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Colombia deal gives US access to military bases

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

Colombia granted the United States access to seven military bases on Friday for anti-drug operations, signing a deal that has angered South American countries wary of any US deployment in the region. Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez and the US ambassador to ...

US-Colombia military bases deal signed

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

Colombia and the United States signed Friday a deal granting the US military access to Colombian bases that had been fiercely opposed by several South American nations. The text of the controversial agreement, which Washington says is aimed to boost cooperation in ...

Felon involved in clandestine videos in Ecuador

AP News 22 days ago

California man who videotaped alleged corruption in suit against Chevron in Ecuador a felon A man who made clandestine video recordings used to discredit Ecuador in a $27 billion oil contamination lawsuit is a convicted felon with a history of legal troubles, ...

Russia, Ecuador sign deals on arms, energy

AP News 22 days ago

Russia and Ecuador sign deals on military helicopters, energy President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called new arms and energy deals between Russia and Ecuador just a beginning as Moscow strives to deepen ties in Latin America. Medvedev and Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa ...

Russia, Ecuador praise ties but no rebel recognition

AFP Global Edition 22 days ago

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Ecuadoran counterpart Rafael Correa pledged Thursday to ramp up cooperation in energy and defence as the Kremlin seeks to revive Soviet-era ties with Latin America. But there was no hint the leftist Ecuador leader would please ...

Ecuador leader in Russia for energy, defence talks

AFP Global Edition 22 days ago

Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa was Thursday in Moscow on a mission to obtain Russian military hardware and loans, with Russia reportedly hoping he will recognize Georgian rebel regions in return. On a first official visit by an Ecuadoran leader to Russia, Correa ...

Firms accept Ecuador plan to break pharma patents

AFP Global Edition 22 days ago

Foreign pharmaceutical firms including Pfizer have agreed to accept Ecuador's decision to bypass patents on 2,000 drugs in order to produce them locally or buy cheaper versions elsewhere. "We accept the democratic decision... to legally implement this extraordinary measure," the 14 companies ...

Ecuador wants funds to stop rainforest oil output

Reuters Environmental Online Report 24 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Germany, Spain and France have expressed interest in a pioneering Ecuadorean plan not to pump oil from under a tropical forest in return for international compensation, Ecuadorean officials said on Tuesday. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, on a London visit, ...

Ecuador to Europe: Pay us not to drill in Amazon

AP News 24 days ago

Ecuador president heads to Europe seeking $3 billion to keep Amazon oil in ground Ecuador's president is in London this week to promote a unique proposal: pay his country $3 billion not to drill for oil in a pristine Amazon reserve. Germany ...

Latam leftists agree on new currency, sanction Honduras

AFP Global Edition 34 days ago

Leftist Latin American leaders have agreed on the creation of a regional currency to scale back on the use of the US dollar as well as economic sanctions against Honduran coup leaders. Nine countries of ALBA, a leftist bloc conceived by Venezuelan ...

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