24/12/07

Local inequality and project choice: Theory and evidence from Ecuador
M. Caridad, Araujo , Francisco HG, Ferreira , Peter, Lanjouw , Berk, Özler.
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001855&_version=1&md5=2137d7162df49194912f84618a6b463b

Ecuador to pardon petty drug smugglers
Gulf Times – Doha,Qatar
Powerful cocaine cartels in Colombia and Peru often use neighbouring Ecuador as a main thoroughfare for smuggling the white powder drug to the US. …
www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=
2&item_no=191649&version=1&template_id=43&parent_id=19

Ecuador Central Bank Revises 07 GDP Growth Forecast To +2.65%
EasyBourse.com – Paris,France
QUITO -(Dow Jones)- Ecuador’s economy is poised to expand 2.65% this year, lower than the last 3.4% growth forecast in August and lower than the 3.9% growth …
www.easybourse.com/bourse-actualite/marches/ecuador-
central-bank-revises-07-gdp-growth-forecast-to-363950

23/12/07

Ecuador s Economy to Grow 2.65 Percent in 2007
Quito, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The Ecuadorian economy is likely to grow by 2.65 percent this year, the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE) revealed Sunday in a report.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BE471F53
7-E86C-4922-A88D-257E36C22B23%7D&language=EN

Ecuador: a fundamental change in consciousness
By Ecuador Rebelde(Ecuador Rebelde)
There is no doubt that the bourgeoisie in Latin America is seriously worried about the political developments in the subcontinent, especially the movements towards some kind of socialism in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador. …
ecuador-rising.blogspot.com/2007/1
2/ecuador-fundamental-change-in.html

Ecuador: Constituent assembly to `refound nation’
By Ecuador Rebelde(Ecuador Rebelde)
On November 29, Ecuador’s new constituent assembly sat for the first time, beginning the process of rewriting the country’s constitution as part of self-described socialist President Rafael Correa’s project of refounding the country …
ecuador-rising.blogspot.com/2007/12/ecu
ador-constituent-assembly-to-refound.html

Ecuador President Proposes Drug Pardons
The Associated Press –
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa proposed Saturday pardoning the lengthy jail sentences of low-level drug couriers known as …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jJSDHbyjdMfYmhzwjJEjy9j_fE4AD8TMR1A81

22/12/07

Ecuador’s Correa Considers Price Controls for Food Staples
Bloomberg – USA
22 (Bloomberg) — Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa is considering price controls along with antitrust legislation to fend off increases in everyday staples …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060
1086&sid=aPL3Bbz23CGI&refer=latin_america

Ecuador to Confront Opposition Designs
Quito, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has warned the opposition that he will mobilize the people to face attempts to destabilize the country through strikes and protests.
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-BBAA-4B13-A1A0-779C0EFF85E9%7D&language=EN

Leaving Ecuador
By Greg Weeks(Greg Weeks)
The government of Ecuador estimates that 403000 people have emigrated in the past four years and have not returned. Emigration has really bothered Rafael Correa (who has called it a “national tragedy”) and the government is working on a …
weeksnotice.blogspot.com/2007/12/leaving-ecuador.html

Palast Returns from Ecuador
By Greg Palast
Known as “The Filing of the Law Suit,” natives of Ecuador’s jungle, decked in feathers and war paint and heavily armed with lawyers, are filmed presenting a new complaint in their litigation seeking $12 billion from Chevron Inc., …
www.gregpalast.com/palast-returns-from-ecuador/

21/12/07

PetroEcuador to Pay Ecuador Armed Forces to Guard Facilities
Bloomberg – USA
By Stephan Kueffner Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) — Ecuadorean state energy company PetroEcuador will pay the country’s armed forces to guard its facilities after …
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&sid=aPaHGQ3nNiYk&refer=latin_america