Tag: Ecuador

• Wednesday, May 4th 2011 - 22:58 UTC

  Peru accepts Ecuador maritime borders, much to Chile’s chagrin

  

  Peru recognized maritime borders with Ecuador on Monday employing the same criteria they took Chile to The Hague in 2008 for using.

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 03:03 UTC

  US retaliates expels Ecuadorean ambassador, but wants ‘positive’ relation with Quito

  

  The United States expelled on Thursday Ecuador’s ambassador to Washington in retaliation for the expulsion of the top US diplomat in Quito. Within hours, Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa accused the US of infiltrating his country’s police.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2011 - 06:37 UTC

  Wikileaks knocks out second US ambassador in Latam: this time in Ecuador

  

  Ecuador is expelling the U.S. ambassador over a 2009 diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks in which the diplomat accused the country’s former police chief of corruption.

• Monday, March 14th 2011 - 02:09 UTC

  Chevron appeals 9.5 billion USD fine from an Ecuador court

  

  US oil giant Chevron has launched a legal appeal against a 9.5 billion US dollars fine by an Ecuador court for polluting much of the country's Amazon region.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 01:27 UTC

  Chile/Ecuador proposal for a UNASUR Antarctic base

  

  Chile and Ecuador will be proposing their peers of Unasur, (Union of South American Nations) the establishment of a scientific research base in Antarctica, according to Ecuador’s Foreign Affairs minister Ricardo Patiño.

• Friday, February 18th 2011 - 04:59 UTC

  Ecuadorian president closer to tighter grip of government, including the Judiciary

  

  Ecuador's constitutional Court approved this week a 10-question referendum that will let voters decide whether to ban gambling and bullfighting but also ask them to boost President Rafael Correa's power over the judiciary.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2011 - 06:01 UTC

  Chevron will appeal 8.6 billion ‘extortive’ fine imposed by Ecuador judges

  

  US oil giant Chevron says it will appeal against an 8.6 billion US dollars fine imposed by Ecuador judges, carrying on a long-running row over pollution. Chevron's Kent Robertson told the BBC the case was an “extortion scheme”, and accused Ecuador's state-run firm of polluting the country's Amazon region.

• Thursday, February 10th 2011 - 22:53 UTC

  Unasur becomes fully in force March 11, following on Uruguay’s ratification vote

  

  The Uruguayan government officially delivered this week the formal ratification of the UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) founding charter thus turning the political project into juridical reality.

• Saturday, February 5th 2011 - 03:29 UTC

  Piñera reaffirms Chile’s commitment to Antarctica, the continent of the future

  

  President Sebastian Piñera described Antarctica as the continent of the future and confirmed Chile’s commitment to the values of peace and environment conservation represented by the southern pole mass.

• Monday, January 24th 2011 - 20:16 UTC

  Pacific Ring Countries to Make Energy Sharing Plans

  

  Future cooperative agreements among the countries of the Pacific Ring could reduce electricity costs in Chile’s far north by up to 25 percent. Chile’s energy costs are currently the highest in the region.