23/10/07

Ecuador Seeks Miami Military Base – Goose Bites Gander
Yeah, that’s the ticket! Clip Source: uk.reuters.com. Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa said Washington must let him open a military base in Miami if the United States wants to keep using an air base on Ecuador’s Pacific coast. …
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E0-03B7-4320-8DAE-0BFD68DB0D28/

ECUADOR: CLIMATE CHANGE ENDANGERS CORAL IN GAL PAGOS
Trading Markets (press release) – Los Angeles,CA,USA
Ten species of coral in Ecuador’s Galpagos Islands — two in critical
danger of extinction and one that is considered vulnerable — have been
included on …
www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/729108/
Ecuador: Traditional Parties in Crisis
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Oct 22 (Prensa Latina) Results of polls for the Constituent Assembly
uncovered a profound crisis of traditional parties and ratified the
need of
…
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B76AA81D3-159F
-470B-8E8F-FBB723B9AEFF%7D&language=EN

22/10/07

Ecuador’s August Oil Exports -6% At $625 Million – Central Bank
CNNMoney.com – USA
QUITO -(Dow Jones)- Ecuador’s oil-export revenues totaled $625 million in
August, a 6% decrease from the $664 million registered in the same period
of 2006, …
money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/2
00710221234DOWJONESDJONLINE000410_FORTUNE5.htm

Ecuador wants military base in Miami
Reuters.uk – UK
By Phil Stewart NAPLES (Reuters) – Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael
Correa said Washington must let him open a military base in Miami if the
United States …
uk.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUKADD25267520071022

Doctors Go to Ecuador to Change Lives of Children
My Fox Colorado.com – Denver,CO,USA
CUENCA, ECUADOR — FOX 31 medical reporter Dr. John Torres is working in
Cuenca, Ecuador this week. He is working with a group of doctors who treat
…
www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?
contentId =4705499&version=2&locale=EN-US&layout
Code=TSTY&pageId=3.5.1

20/10/07

Ecuador: Telemedicine Links Galapagos to Mainland
A new telemedicine center will improve the healthcare of people living on the Galapagos Islands and other remote areas of Ecuador.
www.bioethics.net/News/?id=5087

Promised Social Change in Ecuador
Raphael Correa was elected Ecuador’s president last November and took office January 15 promising social change. He’s the country’s eighth president in the last decade including three previous ones driven from office by mass street …
www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/
2007/10/20/promised_social_change_in_ecuador

Ecuador’s New Tariffs Will Cut Duties by $60 Million (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
By Stephan Kueffner Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) — Changes to Ecuador’s import
duties will lead to a net cut in tariffs of $60 million a year, said Raul
Sagasti, …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060
1086&sid=a.sIjLF_dnyc&refer=latin_america

Ecuador Province-Cuba Sign Agreement
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Oct 19 (Prensa Latina) The Ecuadorian Pichincha provincial
government and the IPLAC, Cuba’s Latin American and Caribbean Teaching
Institute, …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B2BDA83AC-
E5AD-4019-9D27-946BC813C030%7D&language=EN

Ecuador: After the Eruption
By ADRA
Ecuador: After the Eruption. Photo Essay posted by ADRA Tagged with: South Pacific, Emergency Management. When Tungurahua erupted in central Ecuador on August 16, 2006, it cause desctruction and chaos. Now, people are trying to get …
www.adra.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7859

Ecuador seeks reinstatement in OPEC
By webmaster@pennwell.com (PennWell Staff)
Ecuador has formally requested reinstatement as a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), according to official sources.
www.ogj.com/display_article/309727/7/ONART/Dis
play/GenIn/1/Ecuador-seeks-reinstatement-in-OPEC

19/10/07

Head of new Ecuador assembly vows leftist drive
Jamaica Gleaner – Kingston,Jamaica
He drives a beat-up car, shuns suits and is the black sheep of his
well-connected family, but Alberto Acosta is now set to head Ecuador’s main
legislative …
www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20071019/int/int2.html

Ecuador Does Deal With Communities
By Andy Rowell
Ecuador has reached a deal with protesters in the oil-rich Amazon region to end a three-day protest that cost the country $2 million in revenue. Earlier this week dozens of villagers in the Shushufindi region in the Sucumbios province …
priceofoil.org/2007/10/19/ecuador
-does-deal-with-communities/

Ecuador oil blockade ends
Ecuadorean activists have ended a three-day blockade of roads leading to oilfields owned by the state oil company, Petroecuador, after agreement was reached with the government over jobs for people who live in the same neighbourhood as …
www.radionetherlands.nl/news/interna
tional/5480492/Ecuador-oil-blockade-ends

18/10/07

Ecuador ends Amazon oil protest, reports losses
Reuters UK – UK
QUITO, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Ecuador reached a deal with protesters in the
oil-rich Amazon region to end a three-day protest that cost the country
26227 …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN1843288620071018

Ecuador says oil firms mull switching deals
Reuters – USA
QUITO, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Foreign oil companies could consider switching
their contracts for deals that will allow Ecuador to keep all the oil they
extract, …
www.reuters.com/article/company
NewsAndPR/idUSN1728105720071017

17/10/07

Repsol YPF In Talks With Ecuador Over “Unreasonable” Tax Hike
CNNMoney.com – USA
“Ecuador’s government must decide if it wants us to continue operations,”
Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau said on the sidelines of a business event.
…
money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djhighli
ghts/200710170938DOWJONESDJONLINE000581.htm

Ecuador creates new province
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Ecuador’s Congress approved Tuesday the creation of a new province, Santa
Elena, two weeks after creating the nation’s 23rd province Santo Domingo de
los …
english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6284870.html

16/10/07

Stephen Lendman: Social Change in Ecuador
Countries like Ecuador face conflicting interests – maintaining the status quo from the right and demands for real change from below through redistributive social policies and nationalizing strategic sectors.
palestinechronicle.com/story-101607115658.htm

Mystery cure for prostate cancer?
MiamiHerald.com – Miami,FL,USA
BY FRED TASKER The Solanum dulcamara plant for years was believed to be the
source of the anti-prostate cancer elixer from Ecuador. …
www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/271984.html

PDVSA undersigns agreement with Petroecuador to explore new wells
Mathaba.Net – London,UK
Vierma explained that, from Venezuelan side, the agreement will be
undersigned by a PDVSA delegation that will travel to Ecuador this week.
…
mathaba.net/news/?x=567330

Ecuador State Oil Co: Foreign Oil Cos Owe $317 Million In Royalties
CNNMoney.com – USA
QUITO -(Dow Jones)- Foreign oil companies operating in Ecuador must pay
$317 million in oil royalties by Oct. 31 or face sanctions, the country’s
state oil …
money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/2007
10151900DOWJONESDJONLINE000675_FORTUNE5.htm

Ecuador’s Correa Proposes New Court to Oversee Constitution Law
Bloomberg – USA
By Stephan Kueffner Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) — Ecuadorean President Rafael
Correa proposed forming a new constitutional court, part of his efforts to
reshape …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid
=20601086&sid=aJXp.Rsa3R.k&refer=news

UPDATE:Salazar’s drills stopped in Ecuador
The Northern Miner (subscription) – Sudbury,Ontario,Canada
News that protestors had ransacked Salazar Resources’ (SRL-V) Curipamba
gold and silver exploration project in Ecuador gave the market a shock, …
www.northernminer.com/issues/I
SArticle.asp?id=75034&issue=10152007

Venezuela and Colombia Launch Gas Pipeline
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
Mérida, October 15, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com)- The Presidents of
Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador met in northern Colombia on Friday to
inaugurate a new …
www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/2730

Pdvsa, Petroecuador enter into agreement
El Universal – Venezuela
Vierma explained that, on the Venezuelan side, the agreement will be signed
by a Pdvsa delegation that will head for Ecuador next weekend. …
english.eluniversal.com/2007/10/15/en_
eco_art_pdvsa,-petroecuador_15A1131409.shtml

Promised Social Change in Ecuador by Stephen Lendman
By dandelionsalad
Raphael Correa was elected Ecuador’s president last November and took
office January 15 promising social change. He’s the country’s
eighth president in the last decade including three previous ones
driven from office by mass street …
dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/prom
ised-social-change-in-ecuador-by-stephen-lendman/

UPDATE:Salazar’s drills stopped in Ecuador
By The Northern Miner
News that protestors had ransacked Salazar Resources’ (SRL-V)
Curipamba gold and silver exploration project in Ecua… [Full Story]
www.northernminer.com/article
.asp?id=75034&issue=10152007&ref=rss

15/10/07

Save democracy; make voting mandatory
Canada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
A recent count found that it is practised in: Argentina, Australia,
Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Fiji, Greece, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg,
Mexico, Nauru, …
communities.canada.com/calgaryherald/blogs/unfiltered/
archive/2007/10/14/save-democracy-make-voting-mandatory.aspx

CHE GUEVARA – MOTHER THERESA OF THE LEFT
Foreign Correspondent – Windsor,ON,Canada
A classmate, whose father was Ecuador’s ambassador, told me the following
story. Ecuador’s then president, Carlos Arosemena, a nationalist
firebrand with no …
www.ericmargolis.com/archives/2007/10/che_guevara_mot.php

Hoped for change in Ecuador under a socially democratic president
Raphael Correa was elected Ecuador’s president last November and took office January 15 promising social change. He’s the country’s eighth president in the last decade including three previous ones driven from office by mass street …
digg.com/political_opinion/Hoped_for_change_in
_Ecuador_under_a_socially_democratic_president

IDB to invest US$1.5 billion in Ecuador’s PetroEcuador
In it’s first major petrochemical investment since Peru’s Camisea Natural Gas project, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will likely loan US$1.5 billion to Ecuador to help the country’s state-owned oil company PetroEcuador.
www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3535.aspx

14/10/07

Ecuador to rejoin OPEC
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has confirmed that his country intends to rejoin OPEC, the Organisation of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, next month. Ecuador’s return had been expected for some time. It was one of the election …
www.radionetherlands.nl/news/inte
rnational/5473646/Ecuador-to-rejoin-OPEC

13/10/07

Ecuador addresses cultural issues for pregnant women
Source: The Lancet, Volume 370, Issue 9595, 13 October 2007-19 October 2007, Page 1302 Vivar, Susana Camacho.
www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL
&_origin= IRSSSEARCH&_method=citationSearch&_piikey=S01406
7360761561X&_version=1&md5=f80e46c0b1478a1f5a4d9586036f2f2e

Presidents of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador inaugurated trans …
Mathaba.Net – London,UK
The presidents of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez
Frías, of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, and of Ecuador, Rafael Correa,
…
mathaba.net/news/?x=567185

Protestors stop Salazar’s drills in Ecuador
The Northern Miner (subscription) – Sudbury,Ontario,Canada
Salazar Resources (SRL-V) tumbled on the market after protestors ran over
its gold and silver exploration operations in Ecuador. …
www.northernminer.com/issues/IS
Article.asp?id=74947&issue=10122007

12/10/07

Vote Yoryie El Ecua in the Ecuador Urban Music Awards
From LatinIndustryConnection.com One of my artists was nominated for an award.
www.corrientelatina.com/article.php?id=721

Ecuador state oil company cuts 2007 budget to $154 million
Petroleumworld.com – Caracas,Venezuela
Ecuador’s oil company Petroecuador has cut its 2007 investment budget 30%,
to $154 million, a senior company official said Wednesday, Dow Jones
reported. …
www.petroleumworld.com/story07101213.htm

Ecuador addresses cultural issues for pregnant women
By Susana Camacho Vivar
At the policy-level, Ecuador?s government has recognised that
intercultural approaches to maternal and child health are needed. But,
says Susana Camacho Vivar, only with the effective participation of
indigenous communities will there …
www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article
/PIIS014067360761561X/fulltext?rss=yes

Ecuador Postpones Election Results
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The official results of the Ecuadorian
elections for the Constituent Assembly will be announced on October 20,
Rene Mauge, …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B33C2E6C3
-DD37-4921-9C15-D3B34F5415E9%7D&language=EN

11/10/07

Ecuador, Venezuela Boost Integration
Escambray – Sancti Spiritus,Cuba
Also on the list is to discuss with Chavez the return of his country to the
CAN, from which Ecuador departed last year after Peru and Colombia signed a
free …
www.escambray.cu/Eng/news/Wchavez071011142.htm

#eco revolution in Latin America
By Derek Wall(Derek Wall)
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 indigenous and social movements along with an unorganized, largely middle-class …
another-green-world.blogspot.com/2007/
10/eco-revolution-in-latin-america.html

Ecuador attorney general says City Oriente owes windfall payment
Quito (Platts) — 10Oct2007 — Ecuador’s state oil company should sue Panama-based oil company City Oriente to recover $30 million in windfall oil profits owed to the state, Attorney General Xavier Garaicoa said Wednesday. "This…
www.globalspec.com/Goto/GotoWebPage?gotoType=
engnews&rss=1&gotoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.platts.
com%2FOil%2FNews%2F6516236.xml%3Fsrc%3DOilrssheadlines1

Weakening dollar pulls in Ecuador’s neighbour
Financial Times Deutschland – Germany
After a severe financial crisis from 1998-2000 and a run on the sucre,
Ecuador adopted the dollar in 2000. The money changers are clustered on the
corner of …
www.ftd.de/karriere_management/business_english/:
Business%20English%20Weakening%20Ecuador/263841.html

Ecuador: Microsoft and Other Companies Closed for Tax Evasion
By Milton Ramirez
One of the most recognized newspapers in Ecuador published a note about the local Microsoft branch being closed for at least seven days. Other Ecuadorian companies like Norberto Odebrecht and Noboa’s Banana Exporter are also under …
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/11/ecuador-m
icrosoft-and-other-companies-closed-for-tax-evasion/

10/10/07

Ecuador’s Popular Revolt: Forging A New Nation
Peaceful revolutions are possible. :) 4Canada by Roger Burbach October 08, 2007 Upon his inauguration, Correa issued a decree calling for a plebiscite on the constituent assembly. The oligarchy and the partidocracia moved almost …
www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20071010082852316

Ecuador president’s party wins landslide victory in election
Tehran Times – Iran
QUITO (Xinhua) — The party that backs Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa,
won 70.14 percent of the vote in the nation’s Sept. …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=154687

TradeTalk: Jet setter Gutierrez, ALBA Fashion
Latin Business Chronicle – Miami,FL,USA
This week we look at Brazil-US relations, US-Colombia FTA, jet setter
Carlos Gutierrez, Ecuador oil and ALBA fashion code. …
www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=1698

Ecuador Won’t Allow World Bank Arbitration In Disputes -Sources
CNNMoney.com – USA
QUITO -(Dow Jones)- Ecuador won’t accept the World Bank’s International
Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes as a mediator in any future
oil and …
money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/20071
0091716DOWJONESDJONLINE000591_FORTUNE5.htm

Ecuador’s Popular Revolt: Forging a New Nation
By ron collins
Amidst a circus of political manoeuvring, high-level officials breaking ranks, and surprise support from the strangest places, a movement to bring “21st century socialism” to Ecuador is taking shape. So far, Correa has managed to jump …
mostlywater.org/ecuador_s_popular_revolt_forging_a_new_nation

Ecuador Correa Overhauling Cabinet
Quito, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is thinking about restructuring the government, after his ministers presented their resignations at his request.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B08F327EA-
CC4B-46F1-B2E3-15D43B30B198%7D&language=EN

Ecuador: The Cost of Rejoining OPEC
Stratfor (subscription) – USA
Ecuadorian Oil Minister Galo Chiriboga formally announced Oct. 8 that
Ecuador plans to rejoin the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC). …
www.stratfor.com/products/premium/
read_article.php?id=296519&selected=Analyses

Ecuador decrees: 99% of oil profits go to the State
By redamazon
‘To begin with, it confirms that the oil belongs to all the people of Ecuador and that we shall never again allow our ownership of it to be lost,’ he declared in a statement published by the presidential press. …
redamazon.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/
ecuador-decrees-99-of-oil-profits-go-to-the-state/

Chevron Corporation Calls for Dismissal of Ecuador Lawsuit
By admin
8, 2007 – Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today filed a petition in an Ecuador Superior Court seeking dismissal of an ongoing environmental lawsuit that has descended into a judicial farce, constituting a denial of Chevron’s right to a …
www.allamericanpatriots.com/48734498_business
_chevron_corporation_calls_dismissal_ecuador_lawsuit