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Pacifico Colombiano: Hot Sounds from Colombia's Violence-Plagued Pacific Coast

Modiba | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Ecuador, Bogota, Pacifico, Columbia, Farc, Salsa, African Music, Music, Pacifico Colombiano, World News

This is HuffPost World's regular feature that highlights interesting musicians and musical trends around the world. Know of a great musician doing g...

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Prince Charles heads to Galapagos Islands

Dygest.net Green | Dygest.net | Posted 03.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Prince Charles, Quito, Ecuador, Brazil, Chile, Home News

Prince Charles was to head Monday to the Galapagos Islands on the final leg of a 10-day South American tour highlighting his commitment to battling c...

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U.S. Protests Expulsions Of Diplomats From Ecuador

CNN | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Mark Sullivan, u.s. Embassy Ecuador, Ambassador to Ecuador, Ecuador, U.S. Embassy, State Department, World News

The State Department called the expulsion of the second U.S. diplomat from Ecuador in just over a week "unjustified," rejecting charges the diplomats ...

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Latin America's Populist Revolutions Driven -- And Written -- By Spanish Scholars

Washingtonpost.com | Joshua Partlow | Posted 03.20.2009 | World

Read More: Referendum Venezuela, Venezuela, Ecuador, Latin America, Bolivia, Hugo Chavez Venezuela Referendum, Venzuela Referendum, European Legal Scholars Latin America, Roberto Viciano Pastor, World News

LA PAZ, Bolivia -- Once a product of armed rebellion, the revolution in Latin America today is taking place on paper in the form of new constitutions,...

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Martians Land in Quito

Cecilia Alvear | Posted 03.16.2009 | World

Read More: Martians Quito, Latin America, War of the Worlds, Radio Quito, Quito, Orson Welles, Ecuador, Martians Latacunga, Quito Martians, World News

Sixty years ago, on the night of February 12, 1949, the Martians landed in my hometown of Quito, the capital of Ecuador. I am here as a visitor to this now big city reminiscing.

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Where Animals Don't Run Away

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Science, Ecuador, Evolution, Animals, Charles Darwin, Galapagos Islands, Lizards, Environment, Green News

A visit to the Galapagos is something of a pilgrimage for biologists; relative to their tiny area, these islands have contributed a disproportionate amount to our understanding of life on this planet.

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Another Murdered: Pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act

Kety Esquivel | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Jose Sucuzhanay, Brooklyn, Obama Administration, Obama Administration Challenges, Congress, Hispanics, Race, Romel Sucuzhanay, New York, Death, Racial Epithet, Ecuador, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Nclr, Online, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Marcelo Lucero, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Long Island, Immigration Debate, Immigration Policy, Politics News

NCLR has joined other civil rights and Latino leaders to urge Congress and the new administration to make passage of the "Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act" a priority.

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Ecuador Defaults, Vows To Fight "Monster" Creditors

Reuters | Maria Eugenia Tello | Posted 01.13.2009 | World

Read More: Ecuador, Ecuador Foreign Sovereign Bonds, Ecuador Defaults, Ecuador Economic Crisis, Ecuador Defaults Debt, World News

President Rafael Correa declared a default on Ecuador's foreign sovereign bonds on Friday, vowing to fight "monster" debt-holders in court in one of m...

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Why The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Needs Reform

Andrew Woods | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Human Rights, Ecuador, Enviornmental Law, Chevron, Burma, Bowoto, Newmont Mining Company, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Bowoto v. Chevron, Oil, Nigeria, Corruption, Big Oil, Business News

Paying the soldiers of foreign countries to moonlight as a private security force is an inherently corrupting practice that undermines the rule of law and the neutrality of a foreign army.

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Memo to Americans Spying for Another Country or Considering It

Keith Thomson | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: On the Ground 2008, Egypt, The Netherlands, Taiwan, Jordan, Hungary, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, The Philippines, Iraq, China, South Africa, The United Kingdom, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Al-Qaeda, Russia, Austria, Greece, Germany, Relationships, Ghana, Spying, Liberia, Japan, El Salvador, France, Ecuador, South Korea, Poland, Libya, Israel, Cuba, North Korea, Politics News

A recent Defense Department report cites cases of 173 Americans arrested between 1947 and 2007 for passing state secrets to al-Qaeda, China, Egypt, Cuba, Poland, Germany, Russia, North Korea, France, among others.

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Where is Obama on Social Media and E-Government?

Ari Herzog | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Media, Kazakhstan, E-Government, Bulgaria, Unesco, Ecuador, World Bank, East Africa, New Media, Vietnam, Technology, Barack Obama, Politics News

At a time when the World Bank describes the Obama Administration as embracing e-government themes, why does the President-elect's own tech roadmap fail to mention it by name?

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Charles James: Chevron's In-House Karl Rove?

Andrew Woods | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

One of the more interesting aspects of the Bowoto v. Chevron case has been the role played by attorney Charles James, who is considered a disciple of Karl Rove-style legal and political tactics.

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South America: Recession Can Be Avoided

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: South, Treasury Department, Balance of Payments, Venezuela, Stabilization Fund, America, Opec, World Bank, Economy, Reserves, Brazil, Ecuador, Imf, Bolivia, Business News

There is good reason to believe that South America, in particular, can weather this storm with minimal damage if it adopts the right macro-economic policies.

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90 Year-Old Giant Tortoise Mates

Treehugger | Kimberley D. Mok | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Endangered Animals, Ecuador, Environment, Pinta Islands, Fertility, Gian Tortoise, Animals, Cute Animals, Galapagos Islands, Green News

Ninety years old and considered one of the world's rarest organisms, the giant tortoise from the Galapagos Islands known as "Lonesome George" stunned...

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Dreaming the Future Can Create the Future

Kenny Ausubel | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

We stand at the threshold of a singular opportunity in the human experiment: To re-imagine how to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations.

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Iran's Offensive in Latin America: The Chicago Connection

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: U.S. Latin America Policy, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, Latin America Policy, Ecuador, Chicago, Hezbollah, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Iran Latin America, Eyal Sela, Israel Iran, Chicago News

Tuesday morning, the Honorable Eyal Sela, Israel's Ambassador to Ecuador, held a roundtable discussion about Iran's growing influence in Latin America.

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Is Ecuador Feeling Chevron's Pressure?

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Environment, Ecuador, John McCain, Chevron, Trade, Barack Obama, Peter DeFazio, Business News

Chevron has been lobbying the U.S. government to pressure Ecuador to intervene the dispute between Chevron and 30,000 Amazon jungle dwellers suing the company for environmental damages.

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DeFazio to USTR: Say No to Chevron's Bullying!

Robert Naiman | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Ecuador, Chevron Pollution, Barack Obama, Peter DeFazio, Ustr, Green News

Last week, Chevron announced a second quarter profit of $6 billion. It would seem that Chevron could afford to compensate Ecuadoran peasants for toxic dumping in the Amazon.

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Ecuador's Oil Companies Offered Buyouts By Government

AP | Posted 05.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Ecuador, Oil Companies, Ecuador Oil, Oil Company Buyouts, Business News

QUITO, Ecuador — President Rafael Correa says Ecuador wants to buy out private oil companies unwilling to negotiate new deals with his governmen...

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Powerful Earthquake Hits Peru-Ecuador Border

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Ecuador, Peru, Earthquake, Home News

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...

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