1. The Madoff Scandal Exposes Government Failure
(Newsletter)

...the southern city of Basra was hit by mortar fire, officials said. CONTINUE... Colombia alleges Farc-Correa link Top_news By Agencies    Saturday, 18 July 2009 A video that Colombia...

2. Avnery on Durban Conference
(Newsletter)

...encies    Sunday, 26 April 2009 Ecuadoreans are voting in a historic election in which Rafael Correa, the country's president, is widely expected to win a second four-year term in office. ...

3. Colombia and US sign military pact
(News/Global)

...ast nine years. The pact marks the move of the US's anti-narcotics hub from Manta in Ecuador after Rafael Correa, the country's leader and Chavez's ally, refused to allow an increase in the US's prese...

4. Ecuador wants money not to drill
(News/S+T)

...on not to drill for oil in a pristine Amazon reserve. Germany and Spain have expressed interest in Rafael Correa's idea, which environmentalists say could set a precedent in the fight against global w...

5. Reviewing Project Censored's Latest Top 25 Censored Stories
(Opinions/Features)

...t service far exceeding the principal borrowed, at a staggering human cost. In December, President Rafael Correa announced his country would default. In April 2009, he was re-elected overwhelmingly. ...

6. Ecuador Indians clash with police
(News/Global)

...uador's southeast after Indians wounded police with pellets, Jalkh said. 'Permanent mobilisation' Rafael Correa, the Ecuadorean president, met Indian groups on Wednesday, but talks ended after eight ...

7. War Looming Against Venezuela
(Opinions/op-ed)

...g military presence whose objective and capacity go much further than Colombia’s internal needs.” Rafael Correa, the leftist President of Ecuador has refused to extend the American lease on its only ...

8. Will Venezuelan Destabilization Follow the Honduran Coup?
(Opinions/Features)

...eaten Chavez and his allies and will replace the Manta, Ecuador base, now closing, after president Rafeal Correa declined to renew its lease last year. At the time, The New York Times called it "...

9. Global Financial Crises and Hugo Chavez
(Opinions/Bulletin)

... Shows The Way Hugo Chavez along with his counterparts namely Eva Morales of Bolivia and President Rafael Correa of Ecuador and counterparts in Argentine Paraguay and Brazil has together been challeng...

10. Will the CIA Kill or Oust Ecuador’s President?
(Opinions/Politic)

Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa may not be long for this world, both in a political sense and in genuine life-or-death sense. He recently fired his defense minister, army chief of intelligence, and