RSSJuly 17, 2009 Par: Sylvain Biville Radio France Internationale Article publié le 17/07/2009 Dernière mise à jour le 18/07/2009 à 10:24 TU L’armée américaine a commencé vendredi l’évacuation de sa base aérienne de Manta, en Equateur. Ce retrait fait suite à la décision du président é[...]
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July 21st, 2009 - 2:45 pm § in Ecuador, In the News
Les Etats-Unis se retirent de Manta, dernière base américaine en Amérique du Sud
June 8th, 2009 - 12:45 pm § in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Front Page, In the News-Front Page, Opinion, Reports, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela
COHA on Ecuador’s adherence to ALBA
-Implications of Ecuador Joining an Uncertain Alliance Just at a time that analysts were crossing out Hugo Chávez as a ranking regional player, with the days ago adhesion of Ecuador to the Venezuela-inspired organization, he has managed to propel a new spurt of momentum to the Caracas grouping and [...]
Correa Triumphs in Ecuador, and Thereby Becomes One of Latin America’s Most Successful Political Figures
Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa, was re-elected yesterday with an impressive 51.7 percent of the vote, in a large field, to serve another term as head of state. Illustrating his widespread popularity in the country, his untainted presidential victory comes as the first such electoral triumph sin[...]
Ecuador re-elects Socialist President Correa in historic win
April 27, 2009 Free Speech Radio News In Ecuador, President Rafael Correa won more than 50 percent of the votes in Sunday’s election, landing him a solid second term in office. The U.S.-educated economist and socialist told supporters after his win that he is “here for the poor.” In a country [...]
Ecuador’s Correa claims re-election win
April 27, 2009 CNN By Arthur Brice U.S.-educated economist and socialist Rafael Correa became the first president to win re-election in Ecuador since 1972, a victory all the more astounding given that the three preceding presidents were ousted amid anti-government protests. “We have made histo[...]
Ecuador’s populist leader still strong
April 26, 2009 Christian Science Monitor By Sara Miller Llana President Rafael Correa is expected to win big in today’s vote. He talks like a leftist, but many say he doesn’t act like one. Quito, Ecuador; and Mexico City – In December, Edita Matailo’s husband stopped sending [...]
Correa Looks Comfortable as Campaigning Ends in Ecuador
Campaigning for this Sunday’s presidential and legislative elections in Ecuador officially ended at midnight yesterday, April 23. The result of the fight for the presidency now lies entirely in the hands of Ecuador’s voters. In a research memorandum released by COHA last week, entitled ‘Ecuado[...]
Readership Responds to COHA Research
COHA has received a number of letters in response to several of the articles it has published over the past few weeks. In the interest of fostering a healthy debate on the issues that COHA’s research addresses, we are printing a selection of the most considered responses below, and we encourag[...]
Ecuador’s Correa at Trinidad Summit: Not Likely to Be His Last Presidential Trip
Rafael Correa travels to Trinidad and Tobago this weekend along with several of his colleagues The economic climate is precarious as Ecuador continues to refuse to join ALBA or relent on Colombia Following widespread support in the 2008 referendum, Correa appears poised to continue vast social and[...]
OPEC and Latin America: Challenges in Venezuela and Ecuador as Trinidad Summit Looms
OPEC recently decided to curb production levels in order to raise oil prices The Summit of the Americas will likely clarify the future of oil in Latin America Both Venezuela and Ecuador are inordinately dependent on oil revenues to help finance domestic budgets The rise of alternative energy threa[...]