A significant date is coming along for many Ecuadorians. On August 10th, the country will find itself celebrating the 200 years anniversary of the Primer Grito de Independencia, one of the the first Latin American...
Updates: After a meeting with Presidents from Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay at El Salvador, the ousted Honduran Head of State Manuel Zelaya asked the army to stop inflicting violence on his countrymen. In...
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Chevron is facing a $27 billion bill in an environmental contamination case involving dumping of toxic waste into Amazon waterways. Chevron lawyers and former Ecuadorian offiicials face fraud charges over the...
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“Big Oil” is under siege. Nowhere, however, are the stakes higher than in Ecuador. Within six months, a judge in that country is expected to issue a decision in a class-action environmental lawsuit...
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After few poll countings, the Bolivian government has stated its proposed constitution was approved in Sunday´s referendum. However, the local and divided opposition was reluctant to concede defeat. "opposition...
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"QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador will delay a $30.6 million interest payment on its foreign debt while it investigates signs of lawbreaking in the contracts, the finance minister said Friday, prompting a quick...
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" Venezuela shows schooling rates of about 100 percent. This is a proof that almost all the population is going to school (...) Therefore, we believe that thanks to the initiatives to fight inequality in...
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The threat of coastal flooding on communities is one of the topics at the Competitive Cities and Cimate Change conference being held right now in Milan, Italy.According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
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" 2008-08-31 19:54:02 - QUITO (AP) - Authorities located a downed Venezuelan cargo plane on Sunday after it went missing in the snowcapped Andes five minutes before it was due to land in central Ecuador, civil aviation officials said. The Boeing 737-200, operated by...
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Caracas, Venezuela, 25 July, 2008. On Thursday, the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly issed a 444 article draft constitution that will be send for approval by a National Referendum on 28 September...
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As part of its fight against corruption, the governement of Rafael Correa decided to sieze three TV stations. In reaction to the goverment action, these TV stations have claimed a breach in their freedom of expression. " Ecuador seizes TV stations, companies in debt...
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Panama has ruled out hosting a U.S. military base to replace one in Ecuador which is being reclaimed by the Quito government, a senior Panamanian official said on Friday. " Panama -- along with Peru and...
Caracas, Venezuela, 23 June 2008. Today, Colombian permanent representative at the Organization of American States (OAS), Camilo Ospina Bernal, accused Nicargua for it abusive and aggressive behaviour. It also...
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