HRW.ORG reported the administration of President Rafael Correa has expanded state control over media and civil society. In 2014, tactics included criminal defamation prosecutions and administrative sanctions against critical journalists and media outlets, and aggressive efforts to discredit human rights advocates within the country.
In September, security forces used excessive force to disperse largely peaceful demonstrations in Quito, subjecting demonstrators and bystanders to serious physical abuse. The government has also used broad counterterrorism legislation to prosecute protesters and indigenous leaders who have challenged extractive industry projects. In December 2013, it arbitrarily shut down a prominent nongovernmental organization (NGO) dedicated to promoting indigenous and environmental rights.
A judicial council currently made up entirely of former members of the Correa administration has appointed and removed hundreds of judges through highly questionable methods, posing a serious threat to judicial independence. Read Article
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aimdigital.com.ar reported Diego Aulestia today was named Minister of Foreign Trade of Ecuador, replacing Francisco Rivadeneira, according to reports from the website of the Presidency of the Republic. The institution said it also was named Maria de los Angeles Duarte as head of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing. By Executive Decree refusals to […]
lanacion.com.ar reported security cameras recorded the moment of arrest of Antonio Ledezma; Leopoldo López’s wife, Lilian Tintori, warned on Twitter that the opposition leader can be sequestered to be moved to another prison. CARACAS, Venezuela Latest hours have elapsed tip of nervousness. The opposition politician and mayor of the Metropolitan District of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, […]
infobae.com reported the government of Ollanta Humala claimed that three sailors leaked information to the neighboring country. Since the administration of Michelle Bachelet said they have no information. The president of Peru , Ollanta Humala , warned today that if it is found, confirming the alleged espionage case by three non-commissioned officers of the Peruvian […]
washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/Ishaan Tharoor reported last weekend, British American comedian John Oliver poked fun at Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, on Oliver’s weekly show on HBO. He lampooned the Ecuadoran leader’s own TV program, highlighting in particular Correa’s troubling penchant for calling out his critics on social media and listing their names and contacts on screen. Oliver ended […]
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has declared war on his critics on social media. panampost.com/Rebeca Morla reported ….On Saturday, January 24, President Correa announced the launch of a new website designed to investigate and respond to social-media users that “attack” or “defame” his government. Correa’s New Weapon: Somos + In order to confront what the president […]
cpj.org reported…Attempts to amend Ecuador’s constitution to categorize communications as a “public service” has sparked a fierce debate, with one critic drawing comparisons to the way dictators such as Stalin and Hitler used the press as a propaganda tool, and supporters of President Rafael Correa’s government arguing that the proposed reforms will make journalism more […]
sputniknews.com reported Ecuadorian Ambassador to Russia Patricio Alberto Chavez Zavala stated that Russia and Ecuador should adopt financial mechanisms that will reduce their dependence on the dollar for international trade.”It is important for our countries to create new mechanisms of financial compensation, which would help us depend on the purchase of the dollar less in […]
globalpost.com reported…. You might think that using United States laws to shut up social media opponents would be the last thing Rafael Correa would do. A vocal adversary of Washington, Ecuador’s leftist president has also made a name for sheltering WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange in his country’s London embassy, and briefly offering asylum to US intelligence […]
theguardian.com reported Argentina’s supreme court has ruled that an American who took refuge and started a new life in the South American country can be extradited to face charges that he killed his wife more than a decade ago, a court spokeswoman confirmed on Saturday. Kurt Sonnenfeld moved to Argentina in 2003, after prosecutors in […]
forbes.com/Nathan Vardi reported… GMO Trust, the Boston investment company co-founded by prominent investor Jeremy Grantham, has sued the Republic of Ecuador in Manhattan’s federal court over the default of Ecuador’s foreign bonds in 2008, setting the stage for a second big U.S. court fight between a large U.S. financial firm and a sovereign South American […]
telesurtv.net reported President Correa of Ecuador harshly criticized European politicians and international finance organizations for describing Latin American governments as “populist.” For Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa all the voices that in Europe see leftist Latin American governments as “populist”, do not know anything about this region of the world. Correa made his statements during an […]
newsmax.com/N.Y. TimesThe State Department, while still under then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, lifted a ban against a wealthy Ecuadorian woman after her family donated thousands of dollars to Democrat candidates, federal records show, so she could come to the United States and work for a company that raised money for President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign. […]
peoplesworld.org reported the 16th Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties took place from Nov. 13-16 in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, and was hosted with elegant patience by the Communist Party of Ecuador. Eighty-five representatives from 53 parties and 44 countries met to discuss a draft declaration, hear of developments within each country and party […]
freebeacon.com reported the government of Ecuador is attempting to prevent the release of information related to its contract with a New York-based public relations firm that may have violated federal law and is under investigation in the South American nation. A federal judge in New York last week ordered the firm, MCSquared PR, to turn […]
france24.com reported Venezuelan prosecutors charged a prominent opposition leader with conspiracy Wednesday in relation to an alleged plot to assassinate leftist President Nicolas Maduro. Maria Corina Machado, a vocal supporter of anti-government protests that rocked the country earlier this year, vehemently rejected the charge as she left the attorney general’s office after questioning. “Today they […]
sueddeutsche.de/news-round.com (Machine Translation from German to English) German deputies may not enter Ecuador. The Government of the Latin American country was disturbed on the itinerary of the group. Including climate protectors wanted to meet parliamentarians. Ecuador has approved oil drilling in the National Park Yasuní 2013. Ecuador’s Ambassador in Berlin, Jorge Jurado, should be appointed […]
dailytimes.com.pk reported thousands of people marched on Wednesday in Ecuador against the leftist government of President Rafael Correa, denouncing a move that would allow him to extend his rule beyond 2017. Union members, students, teachers and indigenous peoples gathered in the capital Quito and other cities for the second march in two months in opposition […]
telesurtv.net reported since June, Ecuador has been in a process of revision of constitutional amendments. In an effort to extend constitutional rights of Ecuadorian citizens, since June the ruling PAIS Alliance has been pushing for reforms to the constitution. On June 26, the party submitted a proposal to amend 17 articles in the 2008 Constitution, […]
todayszaman.com reported …. Despite a lack of historical evidence for such a building, Erdoğan went on to say: “Now I will talk with my brother from Cuba [the representative at the summit]. A mosque would be fitting on top of that mountain today as well. Their permission is sufficient [for Turkey to build a mosque […]
TELESURTV.NET REPORTED….Proposed amendment will remove term limits for elected officials, allowing Ecuadoreans to decide their leaders through a popular vote. Doris Soliz, Executive Secretary of the ruling party of Ecuador, PAIS Alliance, spoke in favor of expanding the democratic options of the Ecuadorean people through the constitutional amendments being proposed by the party. In an […]
knightcenter.utexas.edu / Dylan Baddour/ An upcoming vote that could alter the laws governing mass media in Ecuador has stoked fears in the Andean nation that the end of a free press in near. The constitutional court recently declared that the National Assembly could bypass a public referendum to decide if the 2013 Communication Law – […]
telesurtv.net reported… After numerous scandals involving its attempts to undermine governments, especially in Latin America, the self-declared “aid” organization is set to roll back its involvement in certain programs, but such roles look set to be continued by other State Department agencies. Self-proclaimed “pro-democracy” organization, the U.S. Agency for International Development, claims it will no longer […]
(Prensa Latina)prensa-latina.cu reported President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said today on the destabilizing attempts that seek to overthrow the Citizen Revolution with strategies such as the media attack and urge people to go the streets. In his account of the social network Twitter, the president issued: “Prepare the same thing they did to Dilma (Rousseff) […]
abc.es reported, Forty political and social organizations of Ecuador have applied to the National Electoral Council (CNE) call for a referendum to treat of stop the indefinite presidential re-election, which would make it possible to Rafael Correa perpetuation in power. «Commitment Ecuador» group request – led by Guillermo Lasso, movement I think, and César Montúfar, […]
TELESURTV.NET reported the Isaias brothers, two bankers wanted over defrauding the state, could be turned in by the U.S. The brothers fled Ecuador and are living in exile in the United States. The United States could help the Ecuadorean government to extradite the fugitive Isaias brothers, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño announced after meeting the […]
andes.info.ec reported…As a “totally inadequate” response scored Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino the explanation secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Roberta Jacobson gave, on that country’s military involvement in the bombing on the Colombian border in March 2008. During the bombing, 26 people were killed, including the number two of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia […]
cpj.org reported the Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a decision by Ecuador’s highest court that has paved the way for a constitutional amendment that would categorize the news media as a “public service” subject to government regulation. The Constitutional Court announced on October 31 that the proposed amendment should be decided by the […]
INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT RAFAEL CORREA IN 2008 DISCUSSING THE CHEVRON LAWSUIT AND OTHER ISSUES IN ECUADOR INTERVIEW BEGINS AT 47.52 IN THE VIDEO GOING TO MOVE OR VISIT ECUADOR – READ THIS BOOK democracynow.org reported …. play highlights of an exclusive interview with Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa. In a wide-ranging conversation with journalist Greg Palast, […]
telesurtv.net reported President Rafael Correa has issued a renewed call for legislators to dump presidential term limits, just days after the constitutional court backed the controversial measure. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa stated Monday the removal of term limits on his office would improve the country’s democracy. “I believe in the power of love, not the […]
lainformacion.com reported the President of the Constitutional Court (CC) of Ecuador, Patricio Pazmiño, warned Monday that it is building “a great social fraud” by criticism of opposing the decision of the High Court reject holding a referendum to amend the Constitution in order to, among others, legalize the indefinite re-election. “I want to warn the […]
sbs.com.au reported Ecuador’s Constitutional Court gave lawmakers the green light on Friday to set new rules on term limits that would allow President Rafael Correa to extend his rule beyond 2017. The court said parliament may pursue amendments tabled by 16 deputies, including one that tweaks term limits to all elected offices, reports said. Ecuadoran […]
Why Latin American socialism isn’t what it seems (Opinion Piece) By Ananda Paez / Tufts November 3, 2014 Ananda Paez Ananda Paez is a junior majoring in economics. She can be reached at Ananda.Paez@tufts.edu. “The Citizen’s Revolution moves forward!” These words, which I have heard countless times enounced passionately on TV, whispered like a prayer […]
bbc.com reported Bolivian President Evo Morales has signed the contract to start the building of a new presidential palace. President Morales said it was inspired by the architecture of the Tiahuanaco civilization of pre-Hispanic Bolivia. It will replace the current colonial building, in use since the 16th Century. The new building will be decorated to […]
aljazeera.com/Ricardo Patino/ Opinion/ Ecuador has undergone a profound social, economic and political transformation over the past seven years, prioritising the needs and rights of its citizens, in order to tackle a great moral challenge of the 21st century: establishing people’s control over the forces that reign supreme in trade and commerce. Transnational corporations enjoy special […]
andina.com.pe reported Peruvian President Ollanta Humala today said Peru and Ecuador are willing to continue working on peace and aim to strengthen the friendship between their two peoples that share a common historical background and the same development needs. After arriving at the airport in the Ecuadorian town of Arenillas and being received by his […]
theguardian.com reported pPolitical ambitions of Pinochet Molina clear as he presses allies to form a new movement, Republican Order My Country. The grandson of Augusto Pinochet is organising followers of the former dictator to launch a political party in Chile. “Republican Order My Country” [Orden Republicano Mi Patria] is the name of the political movement. […]
bbc.com reported Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has met the families of 43 students who went missing last month. They travelled to Mexico City from the state of Guerrero, where the students disappeared after clashing with police. During several hours of talks, the families, angry at the official response, made 10 key demands. The president […]
Ecuador is run by the left-wing caudillo windbag Rafael Correa, whose hero was Hugo Chavez The great eighteenth century lexicographer and wit Samuel Johnson described second marriage as the “triumph of hope over experience.” How then might one characterize the tendency of Canadian mining companies to return again and again to the altar of commerce […]
globalvoicesonline.org reported over the last three weeks, several Twitter users have been detained by Venezuelan authorities for making online comments that police allege tie them to the murder of 27-year-old Socialist Party deputy Robert Serra, who was stabbed to death in his home on Oct. 1, 2014. Serra’s assassination shook the country’s increasingly embattled political […]
globalvoicesonline.org reported leaked diplomatic cables between Ecuador and the European Union, which were released on October 8, have reignited public debate over the merits of a proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two. The cables refer to recent negotiations between the Latin American country and the EU over a commercial treaty that is currently […]
telesurtv.net reported Four policemen were found guilty of involvement in the 2010 attempted coup against Ecuador’s President. On Wednesday, an Ecuadorian Criminal Court denied an appeal made by four policemen who were charged for their involvement in an attempted coup against President Rafael Correa on September 30, 2009. The policemen received sentences of 12 years […]
telesurtv.net reported Mauricio Rodas has admitted to knowing Ignacio Muñoz, who is accused of money laundering for one of the world’s major drug cartels, but he says they were working together on a project to build nurseries for children. Quito’s Mayor Mauricio Rodas has admitted to knowing the Mexican businessman Ignacio Muñoz, accused of money […]
telesurtv.net reported the Ecuadorian government is challenging a lawyer cited in a Human Rights Watch report to prove his allegations and cites political motivations. The Ecuadorian government hit back on Tuesday against a report claiming it repressed protestors during a recent demonstrations. The Ecuadorian government is challenging a lawyer cited in the report to prove […]
emiliopalacio.com reported the successful outcome of the opposition on September 17 could be repeated. This Saturday, October 18, unions United Workers Front, organizations of the indigenous movement and its various allies met in Guayaquil. After a quick assessment of the 17 S, attendees spoke to convene on Wednesday, November 19 new protests in every city […]
Redatos.com.ec reported The pollster(Cedatos) also asked whether they would vote for Rafael Correa in the case of re-election for the amendment is adopted. In September, 38% said yes vote for the current head of state, 53% said no and meanwhile, 10% did not know or did not respond. According Cedatos, the survey has a confidence […]
eldiario.ec reported President Correa refutes report by BID that places Ecuador among the worst bureaucracies on the continent. President Rafael Correa refuted a report by the Inter-American Bank of development (IDB), which places the bureaucracy of the country among the worst in the continent. “The latest farce”, wrote strap on his Twitter account, commenting on […]
greenleft.org.au/Linda Pearson reported…As US diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks show, USAID has worked in conjunction with other arms of the US government to further US foreign policy goals in Ecuador. USAID programs were used to garner support for Plan Colombia, the US-supported militarisation of drug interdiction efforts in Colombia. The agency’s “democracy promotion” activities were […]
theguardian.com reported Evo Morales has coasted to victory in Bolivia’s presidential elections, winning an unprecedented third term as voters rewarded the former coca grower for delivering economic and political stability. Morales, a native Aymara Indian, received 60% of the vote against 25% for cement magnate Samuel Doria Medina, the highest polling of four challengers in […]
thefederalist.com/By Jason Stverak….When Latin America lost Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last year, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa stepped in to fill the gap as socialism’s godfather. But Correa’s aspirations are coming at a huge price for Ecuador and its people. While Chavez lavishly doled funds from his petrodollar-stocked treasury to promote authoritarian socialism throughout the region, […]
The Netizen Report originally appears each week on Global Voices Advocacy. Mahsa Alimardani, Juan Arellano, Ellery Roberts Biddle, Lisa Ferguson, Bojan Perkov, Sonia Roubini and Sarah Myers West contributed to this report. Global Voices Advocacy’s Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the world. This week’s […]
BBC MUNDO reported…More than 100 women have died in so far year, killed in Bolivia, one of the most violent for the women of Latin America, according to United Nations. But in the middle of a wave of attacks – which include, abandoned, burned or even decapitated bodies, a group of women achieved what seemed […]
theguardian.com reported the high desert of Arizona is where border politics become a harsh, sometimes sinister experience – one that threatens to unseat two of the most vulnerable House Democrats standing for re-election in November’s midterm elections. Republicans have identified two neighbouring districts in southern Arizona as their best prospect for picking up seats in […]
telesur.net reported at least 22 candidates in Brazil’s general elections and 248 voters have been arrested under allegations of electoral misconduct. Brazil’s electoral authority has urged voters and candidates to play fair in Sunday’s elections, after a series of arrests were made across the country. Read Article
EFE/Focnews.com (latino) reported Seven National Police officers were killed and one was injured when the pick-up truck they were riding in went off a rural road and plunged into a ravine in Julcan, a province in Peru’s La Libertad region, officials said. The officers were traveling from the coastal city of Trujillo to the Andean […]
ABC.com/AP reported Voters across Peru are choosing mayors, governors and municipal councils following the most violent campaign since 2000, with hundreds of candidates suspected of ties to drug trafficking. Two mayoral candidates have been slain in gangland-style killings, both in cocaine-trafficking corridors. On Friday, two police officers were shot and killed in an ambush blamed […]
bbc.com reported a lawmaker from Venezuela’s governing party has been killed in the capital, Caracas. Robert Serra, 27, and his partner Maria Herrera were found shot dead at their home on Wednesday night. Mr Serra was a member of the National Assembly for the Socialist Party (PSUV) and well known for delivering passionate speeches. Read […]
mercopress.com reported that Argentine president claims the US wants her removed: “if something happens to me, look North” Argentine president Cristina Fernandez defiantly claimed on Tuesday that financial, industrial and local political groups together with outside support want to remove her from office, and warned that “if something happens to me, don’t look to the […]
bbc.com reported that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has defended the seizure of a factory owned by US-based company Clorox. “Socialist formula: any company that’s abandoned will be taken over by the working class,” Mr Maduro said. Cleaning products maker Clorox closed its production facilities in Venezuela last week, saying government-imposed price freezes were crippling it.The […]
plenglish.com reported Ecuador”s ambassador to Cuba, Edgar Ponce, today highlighted here the role played by the Ecuadorian people in the failure of the coup d”etat perpetrated four years ago against President Rafael Correa. This attempt was frustrated thanks to the mobilizing will of a people that has taken control of its choices, rights and wealth, […]
plenglish.com reported Ecuador”s ambassador to Cuba, Edgar Ponce, today highlighted here the role played by the Ecuadorian people in the failure of the coup d”etat perpetrated four years ago against President Rafael Correa. This attempt was frustrated thanks to the mobilizing will of a people that has taken control of its choices, rights and wealth, […]
bbc.com reported a regional Mexican political leader, Braulio Zaragoza, has been killed by gunmen at a hotel restaurant in the popular resort of Acapulco. Mr Zaragoza was in a meeting with other politicians on Sunday morning when three gunmen approached his table and shot him several times in the back. He was the leader of […]
nrc.no reported the Constitutional Court of Ecuador recently raised the hopes of hundreds of people who have been forced to flee the violence in Colombia. A landmark decision by the Constitutional Court in Ecuador has struck down the most restrictive provisions of a decree limiting access to asylum. Ecuador has a long tradition as a […]
Telesurtv.net reported Rafael Correa appoints five new government ministers as part of a previously announced cabinet reshuffle. Ecuadora President Rafael Correa swore in five new government ministers during an inaugural ceremony this Friday as part of a major cabinet reshuffle. The new appointmentss included Sandra Naranjo as Minister of Tourism; Fernando Cordero, Minister of Defense; […]
telesurtv.net reported a historic political transformation has been underway in Ecuador since the election of President Rafael Correa in 2007, as part of his governmental plan known as the Citizen’s Revolution, which seeks to create a more equal society with greater popular participation in decisionmaking, has made important achievements. Despite having about 80 percent approval […]
medicalexpress.com reported recently published prevalence estimates of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in five Latin American countries—Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela—could suggest a new direction for United States foreign policy in the region, according to a tropical-disease expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Dr. Peter Hotez, the fellow in disease and poverty […]
Left-wing politicians, academic and activists will discuss the new political panorama in Latin America telesurtv.net reported thirty left-wing personalities from 20 countries will be among the participant of the first Latin American Progressive Encounter (ELAP), to be held in Ecuador on September 29 and 30. The meeting is organized by Ecuador’s leftist PAIS Alliance, the […]
Reuters reported Mexican federal congressman Gabriel Gomez, the most high-profile politician murdered in recent years, was likely executed by a drug cartel, a state prosecutor said on Wednesday. Gomez was kidnapped with an aide in Mexico’s second-largest city of Guadalajara on Monday. Their charred remains were found in a burned-out pickup truck the following day. […]
CONCERNING SEPT 17TH, 2014 PROTESTS/REPORTS 120 DETAINED/34 POLICE INJURED telesurtv.net reported at the celebration for workers rights in Independence Plaza, President Correa said that destabilization attempts in Ecuador are “similar” to what has occurred in Venezuela and in Argentina. Unidos is an effort by Correa’s government to broaden its base by bringing the left together […]
telesurtv.net reported Fifteen left-wing Ecuadorian organizations on Thursday created a new alliance called Unidos (Unidos) against the opponents of President Rafael Correa, after Wednesday’s demonstrations organized by the Ecuador’s conservative organizations. “We have formed the United front so this revolution can continue, and to fight against this conservative restoration that has united and is financed […]
telesurtv.net reported Rafael Correa questioned the reasons given by opposition leaders to carry out protests against his administration. Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa said Tuesday that destabilization processes “similar to those in Venezuela” are being carried out in his country, referring to an opposition protest that will be held tomorrow in the capital city of Quito. […]
buenosairesherald.com reported the end of this year brings a crucial coincidence: the economies of most South American countries are experiencing difficulties unknown in the last decade and, at the same time, several of its progressive governments face challenging elections which, also for the first time, could put an end to a historic left-wing political era […]
AXISOFLOGIC.COM REPORTED you wrote about the examples of Ecuador and other countries, which after the collapse of oil prices in the late ’80s found themselves with huge debts and this, of course, led to massive austerity measures . . . sounds all very similar to what we are now seeing in Greece. How did the […]
In 2013, President Rafael Correa had the highest approval ratings in Latin America. telesurtv.net reported Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has an 82 percent approval rating among citizens from Ecuador biggest cities, Quito and Guayaquil, revealed a local poll on Thursday. Ecuadorian pollster Perfiles de Opinión published a study in which 62 percent of people in […]
foreignpolicy.com reported Preparations for the 2015 Summit are well underway and once again Cuba’s participation has become the flashpoint. Governments in Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua have already said they will boycott any summit where Cuba is excluded. Panama, the host, has announced its intention to formally invite Cuba, with its president saying that […]
World Editor Rob Cox of Reuters THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR? ALREADY LIVE IN ECUADOR? READ THIS BOOK FOR DEEPER CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE One of Latin America s most successful left wing politicians may have to changes economic chain. Pretty soon he s done a pretty good job as. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa all of investing […]
axisoflogic.com reported ….. Social security for everyone is something that truly defines a leftwing government, said Rafael Correa. President Rafael Correa (Allianza Pais – Country Alliance) said on Saturday that the next challenge for the government would be implementing a system of social security for the whole population. During his weekly TV program, Correa asked, […]
greenleft.org reported In the months leading up to Ecuador’s October 2006 presidential election, the US Embassy in Quito claimed to be impartial. Rather than supporting one particular candidate, then-US ambassador Linda Jewell said the embassy only wanted to help facilitate “a fair and transparent electoral process”. However, diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks show that behind […]
Civil Protests To be Held on September September 17, 2014, in Cuenca, Guayaquil, and Quito FROM WEBSITE: emiliopalacio.com – What is the purpose of the march on 17 September? Our goal is to confront the policies of involvement of government social rights, labor policy, the Code of Labour laws and decrees intended to limit the […]
U.S. Disengagement from Latin America: Compromised Security and Economic Interests Testimony before the House Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere March 25, 2014 Ilan Berman Vice President American Foreign Policy Council ___________________________________ Chairman Salmon, Ranking member Sires, distinguishe d members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the invitation to appear before you t […]
aljazeera.com Opinion …….(Gregory Weeks) The assertion that the United States is “losing” Latin America is a persistent and bipartisan obsession. In an era of intense domestic polarisation, analysts – especially in the United States but elsewhere as well – of all different political stripes seem to find agreement. This line of reasoning gathered steam in […]
plenglish.com reported Ecuador’s Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patiño, urged United States authorities today to free the three remaining men who were part of the Cuban Five and who are about to complete 16 years of imprisonment on U.S. soil. “Hopefully at some point there will be understanding by the American authorities, and the the three Cuban […]
Opinion Page of El Sentinel Guillermo Martinez, El Sentinel Columnist wrote: For years, authoritarian Latin American presidents have censored in-country publications critical of their actions. Ecuador’s Rafael Correa is no exception. Correa, who has a Masters and a PhD from the University of Illinois, goes much further. He has companies and government officials going after […]
Eluniverso.com reported The Presidential Office of the historic Palacio de Carondelet approaches. Until 2015, the office of President Rafael Correa will relocate in the barracks Epiclachima, first Army Division, located in the South of the capital. “There is going to build the political platform of the Government, where will be the new office of the […]
theguardian.com reported critics have mostly ignored the new US spy drama Legends, but it’s creating a furore in Venezuela. Officials in the South American country are denouncing the show for portraying the socialist government stockpiling nerve gas to quash dissent. The telecommunications commission opened an investigation on Tuesday into the series over an episode in […]
A letter from Ecuador’s Ambassador to the U.S., Nathalie Cely published in the Wall Street Journal Ecuador’s Electronic Cash Is Strong The reality is that our economy is prospering, our society is stable and investors are returning. In her latest article about Ecuador (“Ecuador’s Phony Bitcoin Ploy,” Americas, Aug. 25), Mary Anastasia O’Grady once again […]
freebeacon.com reported an anti-Internet piracy firm with ties to the government of Ecuador, and its president Rafael Correa, on Friday filed a copyright complaint against a news organization that days earlier exposed potential corruption by the South American nation’s ambassador to the United States. The company, arcelona-based Ares Rights, demanded that a website hosting service […]
Argentina’s president contemplates moving capital city from Buenos Aires Buenos Aires could be replaced as capital of Argentina by a city 600 miles to the north, under a plan floated by Cristina Kirchner. Read Article
Greenleft.org.au reported since Ecuador’s president Lucio Gutierrez was ousted from power in 2005, relations between Ecuador and the United States have deteriorated with the Andean nation’s increasing rejection of US hegemony. The government of Rafael Correa, first elected president in 2006, has embraced regional integration, moving closer to its neighbours ― in particular Venezuela and […]
Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade disqualified statements by Texas Governor Rick Perry, who warned about the entry of terrorists into the United States through the Mexican border, it was reported on Sunday. Prior to the official visit that President Enrique Peña Nieto will begin on Monday to California, the United States, Meade said, “there are […]
Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez/ft.com Latin America swaps its populists for apparatchiks By Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez Beijing’s readiness to invest facilitates regimes to ape China, writes Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez Latin America, long neglected by Europe and taken for granted by the US, has found a suitor in China. Resource hungry, highly risk tolerant and non-judgmental about matters of social and […]
Leader criticises US role in region telesurtv.net reported Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa inaugurated the Esquipulas Regional Forum in Guatemala Tuesday with a call for the strengthening of Latin American socialism and a critique of US policy in the region. During his opening speech, President Correa emphasized the structural issues impeding regional development, saying those issues […]
lainfo.es reported the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa criticized on Tuesday, during his visit to Guatemala, the role of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), guild which he described as the field of “most backward oligarchy” in Latin America. “Who appointed them to the SIP, which are the owners of the media, judge and jury?” […]
wsj.com/Mercedes Alvaro reported President Rafael Correa, in speeches and televised interviews, assures followers he’d like nothing more than to step aside when his current term ends. “The easiest thing would be for me to retire in 2017 as one of the best presidents in our history, as the people refer to me,” he said in […]
emiliopalacio.com reported that journalist Paulina Bustamante of the newspaper Diario Centinela of Loja surprised President Correa with a question not approved by his advance team for prearranged questions. On Thursday, August 14, 2014 in front of President Rafael Correa, the reporter refused to read the prepared question that had been arranged and tried to pose […]
FARC leader doubts the peace accord can be signed this year mercopress.com reported Colombia is unlikely to sign a peace accord with Marxist rebels this year as the remaining items on the negotiating agenda are complex and time consuming, FARC guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londoño said. President Juan Manuel Santos had expressed hope that talks to […]
mercopress.com reported Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, a contender to unseat President Dilma Rousseff in October elections, died Wednesday when his campaign jet crashed in the city of Santos, killing all seven people aboard. Campos, a 49-year-old socialist who had been running third in the polls, was flying to Sao Paulo to record a TV […]
rt.com reported Ecuador doesn’t need anybody’s permission to export agricultural products to Russia, which now has a big gap that needs to be filled after it banned supplies from a number of western countries, said President Rafael Correa. “I want to immediately say that we don’t need to get anybody’s permission to sell products to […]
lahora.com.ec reporte the former Colombian President and appointed Secretary-General of Unasur, Ernesto Samper, he said yesterday that the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, would be a “good partner” to seek peace between the Government of Juan Manuel Santos and the army of national liberation (ELN). Samper valued at Caracol Radio the participation of Ecuador in […]
radioespectaculo.com reported employees of Claro and Movistar are concern about not knowing how they will cover their debts of housing or educational and upset by the statements of President Rafael Correa, in which questions that profits of telecommunications companies are fruit of its productivity, marked the day of workers of enterprises Movistar and Claro. They […]