New Highs for Oil, Saudi Crocodile Tears, Ecuador's Elegance
The impact of the production cutback has escalated the price of oil by some 150%, delivering a body blow to the world economy.
The impact of the production cutback has escalated the price of oil by some 150%, delivering a body blow to the world economy.
AP | Posted 05.18.2008 | Home
QUITO, Ecuador — President Rafael Correa says Ecuador wants to buy out private oil companies unwilling to negotiate new deals with his governmen...
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home
Washington has alienated Latin America through its economic policy prescriptions, which are widely associated with Latin America's unprecedented long-term economic failure.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 03.05.2008 | Home
Ordinarily, Chavez would not constitute anything more than yet another Latin dictator making hay by tweaking Uncle Sam. But Chavez is more than just an irritant.
Robert Naiman | Posted 03.04.2008 | Home
Hillary Clinton acts as if the "event" is not the Colombian attack in Ecuador, but the Venezuelan response. This is 100% wrong.
AP | Posted 11.16.2007 | Home
A powerful earthquake shook the border region of Ecuador and Peru late Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage. Local media...
Ann Brown | Posted 10.25.2007 | Home
As I headed to the store my car radio was tuned into BBC. I listened to an interview with Matt Flannery, the founder of Kiva.org, a new micro finance organization. I pulled over to take notes. Kiva was me, mine, a void filler in the finest form.
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Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.21.2008 | Home