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ECUADOR: Native Standoff Over Water Bill on Hold
The Ecuadorean legislature's decision to hold a non-binding vote among the country's indigenous communities on a controversial water bill that sparked weeks of protests by native groups has calmed things down -- for now.ECUADOR: New Deadline for Renegotiating Oil Contracts
The government of Ecuador hopes to sign new services contracts with foreign oil firms operating in the country, to replace the 34 contracts currently in effect, by the end of the year.
ECUADOR: Saving the Condor – A Mission Possible
Indiscriminate hunting and ecological changes in the Andean highlands have dramatically reduced the condor population in Ecuador. Experts say there are likely no more than 50 of these large birds of prey in this country. A century ago their numbers were in the thousands.ECUADOR: Native Groups Poised for Nationwide Protests Over Water Bill
Indigenous organisations in Ecuador opposed to a water reform bill that they say would give mining companies and agribusiness privileged access to water have threatened to extend their protests around the country in order to keep the legislature from passing the bill without certain modifications.
ECUADOR: Fewer Mothers Dying Thanks to “Model” Law
Seventeen-year-old Miriam Toaquiza is the only occupant of the teenage mothers' ward in the public hospital in this Andean city. Beside her in the bed is Jennifer, her newborn baby.
Saving the Condor – A Mission Possible
The condor appears on Ecuador's national coat of arms and is in danger of extinction. But efforts at nurseries and conservation at different sites across the country intend to reverse the giant bird's endangered status.ECUADOR: Native Groups in Showdown Over Water Bill
The second and final parliamentary debate of a new water bill to regulate water resource management in Ecuador is due to begin May 4, amid stark divisions among indigenous movements and between them and the government of left-leaning President Rafael Correa.ECUADOR: Co-op Proves that the Poor Can Eat Organic, Too
"There is no reason why we poor people have to eat badly," says Ecuadorian farmer Juan Anguisaca. "It’s not true that organic products have to be expensive. They can be profitable and within the reach of the poor," Rodrigo Aucay adds.Crunch Time for Ecuador’s Biological Treasure Trove
These are decisive days for the Yasuní National Park, one of the world's most biodiverse areas, because of the danger that its wealth of underground oil poses to this unique and fragile ecosystem in Ecuador's Amazon jungle region.ECUADOR: Environmental Inspection in Yasuni Park
Representatives of Ecuador's ombudsman's office and environmental groups are visiting the Yasuni National Park on Saturday, home to some of the world's last indigenous people still living in voluntary isolation, in order to verify reports of illegal activity by oil companies.ECUADOR: Native Leaders Call for Anti-Government Protests
"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." The words of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill after the 1942 defeat of Germany's forces in Africa are an apt description of the situation between the government of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa and the powerful Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE).ECUADOR: Avatar Downfall a Blow for Indigenous Communities
Science fiction blockbuster Avatar was the big loser in the Oscar awards ceremony - not only a blow for director James Cameron but also seen as a symbolic reverse in the struggle to recover Amazon rainforest areas in Ecuador from the effects of oil pollution.ECUADOR: Bucaram Ruling by Insult
"Idiots," "clowns," "louts," "insensitive simpletons who scorn the poor," he started.VENEZUELA: Teaching Maths by Radio
Some 300,000 Venezuelan children are benefitting from an innovatory new programme to teach maths by radio, a method so successful that state governors are fighting to receive the programmes.ECUADOR-POLITICS: Judges Hold Centre-stage
The justice system in Ecuador is upstaging politicians in media coverage as the country gears up for presidential elections in May.ECUADOR: Right-Wing Factions Settle Scores
The political trial of Ecuadorian Vice- President Alberto Dahik on charges of fraud and bribery has set the stage for a fight between two right-wing factions, which has the ferocious overtones of a family feud.MSG158G/01E ECUADOR-PERU: War Also Fought Within Media
Ecuador and Peru are continuing their border war through declarations and counter-declarations in television broadcasts, although an unofficial cease-fire went into effect Tuesday and was ratified Friday.« Previous Page
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