November 09, 2009
ChevronToxico
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| | Fraud in Ecuadorian Oil Battle
-- The long running environmental case against oil giant Chevron over its activities in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador gained momentum recently, when two Chevron lawyers committed fraud in their testimony. |
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October 29, 2009
ChevronToxico
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| | American Who Shot Secret Videos for Chevron in Ecuador Is Convicted Drug Trafficker
-- Wayne Hansen, the American businessman who helped make the secret videos being used by Chevron in an attempt to taint an environmental trial where the company faces a $27 billion liability, is a convicted felon who was charged with conspiring to import more than 275,000 pounds of marijuana from Colombia to the United States, according to a search of public records.
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October 27, 2009
Amazon Watch
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| | Incoming Chevron Chief Toes Company Line on Ecuador Oil Pollution Case During Debut in Nation's Capital
-- Supporters of Amazon residents who are suing Chevron for environmental cleanup put $27 Billion contamination case front and center during
CEO-to-be John Watson's Chamber of Commerce visit. |
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October 27, 2009
Toward Freedom
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| | Ecuador: The Battle for Natural Resources Deepens
-- A new indigenous uprising began in defense of water sources threatened by open air mining in Ecuador in late September. This time indigenous organizations find themselves up against a government that claims to be anti-neoliberal, a player in the "socialism of the 21st century," and one that has begun a "citizen's revolution."
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October 22, 2009
Amazon Watch
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| | Ecuadorian Indigenous Mobilization Results in Government Negotiations, Strengthened Movement
-- The last few weeks in Ecuador, characterized by indigenous mass action and protests and which culminated in a formal agreement between the indigenous leaders and the president of Ecuador, have marked the beginning of a promising new phase in relations between the government and the country's indigenous populations. |
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October 08, 2009
Upside Down World
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| | Ecuador: Left Turn?
-- Motivated by what is perhaps an unjustified optimism by the left, undue fear on the right, and the opportunism of eager politicians, socialism is increasingly seen as the dominant discourse in Latin America. Is Ecuador’s Correa justly included as part of a leftward tilt in Latin America, or is his inclusion in this trend a result of hopeful thinking? |
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October 01, 2009
Daily Press
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| | Shuar Indians reinforce roadblock in dispute with Ecuador's government over mining, water laws
-- Several hundred Shuar Indians reinforced a highway blockade that police failed to break up earlier in a bloody melee that left one Indian dead and at least 40 police injured.
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August 28, 2009
LA Times
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| | Oil, Ecuador and its people
-- This article contextualizes the Aguinda vs. Texaco Inc case. |
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May 03, 2009
CBS News
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| | Amazon Crude
-- Chevron and an indigenous group in Ecuador's Amazon are embroiled in a bitter, multi-billion dollar court dispute over pollution caused by drilling. |
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May 02, 2009
BBC News
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| | Election win for Ecuador's Correa
-- Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has won a second term in office after April's poll, election officials have announced. |
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December 13, 2008
BBC News
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| | Ecuador defaults on foreign debt
-- Ecuador is to default officially on billions of dollars of foreign debt it considers "illegitimate", says President Rafael Correa.
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July 25, 2008
Associated Press
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| | Ecuador assembly OKs draft constitution
-- A special assembly on Thursday approved a new draft constitution granting Ecuador's leftist president broad powers, including the ability to dissolve Congress and set monetary policy, and freeing him to run for office through 2017. |
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July 08, 2008
BBC News
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| | Ecuador state seizes TV stations
-- Ecuador's government has seized two private TV stations in a long-running dispute over debts. |
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June 11, 2008
Americas Policy Program
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| | When More Is Less: The Limited Impact of Foreign Investment in the Americas
-- A comprehensive review of the impact of foreign investment liberalization in Latin America shows that, with some exceptions, foreign investment has fallen far short of stimulating broad-based economic growth and environmental protection in the region, according to a report by the Working Group on Development and Environment in the Americas. The report recommends that national and regional policies aimed at improving national firms' capabilities should be implemented and that "policy space" for such policies should be accommodated in bilateral, regional, and global trade and investment treaties. |
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May 16, 2008
Upside Down World
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| | CONAIE Indigenous Movement Condemns President Correa
-- The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) declared itself in opposition to the government of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on May 12. |
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April 27, 2008
New York Times
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| | Odd Couple of the Jungle
-- An unlikely pair has joined forces in a remarkable campaign to save the rain forest. |
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April 13, 2008
Los Angeles Times
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| | Amazon activists win Goldman Environmental Prize
-- Two Ecuadoreans pursued legal action against Texaco and then Chevron over what they said was massive oil contamination. |
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October 10, 2007
Food and Water Watch
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| | Bechtel cuts water in Ecuador
-- Bechtel Corp. began a 30-year concession in Guayaquil just months after being kicked out of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Now the citizens of Guayaquil are experiencing similar difficulties. Food and Water Watch is circulating a letter to Bechtel demanding accountability and compliance with the contract and the Ecuadorian constitution. |
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October 01, 2007
Bloomberg
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| | Correa Wins Majority in Ecuador Vote to Rewrite Constitution
-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa won backing for his plans to rewrite the country's constitution and expand state control of the Andean nation's economy. Delegates linked to Correa won at least 79 of the 130 seats in yesterday's election to form a national assembly. |
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August 05, 2007
Counterpunch
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| | A Bolivarian Coordinate?
-- In April of this year, President Chavez proposed UNASUR during an energy summit of the Americas on the island of Margarita. In addition to coining the name and calling for a Secretariat of the organization to be located in Quito, Ecuador, Chavez pushed the idea of regional unity a little farther in the process, but some analysts think that Brazil may not be amused, much less interested in playing ball, even though both Chavez and Lula deny any sort of rivalry. |
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August 04, 2007
Green Left Weekly
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| | Ecuador: The Indigenous Movement and President Correa
-- When Rafael Correa was elected president of Ecuador in 2006, campaigning on a strong anti-neoliberal platform to bring about a “citizen’s revolution”, one key social force seemed notably absent from his campaign — the country’s powerful indigenous movement. For over a decade, Ecuador’s indigenous people — who make up over 40% of the population — were central to national politics as the key protagonists in a new wave of struggle that toppled several presidents. |
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March 12, 2007
Common Dreams
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| | A New Network Forms to Close U.S. Overseas Military Bases
-- In a new surge of energy for the global struggle against militarism, some 400 activists from 40 countries came together in Ecuador from March 5-9 to form a network to fight against foreign military bases. The conference began in Quito, then participants traveled in an 8-bus caravan across the country, culminating in a spirited protest at the city of Manta, site of a U.S. base. |
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February 15, 2007
Upside Down World
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| | The Health Emergency in the Ecuadorian Amazon Region
-- The purpose of this report is not only to present health statistics and the existing proof of contamination, but also to encourage people to use this information to fight and resist the injustices that the people in the northern Amazon region of Ecuador, who are living in a state of health emergency, suffer. |
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February 14, 2007
Upside Down World
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| | Ecuador will have Constitutional Assembly Referendum
-- Ecuadorean congress has passed the motion made by President Rafael Correa to hold a referendum to consider constitutional reform. If the referendum is passed, it will create a national assembly to rewrite the constitution. |
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January 17, 2007
Venezuela Analysis
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| | Venezuela and Ecuador Sign Energy Agreements
-- Venezuela and Ecuador yesterday signed nine energy accords in a move that they say will strengthen the already close links between the two governments.
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January 17, 2007
Venezuela Analysis
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| | Venezuela and Ecuador Sign Energy Agreements
-- Venezuela and Ecuador yesterday signed nine energy accords in a move that they say will strengthen the already close links between the two governments.
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December 22, 2006
Venezuelanalysis
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| | Venezuelan and Ecuadorian Presidents Seal Friendship with Joint Declaration
-- Ecuador’s President Elect Rafael Correa arrived in Venezuela Tuesday to strengthen his friendship with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and to sign cooperation commitments. |
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November 28, 2006
Guardian Unlimited
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| | This Eruption is Irreversible
-- The red tide sweeping through Latin America, checked in Peru and Mexico, has achieved another memorable record this week in Ecuador. If successful, it will change the face of Latin America. |
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November 28, 2006
Venezuelanalysis.com
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| | Venezuela Congratulates Correa’s Win to Ecuadorian Presidency
-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro expressed his satisfaction yesterday and President Chavez congratulated, as Ecuador took a step to the left on Sunday when Rafael Correa became its new president. |
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November 28, 2006
Open Democracy
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| | Ecuador: protest and power
-- A third Andean republic has voted for a leftwing populist. But Rafael Correa will find it hard to rule a country with a recent history of unseating its presidents, says Guy Hedgecoe. |
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