4/1/08

Banco del Sur
Nepali Times – Kathmandu,Nepal
Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador have done as much, even creating a Bank of the South, launched in early December with four other South American countries. …
www.nepalitimes.com/issue/381/International/14341

3/1/08

Ecuador’s Congress defies shutdown
Reuters – USA
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean lawmakers held a session of Congress on Thursday in defiance of a rival legislative body dominated by leftist President Rafael …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0325156420080104

Oil prices, the euro and UK economic autonomy
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Oil sustains the strongmen in South America’s energy exporters: Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia. It allows the Sudanese government to thumb its nose at the …
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtm
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Ecuador Assembly Snubs Old Deputies
Quito, Jan 3 (Prensa Latina) After the announced intention of several Ecuadorian deputies to meet Thursday in the capital, the first vice president of the Constituent Assembly, Fernando Cordero, reaffirmed Congress was rendered inactive …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BD1F4F30A-
7AC0-42AC-B40A-860BA8DFBB50%7D&language=EN

2/1/08

Ecuador: Constituent Assembly vs. the Congress
By boz(boz)
Ecuador’s Congress reconvenes today following over a month in recess. The Congress went into recess one day prior to the Constituent Assembly (CA) beginning to prevent their removal in the CA’s opening days. The CA has basically usurped …
bloggingsbyboz.blogspot.com/2008/01
/ecuador-constituent-assembly-vs.html

Greg Palast Reports on the Battle Between Indigenous Ecuadorians …
By Ecuador Rebelde(Ecuador Rebelde)
Investigative Journalist Greg Palast files this report from the
rainforests of Ecuador, where an indigenous tribe is suing Chevron for $12 billion for contaminating the Amazon. We also play part of Palast’s interview with Ecuador’s …
ecuador-rising.blogspot.com/2008/01/
greg-palast-reports-on-battle-between.html

Ecuador’s Mining Industry Opposes 70 Percent Windfall Tax
AHN – USA
Quito, Ecuador (AHN) – Ecuadorian mining firms are opposing a recently approved 70 percent windfall tax on the industry. The tax will destroy the margins of …
www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009588531

Ecuadorians Doubtful on Constituent Assembly
Angus Reid Global Monitor – Vancouver,BC,Canada
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Adults in Ecuador have become more skeptical about their Constituent Assembly, according to a poll by Cedatos/Gallup.…
www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/29508/
ecuadorians_doubtful_on_constituent_assembly

Battle Between Indigenous Ecuadorians and the US Oil Giant Chevron
By hunterseeker
Org where I came across an article by Greg Palast, an investigative journalist who is involved in investigating the plight of the Cofan Indians of Ecuador. They are involved in a legal battle with one of the Oil Giants, Chevron. …
hunterseeker.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/battle-between
-indigenous-ecuadorians-and-the-us-oil-giant-chevron/

Ecuador OKs Tax Reform
Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (subscription) – New York,NY,USA
Ecuador’s constitutional assembly approved a tax reform bill Friday that includes a 70% windfall oil revenue tax for future contracts in an apparent…
www.energyintel.com/DocumentDetail.asp?document_id=220417