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TV station suspended and

12/29/09 05:05

Private Television station in Ecuador - Teleamazonas had been suspended by the country's telecommunications authority by three days has raised issues and concerns about freedom of speech and press freedom.

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Ecuador needs to earn free trade with the United States

Evidence of Ecuador's hostility to the United States have been ignored, as well as assertions of a misleading nature, that Chevron is calling for an end to the beneficiary status for the Latin American country, this would be under the Andean Trade Preferences Act.

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general manager at Ecuador Central Bank retires

Karina Saenz, general manager of Ecuador's Central Bank, had resigned on Wednesday immediately after her President, Rafael Correa, had harshly criticized the institution.

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blocking Chevron, would be the goal of Ecuador

On Friday, a United States court had been asked to intervene in its long running environmental battle with Chevron Corporation, known simply as being an oil giant, in the world of such matters.

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the marine life of Galapagos Islands is in danger

Over fishing, as well as the climate change issue have both, collectively devastated the wildlife of coastal Galapagos Islands, significantly too. This fact is according to scientists that are based over in Ecuador.

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in January, Ecuador is to begin New Oil contract negotiations

In the month of January, in an attempt to alter the current contracts held with private oil companies in Ecuador, the government of the country is to begin negotiations. This was according to the minister of nonrenewable natural resources, Germanico Pinto, who said so himself, on Monday.

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