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Ecuador

August 12, 2010 Ecuador Steps Closer To Historic Climate Change Deal Send by Justmeans A landmark agreement could help preserve Ecuador's Amazon and keep millions of barrels of oil in the ground. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 12, 2010 Ecuador Is Hit By Earthquake Measuring Magnitude 6.9, U.S. Agency Reports Send by www.bloomberg.com A preliminary magnitude 6.9 earthquake has occurred in Ecuador, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Kinross Says Ops In Ecuador Unaffected By Unrest Send by Reuters SANTIAGO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Kinross Gold (K.TO) said on Thursday exploration work in Ecuador has not been affected by political unrest rocking the [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Ecuador Declares State Of Emergency Send by Wall Street Journal QUITO, EcuadorProtests Thursday against an overhaul of public-sector worker benefits turned into what Ecuador's [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 International Political Economy Zone: Tired Of Austerity? Gas Your ... Send by Emmanuel A few months back, I wrote about the leftist stylings of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa. However, some on the Ecuadorean police force have apparently not taken kindly to imminent reductions in their pension plans. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 12, 2010 Chevron Files Petition In Ecuador Seeking Dismissal Of Lawsuit Send by Chevron Corporation SAN RAMON, Calif., Aug. 6, 2010 ? Chevron Corporation has today filed a petition before the Provincial Court of Sucumbos in Lago Agrio, Ecuador seeking dismissal of the lawsuit pending against it there. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Troops Storm Ecuador Hospital, Free Correa - Karameloo News U.K. Posted by Marianne Puni QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean troops stormed a hospital in Quito late on Thursday and rescued President Rafael Correa, who had been holed up surrounded by renegade police protesting against government austerity measures. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Ecuador's Security Forces Attempt Coup Send by www.upi.com QUITO, Ecuador, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Ecuador's president has declared a state of emergency, accusing national police who attacked him with tear gas and took over the airport of a coup attempt. Ecuador - Police - Rafael Correa - Tear gas - South America [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Peter Foster: Ecuador's Eco Blackmail | FP Comment | Financial Post Posted by Marianne Puni For US$3.6-billion, Ecuador's socialists are prepared to make the effort of, well, doing nothing Almost 40 years ago, satirical magazine National Lampoon had a famous cover featuring somebody holding a pistol to the head of a cute [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Bloggings By Boz: Unrest In Ecuador Send by boz Lots of breaking news this morning out of Ecuador. Police decided to protest over a change in how they were paid. Some military may have been involved as well. Protesters took the airport in Quito. Reports they took roads and the [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 12, 2010 XE.com - UPDATE 1-Ecuador Says State Oil Output 384000 Bpd By 2013 Posted by Marianne Puni QUITO, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Ecuador President Rafael Correa said on Tuesday that the OPEC nation's state oil production would reach 384533 barrels per day (bpd) by 2013. The smallest OPEC member recently enacted a law aimed at increasing [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 The Latin Americanist: Unrest Escalates In Ecuador Send by Erwin C. Tensions are rapidly rising in Ecuador as a result of protests against the government. On Wednesday President Rafael Correa decreed that the government would halt the practice of granting police and military with bonuses every time they [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 12, 2010 Media Lens Message Board: Ecuador Gets 3.6 Billion From EU ... Posted by Marianne Puni Media Lens Message Board [ Post a Response | Media Lens Message Board ]. Ecuador gets 3.6 billion from EU countries NOT to drill for oil. Posted by emersberger on August 10, 2010, 4:14 am [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 12, 2010 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Ecuador | Nonsensible Shoes Send by Dean_L 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Ecuador. ~ 8:17 AM. No word yet on injuries, deaths or damages. Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has yet to make a public statement blaming America. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 12, 2010 Ecuador Survey Estimates | A-Pakistan News Posted by Marianne Puni But in a landmark decision, Ecuador asks the world to put a figure in the oil will not be used ? oil, which is intended to protect the excavation. On Tuesday, Ecuador and the United Nations Development has begun to solicit donations for [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 12, 2010 Yale Environment 360: Ecuador Approves Trust Fund To Protect Oil ... Send by Yale Environment 360 The Ecuadorian government has asked for $3.6 billion for not allowing drilling in the Ishpingo-Tiputini-Tambococha oil block within the park, an amount it says represents about half the oil royalties the 900 million gallons of petroleum [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 12, 2010 While I'm Waiting: Ecuador Part 2 Send by Brittany This was our last day in the city located in the mountains of Ecuador which had been our home the last few days. The sky was the clearest it has been all week and the sun already was shimmering across the lovely vivacious pink flowers [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 News Databank :: Latest News :: Ecuador News Send by newsmaster attacked ecuador news president | Just4newS: Ecuador teetered upon the verge of the supervision fall Thursday, as inhabitant troops took to the streets of Quito, the capital, as well as pounded the boss over what they contend was the [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Ecuador Declares State Of Emergency Amid Coup Attempt At Pat Dollard Send by Pat Dollard Ecuador has a history of political instability. Protests toppled three presidents during economic turmoil in the decade before Mr Correa, a 47-year-old US-trained economist, took power in 2007. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Unrest Grips Ecuador, Threatening President Rafael Correa Posted by Marianne Puni In a violent day of chaos, Ecuadoran security forces protesting cuts in their benefits took to the streets and are threatening the government of President Rafael Correa. The government declared a state of emergency after Correa was confronted by angry police officers. He shouted defiantly from a win [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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