Tag: Ecuador

• Thursday, May 16th 2013 - 19:23 UTC

  Females take the top three seats in the new Ecuadorean National Assembly

  

  The newly elected Ecuadorean National Assembly sat for the first time this week and next week will take the oath of office to President Rafael Correa, who was re-elected by a landslide last February. The legislative with 137 members has a majority of members from Correa’s party Alliance Country Movement, and was elected for a four-year mandate.

• Monday, May 6th 2013 - 05:30 UTC

  Ecuador to begin negotiations to join Mercosur, after reaching accord with the EU

  

  Ecuador will notify its intention of beginning negotiation to join Mercosur, while at the same time closing a trade agreement with the European Union. The announcement was made by President Rafael Correa during his regular weekly reports on radio and television.

• Thursday, May 2nd 2013 - 07:45 UTC

  Brazil leads meeting of Amazon basin Cooperation Treaty in Ecuador

  

  Brazilian Foreign minister Antonio Patriota arrives Thursday in Ecuador for bilateral talks on trade, investment and immigration, and to attend a day later the Amazon group summit of ministers, reports Itamaraty palace.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 08:02 UTC

  Special Committee of 24 scheduled to hold Pacific Regional Seminar in Ecuador

  

  The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation — also known as the Special Committee of 24 — is to hold its Pacific Regional Seminar in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from 28 to 30 May. Its agenda is to review progress in the United Nations decolonisation process.

• Thursday, April 4th 2013 - 07:07 UTC

  On Mine Awareness Day, OAS praises Colombia, Peru and Ecuador

  

  On the International Mine Awareness Day (April 4), the Organization of American States highlighted the successful humanitarian demining efforts throughout the Americas. National authorities in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are to be commended for increasing awareness of the dangers posed by landmines, for reducing the number of landmine victims, and for assuming responsibility for their national programs, said OAS.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 10:13 UTC

  Ecuador/Chevron dispute enters a new chapter: Correa calls for Latam support

  

  President Rafael Correa said he expects the regional groupings Alba and Unasur to meet urgently and address the “legal aberration” committed by a UN trade law arbitrage tribunal against Ecuador in a case involving US multinational Chevron and decades of environmental damages.

• Monday, February 18th 2013 - 06:55 UTC

  Correa wins re-election by a landslide turning him into indisputable regional leader

  

  President Rafael Correa swept to a re-election victory on Sunday promising to strengthen state control over Ecuador’s economy and continue using booming oil revenues to build roads, hospitals and schools in rural areas and shanty towns.

• Friday, February 15th 2013 - 05:51 UTC

  Clear victory for Correa will have him in frontline to succeed Chavez

  

  Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, one of Latin America's most outspoken leaders is almost certain to win re-election on Sunday by an ample margin catapulting him as the most probable successor of Venezuela’s ailing Hugo Chavez and the populist movement in Latinamerica.

• Saturday, February 9th 2013 - 09:23 UTC

  Ecuador presidential election turning into a one man race

  

  Populist Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has maintained a huge lead over his nearest opposition rival in the run-up to the Feb. 17 elections, recent polls show. Correa's popularity has remained above 50% throughout his six years in office, buoyed by his personal charisma as well as his government's heavy spending on hospitals, roads and schools.

• Friday, February 1st 2013 - 18:47 UTC

  Argentine court confirms setback for Chevron in 20-year old dispute with Ecuador

  

  An Argentine appeals court has upheld an embargo on the assets of Chevron Corp.'s local subsidiary, a legal setback for the company, which had said the embargo compromised its operations in the country. A lower court judge issued the embargo last year as part of a decades-old legal dispute involving claims that Chevron is responsible for environmental contamination in Ecuador.