Truvada 'can greatly reduce risk of HIV infection'

" A drug used to treat HIV-positive patients may offer gay and bisexual men some protection against contracting the virus, the authors of a new study say. Trials of the combination drug Truvada among nearly 2,500 men suggested it could reduce the chances of male-to-male HIV...

Ecuador Gold Mine Cave-In Traps Four Miners Underground

A Cave-In at an Ecuador Gold Mine Has Trapped Four Miners Underground Authorities are unclear if the miners are alive at this time, but they were trapped about 150 metres below the surface. The name of the mine has not been released, but it is a gold mine located in the...

Ecuador: President Correa arrives to Palacio de Carondelet

The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has arrive to Palacio de Carondelet after being rescue by the army. Thousands of citizens were waiting for him after TV chains informed his rescue. He's now giving a speech...

President Correa released by the army

A TV reporter inside the building is reporting the liberation of President Rafael Correa while shooting continues outside the building.  The Police Hospital lights are off. The reporter says the President...

Breaking news / Ecuador: Shooting at the hospital continues

Ecuador TV is reporting a shooting outside and inside the hospital where President Correa is detain by rebels. A reporter inside the building reports an intense activity inside the Police Hospital. He doesn't know what is happening inside.    

Ecuador: strong detonation outside Police Hospital

The confrontation continues at the Police Hospital where a reporter is doing a thelephone report from inside the building. TV transmitions can be follow at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tc-television  

Breaking news / Ecuador: Gun Shots outside the Hospital

Private TV chains are transmiting again after a forced period off-the-air. Right now TV transmisions can be follow at different sites around the web.  The crisis hasn't been solved yet. TV hostess are reporting shots around the hospital where President Correa is...

Ecuadoran President Declares a State of Siege

Ecuador President, Rafael Correa, has declared a ‘state of siege’ today after a national police strike turned violent, shutting down airports and blockades of key highways. 

Ecuador Violence: Ecuador Police Take to Quito Streets (Photos)

On Thursday Ecuador Police Took to the Streets of Quito to Attack the President Over Cancellation of Bonuses and Promotions President Rafael Correa said the the event was a 'coup attempt' when he appeared on TV a few...

Protecting international financial system from abuse

The subject is complex including anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing. Bad guy list: Angola, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan. There is a pattern here. CIA World fact Book: Angola "...

'Avatar': The plot Chevron knows all too well.

James Cameron has been really turning up the environmental rally cries lately. He is going full speed ahead in turning 'Avatar' into a catalyst for environmental activism. In a recent interview with MTV news...

Will New Chevron CEO John Watson do what's right to Ecuador?

Chevron has a new boss man, and in an ironic kick in the pants Chevron’s new CEO John Watson is the very man that orchestrated Chevron’s takeover of Texaco, and with it the 18 billion gallons of toxic waste water and 17 million gallons of crude oil deliberately dumped in...

Ecuador Wants Money Not to Drill for Oil

Ecuador's president Rafail Correa is in Europe attempting to generate interest in a scheme to have countries pay for Ecuador not to drill for oil in an Amazon Reserve.  This area has been declared a biosphere...

Save Honduras' first environmental themed radio program, "Agua de

In the wake of the Honduran military coup in June, several radio stations and other media outlets have come under attack, which has resulted in the cancellation of many broadcasts, including Media Impact’s radio soap opera about healthy environmental practices. Now, the...

Ecuador president's security chief Dies of Swine Flu

Strange indeed, swine flu kills the chief of presidential security in Ecuador. Lt Col John Merino died after being hospitalised for 28 days."The Ecuadorean government says President Rafael Correa's chief of security has died of swine flu. The online government...

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