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Ecuador attempted coup

Posted by smeddum on October 1, 2010

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Ecuador expels US embassy official

Posted by seumasach on February 8, 2009

 

“Correa also said that he would allow US coast guard airplanes to land on Ecuadorean soil, a request made earlier by Heather Hodges, the US ambassador, only “on one condition: that we be allowed to vet the pilots of those planes, so that they don’t sneak criminals into the country.”

Eldib

8th February, 2009

Correa, who enjoys a 70 per cent popularity rating, will run for a second term as president in April polls.

The president of Ecuador has ordered a US embassy official to leave after accusing him of meddling in local police projects, a move likely to fray ties with Washington.

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Ecuador: CIA knew of Colombian attack

Posted by smeddum on November 2, 2008

Ecuador: CIA knew of Colombian attack
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:55:05 GMT Press TV

Ecuadorian soldier look over the bodies of assassinated FARC guerillas, March 2008.
Ecuador’s Defense Minister Javier Ponce says that the CIA had full knowledge of the Colombian attack on a FARC rebel camp inside Ecuador. Read the rest of this entry »

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Latin America’s New Consensus

Posted by smeddum on October 31, 2008

Latin America’s New Consensus
Foreign Policy In Focus
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When the Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz said the great tragedy of Mexico was that it was so far from God and so close to the United States, the comment summed up the long and tortured relationship between the Colossus of the North and Latin America. Read the rest of this entry »

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