July 25, 2008 Associated Press
	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.
July 08, 2008 BBC News
	Ecuador state seizes TV stations -- Ecuador's government has seized two private TV stations in a long-running dispute over debts.
June 11, 2008 Americas Policy Program
	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.
May 16, 2008 Upside Down World
	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.
April 27, 2008 New York Times
	Odd Couple of the Jungle -- An unlikely pair has joined forces in a remarkable campaign to save the rain forest.
April 13, 2008 Los Angeles Times
	Amazon activists win Goldman Environmental Prize -- Two Ecuadoreans pursued legal action against Texaco and then Chevron over what they said was massive oil contamination.
October 10, 2007 Food and Water Watch
	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.
October 01, 2007 Bloomberg
	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.
August 05, 2007 Counterpunch
	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.
August 04, 2007 Green Left Weekly
	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.
March 12, 2007 Common Dreams
	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.
February 15, 2007 Upside Down World
	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.
February 14, 2007 Upside Down World
	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.
January 17, 2007 Venezuela Analysis
	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.
January 17, 2007 Venezuela Analysis
	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.
December 22, 2006 Venezuelanalysis
	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.
November 28, 2006 Guardian Unlimited
	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.
November 28, 2006 Venezuelanalysis.com
	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.
November 28, 2006 Open Democracy
	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.
November 28, 2006 The Christian Science Monitor
	Latin left's latest victory: Ecuador -- The apparent victory of Rafael Correa - a left-leaning economist and friend of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez - in Ecuador's presidential runoff election Sunday is the latest triumph for leftist governments in Latin America. But Correa will not find it easy to govern a fractious and volatile Ecuador, say analysts. Three Ecuadorean leaders have been ousted by street protests in the past decade - a result of not just inequality but factionalism in the government.
November 27, 2006 Council on Hemispheric Affairs
	Ecuadorean Elections: Correa’s Most Surprising, Most Important Victory -- The astonishing comeback of Rafael Correa from what appeared to be a definitive first round defeat marks one of the most extraordinary reversals of the political fate of a South American leader within memory. As important as any other aspect of the presidential race was that its outcome represented a stinging defeat for Washington’s Latin American policy, which already had hit rock bottom throughout the Bush presidency.
November 27, 2006 No Bases Network
	Ecuador: Newly elected President Correa pledges to shut down US Base in Manta -- Rafael Correa, the nationalist candidate from Movimiento Alianza País, was elected President in the secound round elections held yesterday November 26 in Ecuador. Correa has pledged to shut down the U.S. military base in Manta, where 400 U.S. soldiers are stationed as part of the Eloy Alfaro Air Base.
November 27, 2006 Counterpunch
	The Rise of Rafael Correa -- It now looks as if Rafael Correa, a leftist candidate in Ecuador, has handily won his country's presidential election. With a Correa administration in place, Chavez will be in an advantageous position to advance his plans for hemispheric energy integration. Up to now, Chavez has certainly used oil as an effective geopolitical instrument, but it may prove his Achilles Heel if he is not careful.
November 25, 2006 Washington Post
	Let Leftist Correa Change Ecuador -- Ecuadorians went to the polls on Sunday. Leftist economist Rafael Correa is leading billionaire banana magnate Alvarao Noboa, the richest man in the country. The young Correa could finally undo Washington's failed economic prescriptions in the country and bring change.
November 21, 2006 The Center for Economic and Policy Research
	CEPR Looks At Economic Issues in Ecuador's Tight Presidential Election -- The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) today released an issue brief, Ecuador's Presidential Election: Background on Economic Issues. This paper looks at the biggest economic challenges that Ecuador's new president will need to address, and examines its recent economic history, including the issues of growth, dollarization, and international trade and finance.
October 27, 2006 Center for Economic and Policy Research
	Ecuador's Rebellious Presidential Candidate May Have a Point -- The presidential election in Ecuador is attracting more international attention than would normally be directed at this country of 13 million people, the majority of whom are poor. The reason? Rafael Correa, who came in second in the first round of balloting this month and has a good chance of winning the runoff on Nov. 26.
September 13, 2006 TeleSur
	Candidato ecuatoriano propone nacionalizar los recursos y convocar a una Constituyente -- El candidato presidencial ecuatoriano por el Movimiento Patria Pachakutik (MPP), Luis Macas, comentó que entre sus principales propuestas de campaña están la convocatoria a una Asamblea Constituyente y la nacionalización de los recursos naturales.
July 17, 2006 ALAI
	Indigenous Leaders Affirm their Priorities -- The struggle against neo liberalism, and towards self determination, were two of the key priorities named by indigenous leaders during the 1st Congress of the Andean Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations, which took place in the historic sanctuary of Cusco, July 15-17.
July 05, 2006 Upside Down World
	Oxy Gone, Protesters Target Another Oil Company in Ecuador -- Following the recent success of the indigenous Ecuadoran struggle against Occidental Petroleum’s illegal poisoning and militarization of that country, 22,000 protesters in the northeastern province of Orellana took aim at French oil company Perenco. Residents of the provincial capital, Francisco de Orellana, blockaded a major Perenco installation and threatened more roadblocks in the province, where much of the country's oil production is concentrated.
May 31, 2006 Upside Down World
	Ascendant's Mining Days in Ecuador May Be Numbered -- Several hundred mining opponents, many carrying colorful banners, marched into the town square of Garcia Moreno, Ecuador on May 20 for a region-wide assembly concerning the mining activities of Canada’s Ascendant Copper Corporation.