Ecuador





Ecuador under Rafael Correa - Fander Falconi: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "under President Rafael Correa - Ecuador is developing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "innovative economic alternatives - of its own !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "with no "neoliberal" recipes - of privatisation - structural adjustment - or "Washington consensus"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Ecuador's transformation began - after the electoral victory of - President Rafael Correa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the economy of Ecuador - has grown by 4.3% - over five years !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "central to this - and to the reduction of unemployment - to the lowest rate in the region !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "is public investment - which is 14% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "this is a key part - of moving its economy away from resources - and exports !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to one - more based on - knowledge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Ecuador has also reformed - and re-regulated - the banking system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "expands the role of - co-operatives - and credit unions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and renegotiated agreements - with foreign companies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the Ecuadorian alternative model - for society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "is based on the concept of - "good living"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • ""buen vivir" - in Spanish - or "sumak kausay" - as it is in Quechua - the indigenous Andean language !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "rooted in the ancient societies - this looks to the future !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "in favour of a more complex - interrelation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "of society - with state - market - and nature !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "incomes are redistributed - and poverty rapidly reduces !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 


 


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  • "according to the UN - Ecuador cut inequality - as measured by the Gini coefficient !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "by more than any other country in the region - in five years !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to do this - it has prioritised its population's rights - over commitments to the IMF - or the World Bank !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "so that Ecuador can repay - its debt - on just terms !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "meaning better health - education - social infrastructure - and public investment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "in five years Ecuador's external debt service - shrank from 24% - of the state budget !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to only 4% - freeing up resources - to transform lives !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "in line with its values - of sustainable development !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Ecuador recognises - in the constitution - the rights of nature !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "it works to deepen regional integration - for sustainable development !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "aiming for a collective basis - to meet economic - and environmental challenges !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Ecuador does not want "free trade" - and shows how to increase - social equality !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "by putting the - human being - above capital !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "in innovative financial models - and in new conceptions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "of "good living" - based on social - and environmental sustainability !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 


 

 

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  • "Ecuador - is at the heart - of this transformation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Instruments to reduce Poverty - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "9% - of the people - in Ecuador !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "receive benefit - from the US$ 35 - monthly cash payment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the voucher - is part of a broad package - of social spending !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "it is a free insurance policy - whose coverage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "is expanded to include 100% - of poorer seniors !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the voucher achieves its goal - of family assistance - by making it easier to buy food !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "this translates into - improved health - and education !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "because one of the preconditions - for receiving the cash payment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "is to provide proof of school attendance - and medical check-ups !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the Ecuadorian government will be encouraged - by news that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "income-related poverty rates - dropped dramatically !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "poverty - is reduced by 5% - last year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Ecuadorian Press - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "President Rafael Correa said - for the direction - towards free speech !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "there needed to be more regulations - for the Ecuadorian media !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "private newspaper - radio - and TV owners - a handful of families !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "they made things - in the name of freedom of speech - that were not !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "many said the Ecuadorian administration - was carrying out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "an overdue rebalancing - of the media !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "( in 2007 - there was only one - public media organisation - "Radio Nacional"  ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "those who worked in public media - said this regulations - have created !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "a far healthier media environment - because advertisers had less influence !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Rafael Correa - was the longest-serving president - in Ecuador in a century !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "US embassy cables - described him as the most popular president - Ecuador had ever had !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "without exception - everyone interviewed for this story - said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Rafael Correa - was good for - Ecuador !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ecuador's Debt Renegotiation - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07QUITO169

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  • "economy minister Patino - said in a meeting with bondholders !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "that most of Ecuador's - external debt - was illegitimate !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "resulted from loan programs - that did not achieve - intended results !"

 

 

 

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  • "there should be a - 60 percent debt discount !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ecuador rebuffed international Companies - US cable - 2010: LINK ¤ 10QUITO53

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  • "Ecuador - under the Correa administration - was more interested !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "in leveling society - protecting what they have !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and allowing foreign companies - into Ecuador - on their terms !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Price Controls - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08QUITO897

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  • "the Ecuadorian government - continued to intervene - in the market !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "to limit food price - inflation !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Price Controls on Milk - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08QUITO36

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  • "the Ecuadorian government - blamed speculation !"

 

 

 

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  • "and instituted mandatory - price controls !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to control the price - of milk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tax Reform - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08QUITO55

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  • "the administration of Rafael Correa - made a tax reform !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "taxes on capital outflows - unproductive lands !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "extraordinary income - and higher excise taxes - on a number of products !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "the tax - on capital outflows - was at 0.5% - per transaction !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and there was a tax - on "unproductive land"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "the tax approved by the assembly - was US$ 7.85 - per hectare !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Correa meeting with USAID - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08QUITO442

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  • "President Rafael Correa - had a two hour meeting with - USAID - US aid agency !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "Correa asked pointed questions - clearly understood the approaches !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and their economic - organizational - and political implications !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the meeting offered an inside view - into Correa's very hands-on - and engaged style of management !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "and an example that many policy decisions - run through him personally !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oil Contract Renegotiations - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08QUITO220

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  • "the Ecuadorian ministry of petroleum and mines - reported that it would close a deal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "on eight - of fourteen petroleum contracts - with four oil companies !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "that held production sharing agreements - Perenco !"

 

 

 

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  • "Repsol YPF - Andes Petroleum - and Petrobras !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the Ecuadorian government did not accept - the World Bank's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "international centre for settlement - of investment disputes !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Repsol's revised Contract - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08MADRID895

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  • "Repsol YPF - accepted the deal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "with revised contract terms - offered by Ecuador's President Correa - to foreign petroleum companies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the contract changed - Repsol's role from production - for its own sale !"

 

 

 

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  • "to that of a service provider - delivering to the Ecuadorian government !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "on a fee basis - all of the petroleum - it extracted !"

 


 

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  • "( Repsol - 4 percent - in Ecuador ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Unemployment Rate fell - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08QUITO588

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  • "the Ecuadorian Central Bank - reported an unemployment rate - of 6.9% !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Yasuni Conservation - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09QUITO204

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  • "the Ecuadorian foreign ministry - presented a proposal - to forego development !"

 

 

 

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  • "of oil fields - in the environmentally sensitive - "Yasuni Park"  !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "in exchange for - international compensation !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Human Rights Report - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07QUITO559

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  • "the Ecuadorian government - publicly criticized the US - human rights report !"

 

 

 

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  • "challenging their competency - to judge human rights !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Banana Exports to the EU - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05QUITO263

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  • "the EU has proposed - charging 230 Euro - per ton for bananas - imported from Latin America !"

 

 

 

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  • "besides generating revenues - the tariff was intended to protect !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "fruit production in - in Africa - the Caribbean - and Southeast Asia !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EU Banana Deal - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08QUITO768

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  • "Latin American banana producers - had reached an agreement !"

 

 

 

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  • "with the European Union - which would have reduced EU tariffs - on Latin bananas !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "however - the EU withdrew the offer - wanted to pressure in - WTO negotiations !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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US Trade - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05QUITO2852

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  • "the US embassy had lobbied - for FTA negotiations - "free trade" agreement !"

 

 

 

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  • "for example - Ecuador's barriers to trade - in agricultural products !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Minister of Trade - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05QUITO943

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  • "Ecuador wished to delay negotiations - or put them on hold !"

 

 

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  • "Ecuadorian products needed tariffs - because of subsidized US products !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ecuador's Indigenous - US cable - 2004: LINK ¤ 04QUITO2334

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  • "indigenous leaders - were against liberal economy - of Gutierrez !"

 

 

 

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  • "and against a - FTA with the US - "free trade" agreement !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Gutierrez had tried - division !"

 

 

 

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  • "Ecuador's indigenous were regrouping - and confident !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ECUADOR
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  • "Ecuador - officially the Republic of Ecuador - is a representative democratic republic !!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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