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Ecuador: Correa not attending Summit of the Americas

Ecuador: Correa not attending Summit of the Americas

3 April 2012
The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, in a letter addressed on 2 April 2012 to his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos, said that he will not be attending the 6th Summit of the Americas in Cartagena de Indias on April 14 and 15 because of Cuba’s impossibility to attend the meeting.
As long as I am the head of State, Ecuador will not attend any "Summit of the Americas" until the decisions required by thePatria Grande are made, declared Correa.
He added that unfortunately, (...)

The Ecuadorian Coup: Its Larger Meaning

by James Petras

The Ecuadorian Coup: Its Larger Meaning

New York (USA) | 18 October 2010
The debate over the nature of the recent turmoil in Ecuador is still kindling. A comprehensive analysis of the 30 September events is offered by Prof. James Petras, according to whom it was a coup in every respect, converging with the U.S. strategy of isolating Venezuela by targeting the "weakest link in the chain". President Correa’s domestic problems due to a series of ill-conceived policies was Washington’s cue to send in its local minions for a trial run.

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Obama administration fingerprints on Ecuador coup attempt

by Wayne Madsen

Obama administration fingerprints on Ecuador coup attempt

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 3 October 2010
With Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama, coups against unaccommodating Latin American leaders would appear to be back in style. After Honduran President Zalaya’s overthrow in June 2009, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa was the latest target. An outspoken member of ALBA and Hugo Chávez close ally, Correa had been giving Washington a tough time. Behind the abortive coup, Wayne Madsen’s investigation not only unveils the modus operandi of the CIA through its front agencies, but also lays bare Mossad’s murky activities inside Ecuador.

Quito’s Police: CIA breeding ground

by Jean Guy Allard

Quito's Police: CIA breeding ground

Havana (Cuba) | 2 October 2010
The uprising by putschist elements of the Ecuadoran police against President Rafael Correa confirms an alarming report about the infiltration of the Ecuadoran police by U.S. intelligence services released in 2008, which indicated that many members of the police corps developed a “dependency” on the U.S. Embassy.

Ecuadorian crisis: Chávez urges the US "to keep its imperialist hands" out of the region

Ecuadorian crisis: Chávez urges the US "to keep its imperialist hands" out of the region

2 October 2010
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said that the Unites States “provides million dollars to far-right wing movements to destabilize the governments of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA)”.
"We must demand the US government to keep its old imperialist hands out of this continent," Chávez said in Buenos Aires, where he attended an extraordinary meeting of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), which was urgently convened following a police revolt in Ecuador.
The Venezuelan (...)

Fidel Castro Meets With Ecuadorian VP

Havana (Cuba) | 22 October 2009
The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, held a fraternal meeting with Lenín Moreno Garces, Vice President of Ecuador, reported Granma newspaper.

Latin America’s Twenty-First Century Socialism in Historical Perspective

by James Petras

Latin America's Twenty-First Century Socialism in Historical Perspective

New York (USA) | 11 October 2009
The electoral victory of center left regimes in at least three Latin American countries, and the search for a new ideological identity to justify their rule, led ideologues and the incumbent presidents to embrace the notion that they represent a new 21st century version of socialism (21cs). Petras undertakes a verification and comparative-historical analysis of this tenet by putting Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador under the loop.

Ecuador to sue WSJ over FARC allegations

Ecuador to sue WSJ over FARC allegations

28 June 2009
President Rafael Correa with Ingrid Betancourt, held hostage for 6 years by Farc guerrillas (2002-2008).
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has vowed to sue the Wall Street Journal for linking his government to the Colombian FARC rebels.
"We will sue this newspaper because we are sick of their lies," Correa told reporters on Thursday after addressing the UN General Assembly’s Conference on the world financial crisis, Reuters reported.
"We demand the Wall Street Journal provide proof," he (...)

Venezuela to Build New Refinery in Ecuador

Venezuela to Build New Refinery in Ecuador

Caracas (Venezuela) | 5 June 2006
In a series of agreements signed between Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez and Ecuador’s President Alfredo Palacio, Venezuela agreed to help Ecuador construct a new refinery and to expand an existing one, among other energy-related issues.

General René Vargas Pazzos : “The United States has monopolized power and encourages its great companies to see themselves as a conquering army”

General René Vargas Pazzos : “The United States has monopolized power and encourages its great companies to see themselves as a conquering army”

Brussels (Belgium) | 24 November 2005
Ecuadorean General René Vargas Pazzos delivered his speech at the International Conference Axis for Peace, held in Brussels on November 17 and 18, 2005 by Voltaire Network and he made an analysis of the international situation. “During the Cold War, the United States supported Latin American dictatorships to contain communism”, explained the former Chief of Staff of the Army and former Minister of Energy of Ecuador. “That war was cruel and violent. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the (...)

Alexis Ponce: “The Mossad trained the Ecuadorean police in torture techniques”

Alexis Ponce: “The Mossad trained the Ecuadorean police in torture techniques”

Brussels (Belgium) | 24 November 2005
“The Mossad trained the Ecuadorean police in torture techniques between 1986 and 1994,” said Alexis Ponce during the Axis for Peace international conference, organized by Voltaire Network on November 17-18, 2005, in Brussels. “The Israeli secret services gave technical support to the tyranny that stained Ecuador with blood. The police corps received advanced training by Israeli agents to torture and to force those who opposed the tyranny to speak. The Israeli agents transmitted their knowledge (...)

Popular rage overthrows Ecuadorian President

The rebellion of Quito

by Marcelo Larrea

The rebellion of Quito

8 May 2005
Lucio Gutierrez was overthrown by the volcanic though peaceful popular uprising of Quito. The suspension of the Supreme Court could not stop the massive demonstrations which defeated its brutal repression. Even when Vice President Palacios assumed the presidency, the people still demanded their resignation. Defeated were also the parties, the political regime as a whole, which was sunk in its own implosion, neoliberalism and the American tutelage.

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Ecuador: Correa not attending Summit of the Americas

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