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Ecuador Tax Chief: Oil Companies Owe $200 Million In Taxes (Nasdaq)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:56:47 GMT
QUITO -(Dow Jones)- Local and foreign oil companies operating in Ecuador owe the country's Internal Revenue Service, or SRI, around $200 million in outstanding taxes, SRI chief Carlos Marx Carrasco told Dow Jones Newswires Friday.

Ecuador takes over City Oriente oil wells (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:30:13 GMT
City Oriente, an oil company controlled by U.S. investors, ended its drilling and exploration contract with Ecuador's government 13 years early on Friday, transferring operations to a subsidiary of state-owned oil company Petroecuador.

Polls: 41% Back Proposed Constitution In Ecuador (Nasdaq)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:11:32 GMT
QUITO -(Dow Jones)- Polling group Cedatos Gallup International said Thursday that support for Ecuador's proposed new constitution has risen 6 points, to 41% from the previous 35%.

HLI Condemns Death Threats Against Church and Affiliate in Ecuador (Christian News Wire)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:14:01 GMT
FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, Aug. 8 / Christian Newswire / -- The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International, (HLI) today condemned death threats made against Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza, of Guayaquil, President of the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference, and Amparo Medina, president of Ecuador's Pro-Life Action Foundation, the Ecuadorian affiliate of Human Life International.

Ellensburg City Council member steps down, travels to Ecuador (Daily Record)
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:39:29 GMT
ELLENSBURG — Ellensburg City Councilmember Janie Niner announced she will be stepping down from her position by the end of the month. She plans to travel to Ecuador to teach English as a second language through World Teach.

Ecuador Govt. Reaches Contract Deal with Petrobras (Rigzone)
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:17:00 GMT
The government of Ecuador and Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR) have reached a deal that will allow Petrobras to maintain its contracts in the Andean country, Mining and Oil Minister Galo Chiriboga and company officials said Thursday.

A Walk in the Ecuadoran Rain Forest (Washington Post)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:50:51 GMT
ALONG THE SAN MIGUEL RIVER, Ecuador -- My Spanish is rusty and I wasn't sure I had heard the pilot correctly. You want me to rappel? From the helicopter?

Ivanhoe Energy Will Tap Ecuador's Amazon Oil, PetroEcuador Says (Bloomberg.com)
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:22 GMT
Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- State-owned energy company PetroEcuador and Ivanhoe Energy Inc. , a Canadian oil and natural-gas producer, will sign an oil production deal this month, PetroEcuador's head of production said.

Iran, Ecuador discuss expansion of mutual cooperation (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:44:27 GMT
Iran - Ecuador - Cooperation Iran's Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jihad Vahid Zare on Wednesday held talks with the Ecuadorian minister of agriculture on boosting of mutual fisheries cooperation.

In a conflict that crosses borders, Ecuadorans track an elusive foe (Miami Herald)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:07:59 GMT
The four-decade-long conflict between the government of Colombia and guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, is not confined by borders. And while Colombian forces have scored major victories this year, the view from neighboring Ecuador near the frontier is different. (May need to register)

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