Rafael Correa

Ecuador Opposition Columnist Asks U.S. For Asylum

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Emilio Palacio, Journalism Libel, Politics, Video, President Rafael Correa, Ecuador, El Universo Newspaper, Rafael Correa, Asylum, Latino Voices News

MIAMI — A former Ecuadorean newspaper columnist who faces prison and millions of dollars in fines for his criticism of President Rafael Correa r...

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The Deal We Dare Not Turn Down: Save This Rainforest, or Trigger Our Destruction

Johann Hari | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Oil Rigs, Rising Sea Levels, Natural Resources, Rainforest, Ecuador, Biodiversity, Rafael Correa, Save the Rainforest, Digging for Oil, Oil Reserves, Global Warming, Mass Extinction, Green News
Johann Hari

Ecuador's government says that if the rest of the world offers just half of what the oil beneath their rainforest is worth -- $3.5 billion -- they will keep the rainforest standing and alive and working for us all.

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Dancing With Dynamite in Latin America

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, Benjamin Dangl, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Dilma Rousseff, Rafael Correa, Nikolas Kozloff, South America Politics, South America, South America Government, Latin America Politics, South America Policy, Latin America Government, Latin America, Latin America Policy, World News
Nikolas Kozloff

The past ten years in Latin America have seen a historic shift to the left in government power and the streets. The US needs to learn from these examples if we are to break out of our stagnant political culture.

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DVD Review: South of the Border

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South of the Border, Hugo Chávez, Evo Morale, Venezuela, Oliver Stone, Rafael Correa, Entertainment News
Dan Lybarger

Because of his fondness of conspiracies and selective presentations of fact in his narrative movies (sorry Doors fans, they weren't going to play Wood...

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Attempted Coup in Ecuador Fails, But Threat Remains

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honduras Coup, Honduras Zelaya, Unasur, Ecuador, Coup Attempt, Rafael Correa, World News
Mark Weisbrot

In June of last year, when the Honduran military overthrew the social democratic government of Manuel Zelaya, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador took ...

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Ecuador's Coup That Wasn't

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecuador, Chavez, Alba, Cfr, Rafael Correa, Honduras Coup, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Quito, Coup, Unasur, World News
Joel D. Hirst

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was rescued last night from the Police Hospital in Quito after being held for over twelve hours by several hundred officers from the national police force.

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Ecuador Coup Attempt PHOTOS

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Correa, Ecuador Coup, Ecuador Golpe De Estado, Slidepollajax, Rafael Correa, World News

Included below are photos from the ecuador coup attempt, and the reactions across Latin America. Read the updates on the coup attempt here. ...

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Ecuador Declares 'State Of Siege' After Protesting Police Throw Country Into Chaos

AP | TATIANA COBA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecuador Airports, Ecuador President, Ecuador Police, Ecuador, Rafael Correa, Ecuador Correa, Slidepollajax, Ecuador Police Protests, World News

UPDATE: Susana Morán, a journalist in Ecuador is live tweeting from Quito. You can follow her stream of tweets in Spanish here. A quick transl...

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PHOTOS: Ecuador President Rafael Correa's Funky Shirts

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rafael Correa Ecuador, Rafael Correa Shirts, Rafael Correa, Rafael Correa Style, Slidepollajax, Rafael Correa Crazy Shirts, Style News

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has landed on our style radar thanks to his embroidered necklines, typically worn by men in the country. Lately, Co...

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The Fracas in Caracas

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Farc, Dirty War, Rafael Correa, Bashir Asad, Colombia, Elias Jaua, Opec, Organization of American States, Brazil, Baath Party, Iran, Ecuador, Ahmadinejad, Oas, Mohamed Ali Sineldin, Fidel Castro, Venezuela, Jose Serra, Argentina, Russia, Bolivarian Revolution, Chavismo, World News
Eric Ehrmann

Feeling a clear and present danger from Team Obama's new bases designed to contain the FARC, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is threatening retaliation and cutting off oil exports to his top customer, the U.S.

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Stone's Border Shows Fall of South America's Berlin Wall

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South America, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Afghanistan, Oliver Stone, International Monetary Fund, Rafael Correa, Chile, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Brazil, Foreign Policy, Ecuador, Iran, Gaza, Venezuela, Salvador Allende, Honduras, Israel, South of the Border, World News
Robert Naiman

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Dispatch from South of the Border

Fernando Sulichin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Rafael Correa, South of the Border, Cristina Fernandez De Kirchner, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, World News
Fernando Sulichin

South of the Borderseeks to shine light on the media's amazing misrepresentations of South America, the damage done by the IMF, and the common goals of South American independence and regional integration.

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Is Hugo Chavez the Kremlin's Useful Idiot?

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolivia, Lukoil, Iran, Communism, Rafael Correa, Hugo Chavez, Ahmadinejad, Latin America, Barack Obama, Russian Communist Party, Farc, Ecuador, Kremlin, Ivo Morales, Vladimir Putin, Oil Reserves, Nuclear Nonproliferation, World News
Eric Ehrmann

With the Communist Party finding a second life in Russia one wonders if trust is wearing thin between Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. The two leaders hold discussions in Caracas tomorrow.

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Dispatch From Caracas

Oliver Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Latin America Policy, Rafael Correa, Raul Castro, Cristina Fernandez De Kirchner, South of the Border, Evo Morales, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Fernando Lugo, World News
Oliver Stone

Is Hugo Chávez really the anti-American pariah we've read about for years? Is he really all that different from the other democratic, left-of-center leaders who now govern most of the region? I don't believe so.

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Yasuni-ITT: Chronicle of a Death Foretold?

Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rainforest, Ecuador, Rafael Correa, Environment, Oil, Amazon Watch, Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous People, Green News
Paul Paz y Miño

Ecuador's historic proposal to keep some 850 million barrels of crude that lay beneath the country's stunning Yasuní National Park hit a familiar roadblock last weekend.

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Media Battles in Latin America Not About "Free Speech"

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Right Wing Media, Bolivia, Media, Latin America, Ecuador, Rafael Correa, Free Speech, Fox News, Sinclair Broadcast Group, World News
Mark Weisbrot

International organizations who take an absolutist position with regard to free speech in countries such as Ecuador should apply the same standards to the United States.

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Ecuador's Rafael Correa: Copenhagen Climate Hero or Environmental Foe?

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copenhagen Climate Conference, Rafael Correa, Copenhagen 2009, Latin America, Global South, Ecuador, Green News
Nikolas Kozloff

One key figure pressuring the Global North to live up to its responsibilities is Rafael Correa, firebrand president of the small Andean nation of Ecuador.

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Latin America Leaders Seek A New Form Of Dictatorship

Global Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carlos Menem, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Colombia, Manuel Zelaya, Alberto Fujimori, Rafael Correa, Bogoto, World News

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Across Latin America, presidents are pulling strings and pressuring lawmakers to change their constitutions to allow for multiple ...

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Ecuador Election Makes Correa One Of Latin America's Most Successful Politicians

Council on Hemispheric Affairs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Correa Election, Correa Reelection, Latin America, Ecuador, Foreign Affairs, Rafael Correa, Advocacy, World News

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 ...

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Ecuador's Rafael Correa, A Chavez Ally, Likely To Tighten Grip On Power In Election

miamiherald.com | TYLER BRIDGES and STEPHAN KUEFFNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Correa Election, Rafael Correa, Latin America, Ecuador, Ecuador Correa, Foreign Affairs, Ecuador Election, Quito-Ecuador, World News

QUITO, Ecuador -- President Rafael Correa is poised to win reelection on Sunday, quite a feat in a politically turbulent country that has run through ...

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Coping with Crisis, Latin America Bucks the System

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolivia, Trade Agreement of the Peoples, Venezuela, Latin America, Rafael Correa, Sucre, Financial Crisis, Chavez, Honduras, Alba, World News
Laura Carlsen

The prospect of a unified Latin America that could finally stand up, not only to the U.S. but to the global financial system, appeals to global justice activists.

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Latin America Sends Congratulations--and a Piece of its Mind

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cuba Embargo, Cristina Kirchner, Lula, Latin America, Rafael Correa, Evo Morales, Obama, Plan Mexico, Barack Obama, Plan Colombia, Multilateralism, Politics News
Laura Carlsen

Pundits have said that the election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States won't change the nation's world image overnight. But in ...

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