http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/218/ en_GB_uk Ecuador http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163108/1/ Joe Berlinger describes making Crude as “heartbreaking and inspiring”. That will surely also be the verdict of most viewers. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85028 The French company tipped to transform Peru’s economy is having its income from oil revenues frozen in neighbouring Ecuador, it has been announced. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84179 Growing global demand for oil and gas is leading to an unprecedented level of exploration and development in the western Amazon, according to a study. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159918/1/ The UN needs to address women's reproductive rights as it conducts the first "peer reviews" of member countries' human rights records, says a coalition of 11 rights groups from around the world. From: Center for Reproductive Rights http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83015 Fair Trade flowers are the latest product in the United States to be certifiably produced under fair labor practices and rigorous environmental standards. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82791 As diplomatic and military tensions between Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela rise, Forrest Hylton delves into the complex relationships between Colombian President Uribe and his political allies, the right-wing paramilitaries, Chávez, and the FARC. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81605 The governments of Ecuador and Peru recently approved three new major oil projects threatening biodiversity and isolated indigenous groups in the Upper Amazon Basin. From: Environment News Service http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80618 After a resounding electoral victory built on the back of indigenous and social movements, Ecuador's governing party is expected to draft a new constitution to create social and economic institutions that "benefit the people," says Latin America scholar Roger Burbach. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80530 Ecuador's president has proposed a pioneering plan to ban oil drilling in a key area of the Amazon, if an effort is made by the world community to compensate the country for the $4.5 billion of revenue it will forego. From: Amazon Watch http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80285 Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa's new blog intends to involve citizens in the formation of government and counteract the views of traditional media. Correa's fellow bloggers have greeted the initiative with a mix of skepticism, ridicule, and optimism. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/78734 It has been seven years since Ecuador's Sarayaku community began fighting an information war with the oil company CGC to keep control of their territories. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77731 After teaching elementary school for ten weeks in a small village in rural Ecuador, I came away from the experience with a lot more than the standard shock at the poverty and conditions in the developing world. Instead, I was surprised by how little is really needed to change those conditions. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77268 Rafael Correa's leftist government has moved assertively in its foreign relations during its first month in office, particularly in its approach to the United States and Colombia. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/145492/1/ Colombia has resumed spraying to destroy coca plants allegedly grown in the region that borders Ecuador. But the U.S.-funded operation seems to be causing a lot of collateral damage. http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75923 In this young democracy, only 27 years old, the presidency has had a tumultuous history. In the last 15 years, only one elected president has finished out his term. In the last ten years, Ecuador has had eight presidents.