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Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Chris O’Connell, committee member of LASC, has recently returned from Ecuador, where he was researching his thesis on Latin American politics and the regime of President Rafael Correa. On Thursday 23rd October he will speak about the historical roots of the emergence and triumph of Correa, his populist and socialist tendencies, and his relationship with social movements in Ecuador....
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Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Javno , October 6, 2008 The volatility of world oil prices has worried experts who say a free-fall could prompt Correa to halt repayments foreign debt. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has threatened to expel foreign oil companies if they fail to lift dwindling output in the OPEC nation. Correa, a leftist former economy minister, issued the warning in a speech over the...
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Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
By Stephan Kueffner Oct. 4 ( Bloomberg ) -- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia won't attend a summit of four Andean countries this month to protest comments Correa made in an interview. The decision shows Colombia doesn't want to re-establish diplomatic ties that were severed in March, Correa said in his regular Saturday address. ``President...
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Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Colombia Reports Saturday, 04 October 2008 Relations between Ecuador and Colombia once again took a turn for the worse after Colombian president Álvaro Uribe’s announced Friday he was skipping a regional meeting hosted by his neighbor. Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa called the decision “rude” and “insolent” in his weekly radio and television address. “It is the same old story, at...
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
QUITO, Ecuador — In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline."The U.S. Fourth Fleet can come to Latin America but a Russian fleet can't?" said Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa. "If you...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
QUITO, Ecuador — In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline."The U.S. Fourth Fleet can come to Latin America but a Russian fleet can't?" said Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa. "If you...
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Atlas Blogged (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
... says [Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Bolivian President Evo Morales, and Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa ] can now cite U.S. government intervention in the economy to justify their policies. Notes NPR’s Tom Gjelten: The policies pursued by Chavez in Venezuela have discouraged private investment and may yet prove disastrous. But other Latin governments that have taken more moderate...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
QUITO, Ecuador – In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline. “The U.S. Fourth Fleet can come to Latin America but a Russian fleet can't'” said Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa. “If you...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
QUITO, ECUADOR — In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline. "The U.S. Fourth Fleet can come to Latin America but a Russian fleet can't?" said Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa. "If you...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
... U.S. Fourth Fleet can come to Latin America but a Russian fleet can't?" said Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa. "If you ask me, any country and any fleet that wants can visit us. We're a country of open doors."The United States remains the strongest outside power in Latin America by most measures, including trade, military cooperation and the sheer size of its embassies. Yet U.S....
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
QUITO, Ecuador In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline.
"The U.S. Fourth Fleet can come to Latin America but a Russian fleet can't?" said Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa. "If...
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MercatorNet (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... but traditional social values. The architect of Ecuador's 20th constitution in 140 years is Rafael Correa, its eighth president in 10 years. Unlike his counterparts in Venezuela and Bolivia, he is well-educated and cosmopolitan. An economist, he has a Master's from the Catholic University of Louvain and a PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Politically, he is a left...
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The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
* Cuba: “The population's food is guaranteed ” said Cuban Finance Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia who denied that the island could face famine . * Peru: Scientists from Italy used satellite images to discover a hidden pyramid in the Peruvian desert. * Ecuador: President Rafael Correa threatened to push out foreign oil firms if they do not increase output soon. * Nicaragua: U.N. General...
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
President Rafael Correa of Ecuador has threatened to expel foreign oil companies operating in the country and to nationalise installations at an oil field operated by...
