Tag: Ecuador

• Wednesday, December 26th 2012 - 05:54 UTC

  Ecuador’s Correa prepares for re-election: increases minimum salary 9%

  

  Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa announced a 9% increase in the minimum wage for private-sector workers for 2013, a move that may help consolidate his February re-election bid that polls broadly show him favoured to win.

• Thursday, December 20th 2012 - 05:33 UTC

  Ecuador Central bank governor resigns admitting he has no Economics degree

  

  Ecuador's central bank president, Pedro Delgado, resigned on Wednesday after admitting that he did not hold a university degree in economics.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 18:26 UTC

  Chevron dispute with Ecuador discussed by Correa with Cristina Fernandez

  

  Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said he discussed with his Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez the legal dispute with US oil giant Chevron that has spilled over into her country.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 17:20 UTC

  Argentine Jewish organizations slam President Correa ‘disdainful words’ towards terrorist attacks’ victims

  

  Argentine Jewish organizations strongly criticized Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa after he defended the Iranian government, comparing the 85 people killed in the 1994 AMIA attacks in Buenos Aires with the victims of “NATO bombings in Libya” in 2011.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 05:15 UTC

  Correa defends close links with Iran and downplays the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires

  

  Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa triggered a serious controversy in Argentina when he defended close links with Iran and downplayed Teheran’s alleged role in the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish institution in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and left hundreds injured.

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 04:58 UTC

  Mercosur summit to discuss incorporation of Bolivia and Ecuador as full members

  

  The Mercosur summit which meets this week, December 6/7 in Brasilia is scheduled to debate the incorporation of Ecuador and Bolivia to the regional block which earlier this year, after waiting since 2006 finally integrated Venezuela as full member.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 03:52 UTC

  Ecuador’s President Correa runs for a third consecutive term next February

  

  Ecuador President Rafael Correa officially announced this weekend that he would run for a third term in February elections -- a contest in which he is expected to be the runaway favourite.

• Thursday, November 8th 2012 - 06:58 UTC

  Argentine Judge orders Chevron assets seizure related to court case in Ecuador

  

  An Argentine judge has embargoed up to 19 billion dollars in Chevron assets in connection with an environmental lawsuit by Ecuadorean villagers, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 21:12 UTC

  “Ecuador in the midst of a press freedom crisis”, claims IPI in-situ report

  

  The International Press Institute (IPI) released a final report on its May 2012 press freedom mission to Ecuador, stating that the nation’s private media outlets are being targeted by the government of President Rafael Correa.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 07:10 UTC

  Ecuadorian court orders seizure of 200m dollars in Chevron oil assets

  

  As part of an ongoing lawsuit between US Chevron oil and plaintiffs from various Amazonian villages, an Ecuadorian court has ordered the seizure of approximately 200 million dollars worth of the company's assets.