27/12/07

Ecuador’s New Constitutional Assembly: Up With the Executive, Down …
Upside Down World – Hartwick,NY,USA
Ecuador followed in the footsteps of Venezuela and Bolivia this past November 30 by beginning the task of writing a new constitution. …
upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1058/1/

Ecuador: President may pardon drug “mules”
By Erwin C.(Taylor Kirk)
During a speech given over the weekend, Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa proposed pardoning low-level drug smugglers commonly known as “mules.” Correa said that these and similar drug enforcement laws were drafted under pressure by …
ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/2007/12/ecua
dor-president-may-pardon-drug-mules.html

26/12/07

Ecuador Assembly Table Studies Tax Law Report
Quito, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador’s Legislation and Supervision Table will be dealing with the report on the projected Law on Tax Equity, which will be debated on Friday by the plenary session of the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B2A67F22E-A4
42-4879-9E63-C9E19131A976%7D&language=EN

Ecuador Assembly Table Studies Tax Law Report
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador’s Legislation and Supervision Table will be dealing with the report on the projected Law on Tax Equity, which will be …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B2A
67F22E-A442-4879-9E63-C9E19131A976%7D

CHALLENGES 2007-2008: Grim Present, Dim Future for Andean Integration
Inter Press Service (subscription) – Rome,Italy
Currently made up of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, CAN has had to absorb the blow of Venezuela’s outright refusal to return to the bloc which it left …
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40599

Ecuador says proposed tax to help in oil talks
Reuters UK – UK
By Alonso Soto QUITO, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Ecuador will use a proposed windfall tax on oil firms to seek agreements in contract renegotiations aimed at …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN2633696320071226

Ecuador Assembly Reopens
Quito, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) The Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly resumes its tasks Wednesday, with a full agenda aimed at closing pending issues, such as the projected tax reform.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BA5910F26-
5467-40A0-92B6-DCCFA1F61929%7D&language=EN

25/12/07

Ecuador interview
By LeisureGuy
Correa’s dad took that frightening chance in the 1960s, a time when his family, like almost all families in Ecuador, was destitute. Ecuador was the original “banana republic” – and the price of bananas had hit the floor. …
leisureguy.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/ecuador-interview/

PetroEcuador to Pay Ecuador Armed Forces to Guard Facilities
Rafael Correa claims to be a left-radical political cousin of Hugo Chavez, and a progressive reformer who seeks to raise living standards and environmental conditions in Ecuador. He certainly talks a good game, and he has made some …
www.gnn.tv/headlines/16257/PetroEcuador_to
_Pay_Ecuador_Armed_Forces_to_Guard_Facilities

Ecuador’s Correa popularity drops, but still high
By Ecuador Rebelde(Ecuador Rebelde)
QUITO, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa’s popularity dropped eight points in December, but after nearly a year in office his approval rating remained high at 64 percent, a Cedatos-Gallup poll showed on Monday. …
ecuador-rising.blogspot.com/2007/12/ecu
adors-correa-popularity-drops-but.html

Good and Evil at the Center of the Earth: A Quechua Christmas Carol
The People's Voice – Nashville,TN,USA
In the middle of an hour-long interview with the President of Ecuador, I asked him about his father. I’m not Barbara Walters. It’s not the kind of question …
www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/
2007/12/24/good_and_evil_at_the_center_of_the_earth

1200 villagers evacuate after increased activity at Ecuador’s …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria
AP QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Increased seismic activity at an Andean volcano has prompted the evacuation of 1200 Ecuadorean villagers, who venture home only to …
www.pr-inside.com/villagers-evacuate-after-increased-activity-r361160.htm

The begining of the end for the IMF and World Bank
By Adnan(Adnan)
Venezuela has announced it is to pull out of the World Bank and IMF, Ecuador has expelled the Bank’s representative, declaring him persona non grata. Ecuador’s new President, Rafael Correa, accused the World Bank of blackmail. …
adnan-globalissues.blogspot.com/2007/12/
begining-of-end-for-imf-and-world-bank.html

Ecuador vs US oil companies….
By Watch ‘n Wait(Watch ‘n Wait)
Correa’s dad took that frightening chance in the 1960s, a time when his family, like almost all families in Ecuador, was destitute. Ecuador was the original “banana republic” – and the price of bananas had hit the floor. …
aggravated.blogspot.com/2007/12/ecuador-vs-us-oil-companies.html

Tax Reform Raises Expectations in Ecuador
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Quito, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) The analysis and debate on the government’s Tax Reform at the Constituent Assembly has raised expectations in Ecuadoran…
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B3C17750A-6
EFC-4ABD-ADFB-ACB3CFA33A54%7D&language=EN

24/12/07

Ecuador’s Correa popularity drops, but still high
Reuters – USA
QUITO, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa’s popularity dropped eight points in December, but after nearly a year in office his approval …
www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN2431912820071224

Ecuador President Correa, Constitutional Assembly Fall in Poll
Bloomberg – USA
By Stephan Kueffner Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) — Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa and the constitutional assembly he championed have lost favor with voters, …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&
sid=aNRImA8fESgw&refer=latin_america