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- Ecuador Targets a U.S. Air Base
When the Colombian military made two months ago, it may well have removed more than just a camp full of leftist Colombian guerrillas. The raid may wind up taking out a $70 million U.S. air force base as well. On Monday, Ecuadorian President Rafael
- Ecuador court: Ex-president can run again
Diggdel.icio.us AIM reprint print email Associated Press Former President Lucio Gutiérrez can run for public office again after completing a two-year suspension for campaign finance infractions, Ecuador's top election court announced late Tuesday. The
- Argentina's Menem faces July trial
Buenos Aires - Former two-term president Carlos Menem will go on trial July 8 for allegedly smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia from 1991 to 1995, a charge that can send him to prison for 12 years, a court official said. Menem, 77, as senator for
- VENEZUELA, ECUADOR TO SEEK BIDS FOR NEW REFINERY
Venezuela, Ecuador to seek bids for new refinery May-13-2008 Eric Watkins Senior Correspondent LOS ANGELES, May 13 -- Venezuelan and Ecuadoran state-owned oil and gas companies Petroleos de Venezuela SA and Petroecuador plan to form a joint venture
- Argentina's Menem To Face Trial For Alleged Arms Smuggling
BUENOS AIRES (AFP)--Former two-term president Carlos Menem will go on trial July 8 for allegedly smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia from 1991 to 1995, a charge that can send him to prison for 12 years, a court official said. Menem, 77, as senator
- Ecuador offers its soil for release of FARC hostages
PARIS -- Ecuador is willing to allow the use of its territory for any release of hostages held by Colombia's main rebel group, President Rafael Correa said Tuesday. Correa, speaking in Paris following a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy,
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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A border war with Peru that flared in 1995 was resolved in 1999.
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