bond rose 0.250
point to …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0134289420071001

Is Ecuador’s Correa Following Chavez?
Latin Business Chronicle – Miami,FL,USA
Second, Correa has informed the United States that in 2009, Ecuador will
not renew an agreement that permits US forces to use Ecuador’s Manta air
base for …
www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=1673

Ecuador Alianza Pais Leads Vote
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) The governing party Alianza Pais has a wide
advantage over the rest of Ecuadorian groups in the preliminary counting of
votes …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B3C2D67
EF-65AB-4B9D-A972-05D7FC54BDA1%7D)&language=EN

Ecuador’s Prez Correa Declares Victory on New Constitution
Jumping on this trend is Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa. Unofficially, a quick count by a local citizens’ group at thousands of polls indicated strong support for the president’s party in a vote that happened yesterday. …
vivirlatino.com/2007/10/01/ecuadors-pr
ez-correa-declares-victory-on-new-constitution.php

Ecuador: Correa claims victory in vital elections
By Erwin C.(Taylor Kirk)
“The people of Ecuador have won the mother of all battles,” declared that country’s president- Rafael Correa- after unofficial results showed that his party won majority of seats in the constituent assembly. The poll by Santiago Perez …
ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/2007/10/ecua
dor-correa-claims-victory-in-vital.html

Ecuador Alianza Pais Leads Vote
Quito, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) The governing party Alianza Pais has a wide advantage over the rest of Ecuadorian groups in the preliminary counting of votes on the Constituent Assembly, which will guarantee it an absolute majority when …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B3C2D67EF-6
5AB-4B9D-A972-05D7FC54BDA1%7D&language=EN

Correa Claims Victory in Ecuador Vote
The Associated Press –
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Official results haven’t been released yet but that
didn’t stop Ecuador’s president from claiming victory in an election to
create an …
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YTkv3aJIj9nUOiPWLhenfgD8S0BQCO0

Ecuador Commits to Save teh Yasuni Rainforest
Photo credit: colonos At the Clinton Global Initiative this week, Ecuador pledged to forgo the development of the country’s largest oil reserve in the Amazon basin’s most diverse rainforest located below Yasuni National Park, …
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163405803/ecuador_forests.php

Correa takes control of the constituent assembly: Ecuador’s …
By colono
Reliable sources note that Correa and allies have assumed control of the constituent assembly in Ecuador that will discuss a draft for a new constitution, written by a group of select lawyers. “That is the information we are getting. …
colonos.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/correa-takes-control-
of-the-constituent-assembly-ecuadors-revolution-steams-ahead/

Ecuador’s Correa: Pay Us for Not Producing Oil
By SERENDIP(SERENDIP)
China Confidential: Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa—who has threatened to default on his country’s $10.3 billion foreign debt—wants wealthy nations to pay Ecuador $350 million a year in exchange for a promise to never exploit an …
fleetingperusal.blogspot.com/2007/09/ecuadors-correa-pay-us-for-not.html

Gutsy Ecuador proposes to put a lid on oil.
For the good of itself, for the good of the planet, the South American country of Ecuador has proposed to keep the lid on nearly one billion barrels of oil under its Yasuni National Park.
digg.com/environment/Gutsy_Ecuador_proposes_to_put_a_lid_on_oil

Ecuador: Correa’s Clear Victory
By Eduardo Avila
Autentico Ecuatoriano [ES] sees Rafael Correa’s landslide victory in Ecuador’s Constituent Assembly election as a sign tht he is not as disliked as many in the opposition would lead one to believe.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/01/ecuador-correas-clear-victory/

Ecuador’s president claims victory in election
Hindu – Chennai,India
Quito (Ecuador), Oct. 1 (AP): Ecuador’s leftist president claimed victory
in the election of an assembly to rewrite the nation’s constitution – a
step he …
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200710011008.htm

At The Polls Ukraine And Ecuador
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) – Minneapolis,MN,USA
President Rafael Correa, who wants to bring a “21st century socialism” to
Ecuador, hoped voters Sunday would elect his allies to an assembly tasked
with …
www.startribune.com/722/story/1455925.html

Exit poll: Government candidates leading Ecuador assembly elections
Earthtimes.org – USA
Quito – The government of left-wing populist President Rafael Correa was
winning in Sunday’s election of a constituent assembly in Ecuador,
according to an …
www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/116532.html

WORLD at 0400GMT
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria
Ecuador’s leftist president predicts victory in election of constitutional
assembly. New: UN-GUNS. UN members respond `overwhelmingly’ on gun Update:
IRAQ. …
www.pr-inside.com/world-at-0400gmt-r228837.htm