4/12/07

Ecuador states resolute support to Bolivian government
Xinhua – China
3 (Xinhua) — Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that Ecuador backed Bolivia’s president and its government without reserve and rejected the attempts by …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/04/content_7196659.htm

Ecuador resumes oil production in Orellana province
Xinhua – China
3 (Xinhua) — The Ecuadorian government resumed normal oil production in the eastern Amazon province of Orellana, which had been invaded by Dayuma residents …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/04/content_7196302.htm

Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly starts work
Xinhua – China
3 (Xinhua) — Ecuador’s Constituent Assembly, the body set up to review the constitution, began its six-month task Monday amid a debate on how to apply its …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/04/content_7196950.htm

Checking Chavez’s power
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
… likened US President George Bush to the devil, has befriended Iran and Cuba, and identifies with leftist governments in Bolivia, Nicaragua and Ecuador. …
www.thestar.com/comment/article/282166

Ecuador: Keeping Up With Hugo
By Ecuador Rebelde(Ecuador Rebelde)
Unlike Venezuela, Ecuador is not booming. The Ecuadorian Central Bank recently revised its 2007 GDP growth forecast to 3.4 percent y/y from 4.1 percent y/y, and some local economists believe that final number could be closer to 2 …
ecuador-rising.blogspot.com/2007/12
/ecuador-keeping-up-with-hugo.html

Ecuador: Changes in Diplomatic Team
By Eduardo Avila
El Federalista [es] writes about Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa’s decision to overhaul his overseas diplomatic team.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/12/
04/ecuador-changes-in-diplomatic-team/

Ecuador’s Correa Deepens Navy’s Control of State Oil Company
Bloomberg – USA
3 (Bloomberg) — Ecuador appointed Navy officers to lead the state-owned oil company’s three biggest divisions, deepening the armed forces’ control of …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206010
86&sid=aO_VhxSob1ao&refer=latin_america

Ecuador: Keeping Up With Hugo
Latin Business Chronicle – Miami,FL,USA
The lack of investment is making Ecuador one of the slowest growing countries in Latin America. BY WALTER T. MOLANO Not to be left behind by his Venezuelan …
www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=1865

OPEC November oil output undershoots target -survey
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
opec’s 10 members bound by output targets, all except Iraq, Angola and Ecuador, pumped 26.99 million barrels per day, up 10000 bpd from October, …
africa.reuters.com/business/news/usnBAN356396.html

HEAD OF OAS HAILS ECUADOR’S COMMITMENT TO CHANGE AND DIALOGUE, AS …
Media Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, conveyed the following message to the people of Ecuador as the …
media-newswire.com/release_1058264.html

Ecuador Assembly Starts Sessions
Montecristi, Ecuador, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) The National Constituent Assembly in Ecuador starts labors Monday as a full powered institution.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B30
DF7836-8AC3-4483-A4B3-0654EA338FDC%

Ecuador constitutional assembly votes to close legislature until …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP MONTECRISTI, Ecuador: A special assembly rewriting Ecuador’s constitution suspended the country’s legislature and said it would take over its functions …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/30/ame
rica/LA-GEN-Ecuador-Constitution.php