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Chevron Ecuador: Judge Kaplan Sort-Of Punks Steven Donziger With RICO Rulin
2012-05-16 03:37:00 Steve Donziger, the lead plaintiff lawyer in a fraudulent lawsuit pitting Chevron against Ecuador, managed to really piss off U.S. Southern District Of New York Judge Lewis Kaplan on April 26, 2011. That action, arguably, led to this week’s news that the same Kaplan upheld Chevron’s RICO lawsuit against Donziger, and also came very close (Read More...)
Ecuador?s President Correa Runs Country ?Like A Dictator?
2012-05-03 22:15:00 A friend of mine, a good friend of this blogger, just returned from spending a good year in Ecuador. Her report was that she enjoyed the people she met, but the family was less than honest, and President Rafael Correa is running the country “like a dictator.” “He’s put the clamps on free speech,” she (Read More...)
Ecuador?s President Correa Runs Country ?Like A Dictator?
2012-05-03 22:15:00 A friend of mine, a good friend of this blogger, just returned from spending a good year in Ecuador. Her report was that she enjoyed the people she met, but the family was less than honest, and President Rafael Correa is running the country “like a dictator.” “He’s put the clamps on free speech,” she (Read More...)
Chevron Wins Victory In Chevron Ecuador Case
2012-04-05 19:17:00 Chevron won a battle in the issue of the fraudulent lawsuit stemming from it’s 20 year old departure from oil production in Ecuador. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan granted an order to reject plaintiff’s request to have the American Oil company pay a $21.8 million fine for “lost time following a previous injunction (Read More...)
Chevron Wins Victory In Chevron Ecuador Case
2012-04-05 19:17:00 Chevron won a battle in the issue of the fraudulent lawsuit stemming from it’s 20 year old departure from oil production in Ecuador. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan granted an order to reject plaintiff’s request to have the American Oil company pay a $21.8 million fine for “lost time following a previous injunction (Read More...)
How Ecuador?s immigration policy helps al Qaeda | Shadow Government
2012-04-03 19:56:00 In June of 2008, the Ecuadorian government opened its borders to foreigners and ended visa requirements to enter its territory. This opened the floodgates to nationals from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia (e.g., Afghanistan, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Iran, …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
Chevron Ecuador Judge Nicolas Zambrano Dismissed; Correa Reverses On Media
2012-03-08 14:36:00 Nicolas Zambrano, the judge that awarded his own country fraudulently-obtained victory in the long-standing lawsuit against Chevron, was dismissed on Wednesday for the freeing of Cristian Suquisupa. What Zambrano did was to reportedly find technicalities in Cristian Suquisupa’s documents that allowed him to go free. From the read of the news, and considering Ecuador’s corrupt (Read More...)
Chevron Ecuador: Permanent Court of Arbitration Blocks Ecuador From $18 Bil
2012-02-20 08:17:00 The latest twist in the Chevron Ecuador legal battle has sent Amazon Defense Coalition Spokesperson Karen Hinton into a crazy lather, issuing wild press releases with the angry passion of a diva singer called Samantha who didn’t get the part she wanted in a movie. But the finding of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in (Read More...)
Chevron Ecuador: Steven Donziger Dissected In The New Yorker
2012-02-13 19:08:00 As the environmental case pitting Chevron against Ecaudor advances, there has been a lot written about it. But no article completely describes and dissects the role of lead Plaintiff’s Lawyer Steven Donziger like the one in the January 9th edition of The New Yorker. The work written by Patrick Radden Keefe explains not just the (Read More...)
Is Deepwater Horizon the New Ecuador?
2012-01-31 19:30:00 Nearly two years after the worst accidental offshore oil spill in the history of the energy industry, some of the biggest companies in the world are busy pointing their legal fingers at one another in court over who has to pay what in claims, damages and fines over the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil spill. A federal judge this week ruled that BP is still obligated to a clause in its contract with Transocean that would protect the rig owner from damages related to the spill. That means BP still has to shell out money to settle claims filed by those along the southern U.S. coast impacted by the spill. BP, meanwhile, is suing Halliburton, something Halliburton said was ridiculous. . . . → Read More: Is Deepwater Horizon the New Ecuador?
By: Jutia Group
Cruising in Galapagos is exciting and adventurous
2012-01-30 23:23:00 Cruising in Galapagos Island is an unusual trip that makes your holiday more adventurous and exciting. If you want to enjoy the complete Island, you require at least eight days for covering the whole area. It is always advisable to visit the Island by ship available at variable costs. These ships are well designed and ...
NY Times, Washington Post Show Ecuador President Correa?s Corruption
2012-01-24 19:59:00 For those who romanticized Ecuador as a fair, democratic country with solid “freedom of the press” laws, much like America, it’s time to wake up. As I have explained in blog posts and video like this one… Ecuador is a corrupt country, where press freedom is nothing more than fantasy. See these excerpts from both (Read More...)
Chevron Ecuador: Kerry Kennedy To Make $40 Million Off Scam Lawsuit
2012-01-17 19:31:00 Talk about being party to an extortion. This blogger saw a Chevron Ecuador-related post on Kerry Kennedy and thought “Man, never saw her name involved in all this much until recently.” Now, I know why. According to The New York Post, the environmental ambulance-chasing, ceviche-eating-while-planning-f-raud-on-video, self-described “lawyer for the plaintiffs” Steven Donziger not only gave (Read More...)
Ecuador?s Corrupt Court Confirms $18 Billion Award Against Chevron - Steven
2012-01-04 22:58:00 In an action that comes as no surprise to anyone, an Ecuador appeals court confirmed the decision by Ecuador to award an $18 billion damage award to Ecuador. Ecuador’s court, long accused of bribery and beset with scandal, would not dream of going against the wishes of that country’s President Rafael Correa. Consider that President (Read More...)
Chevron Ecuador: Petroecuador Plans To Clean Up Its Oil Mess
2011-12-16 22:36:00 Since 2008, this blogger has said that the Ecuador land damage that Chevron was blamed for was really the fault of the state-run oil company called Petroecuador, and because Chevron has not operated in the country since 1992, and over that time Petroecuador and other oil companies were and were using those oil lands that (Read More...)
Chevron Ecuador: Enviromental Scientist Ignores Data, Makes Up New Claims
2011-12-12 19:19:00 Lost in the flurry of lawsuits around the matter of Chevron oil production operations in Ecuador until 1992, – including Ecuador’s claim that Chevron did not clean up the land, and Chevron’s counter that it not only did clean up the land used, but that Ecuador’s state-run oil company Petroecuador took over the pits and (Read More...)
The Iguana Park in Guayaquil
2011-11-24 19:00:00 Parque Seminario, located in downtown Guayaquil (10 de Agosto Ave & Chile Ave), is an urban park like none other that I’ve experienced. In a city with very little in the way of sightseeing opportunities, this public park featuring a plethora of land iguanas tops most visitor’s “to-do” list.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
By: GoBackpacking
Chevron Should Stay Course In Ecuador Case, Ignore Shell Issue
2011-10-19 20:08:00 There are calls in some media areas and by some oil industry analysts for Chevron to consider a payment settlement in the Ecuador case, and because the U.S. Supreme Court elected to hear the Shell Oil Nigeria Human Rights case. This is a plea from Oppenheimer analyst Fadel Gheit, as reported in Platts. But it’s (Read More...)
Sep 24, Turismo en Ecuador: Islas Galapagos
2011-09-24 10:59:00 (Video por Tamara Bokuchava) Este viaje fue inesperado. Medio en broma lo hablé con mis compañeras de trabajo que me encantaría ir y una de ellas
Sep 16, Attractions in Ecuador: Waterfalls of Banos
2011-09-16 08:03:00 I live and vacation in Ecuador. Recently I had family visiting, so we headed of to the popular traveler destination of Baños (de Agua Santa in the
Kostas Karamitroudis: Gus G shot in the dark Ecuador 2011
2011-05-14 00:04:00 Gus G. Solo. Ozzy en Ecuador Abril 2011
(4/2011) Moving Our Lives To Ecuador
2011-04-06 23:07:00 Susan Schenck-- The time came for us to move our lives to Ecuador. So my husband and I went back to San Diego to get our stuff out of storage and on the ship. It was going to cost around $7,700 to do this; so many Americans will just sell everything and buy new things here. But I wanted my library of 1400 books. We felt like we were back in the USA as soon as we got on the plane. Toilet seat covers, what a novelty! We had managed to live without them for seven months without getting any strange disease. Now back in the consumer capital of the world, my mission was to fill up that 20-foot container crate! And I had precisely two weeks to do it. This meant shopping for 12 or even 14-hour days! I felt like I was in some sort of game show where you are challenged to fill up your shopping crate in X number of hours. The Ecuadorian rules were that you can’t ship anything new (unless you want to pay 50% duty on it), so I dutifully used everything, even if it meant wearing s...
By: BasilandSpice
Reflexiones apuradas sobre lo que pasó en Ecuador
2010-10-04 01:23:00 El día Jueves fue un día agitado para mi desde el punto de vista laboral, por lo que tarde tomé contacto con lo que estaba sucediendo en Ecuador. Fueron momentos tensos, dramáticos y aleccionadores. Era inimaginable pensar que algo así, con características gangsteriles y grotescas pudiera suceder. Sin embargo, la resuelta y decidida actitud del Presidente Correa sorprendió, no ya porque no se creyese en su valentía, sino porque fue mas de lo esperable en cualquier circunstancia parecida. La forma en que encaró a sus secuestradores y los desafió a asesinarlo, si es que eso pretendían los puso en jaque y demostró su debilidad. En su desesperación los golpistas bloquearon inclusive el acceso a internet, pero desde la habitación en la que estaba secuestrado Correa seguía informando al mundo, mientras el pueblo ecuatoriano ganaba la calle. El soft power de Hillary Clinton y Obama perdía esta vez, Latinoamérica los ponía en evidencia dejando al desnudo su hipocresía El juego...
'Hoodwinked' author John Perkins saves Mr. Media from the economic hit men
2010-05-25 20:33:00 Cover via Amazon By BOB ANDELMAN Forget Stephen King novels. If you want some really scary bedtime reading, I?m going to recommend John Perkins new non-fiction book, Hoodwinked. It?ll leave you afraid to turn off the lights at night. Hoodwinked is the sequel to Perkins? previous book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, and it is an eyes wide awakener. You?ll feel like you?ve been living in La-La Land all your life after reading the no-bullshit revelations about how the world?s corporatocracy really operates. You might also feel like taking a long, hot shower because learning how American businesses really operate around the world is more alarming than any Oliver Stone paranoid cinematic fantasy. It?s almost too wild a tale; it would be easier to believe if the book was just one story of naked greed and ambition, but Hoodwinked is page after page of ugly Americanism. John Perkins Website ? Facebook JOHN PERKINS AUDIO EXCERPT: "We in the United States are being told we...
By: Mr. Media
fabriggli Sommerparty mit RoCola Bacalao (Ecuador) und Luca Little (CH)
2010-05-08 15:48:00 SAMSTAG, 5. JUNI, TÜR/GARTENBEIZ 19.30 UHR, KONZERT AB 20.30 UHRSommerparty mit RoCola Bacalao (Ecuador, Latin/Ska/Salsa) und Luca Little (CH, Alternative/Pop). Gartenbeiz mit Grill und Salatbuffet. Cocktailbar.Bongos, Trompeten und Saxophone bestimmen den Rhythmus: Nach acht Bandjahren und vier Alben ist RoCola Bacalao eine der berühmtesten und geschätztesten Bands aus dem kleinen Andenstaat Ecuador. Ihre massive Bühnenpräsenz und ihre zugleich urbane wie auf ihre Wurzeln bezogene Art, die lateinamerikanische Musik zu interpretieren, machen sie zu einem absoluten Highlight. Sie selbst nennt sich «banda más chimba del Ecuador» (aussergewöhnlichste Band Ecuadors) und kommt mit ihrem aktuellen Album «Infierno» nach Europa, um selbst steife helvetische Hüften zum Tanzen zu bringen. www.myspace.com/larocolitaIm Vorfeld wird der junge Singer/Songwriter Luca Little spielen, bei schönem Wetter in der Gartenbeiz. Begleitet wird er von einem zweiten Gitarristen sowie einem Keyboarder. Auf se...
By: Music Scene
Faces From Around the World: Ecuador 002
2009-12-21 20:30:00 The locals in Quilotoa were some of the nicest people I have met so far in Ecuador.Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
By: GoBackpacking
Faces From Around the World: Ecuador 002
2009-12-21 20:30:00 The locals in Quilotoa were some of the nicest people I have met so far in Ecuador.Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
By: GoBackpacking
Faces From Around the World: Ecuador
2009-11-30 20:00:00 Her favorite saying when visiting the USA was "English never...Spanish always!" Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
By: GoBackpacking
Faces From Around the World: Ecuador
2009-11-30 20:00:00 Her favorite saying when visiting the USA was "English never...Spanish always!" Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
By: GoBackpacking
US abandons only Ecuadoran military base
2009-09-22 05:47:00 The US military on Friday returned to Ecuador a base it has been using for a decade for regional anti-drug operations, as critics seethe over its controversial replacement in neighboring Colombia. Ecuadoran authorities took control of the US Forward Operation Location (FOL) at the Eloy Alfaro Air Force base in the Pacific port of Manta to ...
By: 1913 Intel
Bolivia Vs Ecuador Live & Highlights
2009-09-07 08:06:00 Bolivia Vs Ecuador Live & Highlights Bolivia plays Ecuador in FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifying live soccer match with highlights. Watch Bolivia – Ecuador live, highlights, free online at Goalcentre. Bolivia vs Ecuador live :- Date : September 09, 2009 Kick Off Time : 20.00 UK Time Venue : Bolivia Sopcast - Media Player - Watch Bolivia – Ecuador live soccer match below ...
Colombia Vs Ecuador Live & Highlights
2009-09-04 14:17:00 Colombia Vs Ecuador Live & Highlights Colombia plays Ecuador in FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifying live soccer match with highlights. Watch Colombia – Ecuador live, highlights, free online at Goalcentre. Colombia vs Ecuador live :- Date : September 05, 2009 Kick Off Time : 21.30 UK Time Venue : Colombia Sopcast - Media Player - Watch Colombia – Ecuador live soccer match below ...
También en Ecuador: Amenaza de cierre a canal de TV por ser opositor
2009-06-10 15:40:00 No es casual, por algo llaman a Rafael Correa, el “Chávez ecuatoriano”. El canal televisivo Teleamazonas tiene la amenaza de cierre y está denunciando la persecución por parte del régimen de Rafael Correa que lo acusa de opositor. “Los trabajadores de Teleamazonas en Quito salieron hoy a la calle a protestar. La mayoría se ...
Ecuador v. Chevron And The Associated Press' Bad Coverage
2008-12-23 05:10:00 I saw the Associated Press' report on the Ecuador / Chevron case and was shocked at the lack of mention of Ecuador's responsibility to it's poorest people. Here' I take on Ecuador for its poor economic development record.
Ecuador alcanza los 11.16 millones de móviles activos
2008-12-18 04:58:00 Si ya nos habíamos alegrado porque Latinoamerica es una de las zonas donde la telefonía móvil crece más rápidamente, hoy nos enteramos que nuestros amigos ecuatorianos ya cuentan con 11.16 millones de líneas telefónicas móviles activas lo que se traduce en que 8 de cada 10 personas tienen una. Entre las operadoras más populares nos encontramos ...
By: TecnoSquad
Brasil empata con Colombia y Venezuela derrota a Ecuador
2008-10-16 06:00:00 Brasil empata con Colombia y Venezuela derrota a Ecuador. Mientras la canharinha logró un pésimo empate sin goles frente a Colombia en el Maracaná. Los Ecuatorianos cayeron jugando de visita por 3 goles a 1 frente a Venezuela.
By: La Página
Marcelo Bielsa opta por esquema de partido contra Ecuador y saca a Valdivia
2008-10-15 21:00:00 Marcelo Bielsa opta por esquema de partido contra Ecuador y saca a Valdivia. Así la oncena para el partido clasificatorio de hoy frente a Argentina a las 20:10hrs sería: Bravo; Medel, Ponce, Contreras; Vidal, Carmona, Estrada; Fernández; Orellana, Suazo y González.
By: La Página
Ecuador has new constitution; opposition worried
2008-09-30 03:19:00 Ecuador has new constitution; opposition worried QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa urged his opponents Monday to join his efforts to build a more just society, saying the overwhelming victory of his constitutional referendum gives him a broad mandate. “Thank God my triumph was so convincing and so crushing, beyond all our expectations,” he ...
By: TexasFred's
Ecuador Lawyer Pablo Fajardo Says Chevron Ecuador Case Could End In 2011
2008-09-24 04:51:00 This is new and extraordinary news, considering that both sides expected a ruling this year. Well, someone's going to have to finance Steve Donziger for another three years! By Mercedes Alvaro - Dow Jones Newswires, September 16, 2008: 5:47 PM QUITO - (Dow Jones)- A five-year-old environmental-damage trial in Ecuador against U.S. oil company Chevron Corp. (CVX) could take at least two or three more years, lawyers said Tuesday. The delay is expected after objections to an April report from a court- appointed expert were received by a court in Lago Agrio. The report prepared by Richard Cabrera, a geologist and environmental consultant, recommended that Chevron pay at least $8.3 billion, and maybe as much as $16 billion, in compensation for environmental damage in Ecuador. Chevron is facing the lawsuit in Ecuador for alleged contamination by its Texaco unit in the Amazon region of Lago Agrio. The company is accused of having used out-of-date technology that led to environmenta...
Ecuador Lawyer Pablo Fajardo Says Chevron Ecuador Case Could End In 2011
2008-09-24 04:51:00 This is new and extraordinary news, considering that both sides expected a ruling this year. Well, someone's going to have to finance Steve Donziger for another three years! By Mercedes Alvaro - Dow Jones Newswires, September 16, 2008: 5:47 PM QUITO - (Dow Jones)- A five-year-old environmental-damage trial in Ecuador against U.S. oil company Chevron Corp. (CVX) could take at least two or three more years, lawyers said Tuesday. The delay is expected after objections to an April report from a court- appointed expert were received by a court in Lago Agrio. The report prepared by Richard Cabrera, a geologist and environmental consultant, recommended that Chevron pay at least $8.3 billion, and maybe as much as $16 billion, in compensation for environmental damage in Ecuador. Chevron is facing the lawsuit in Ecuador for alleged contamination by its Texaco unit in the Amazon region of Lago Agrio. The company is accused of having used out-of-date technology that led to environmenta...
CNN report: Ecuador: Everything old is new again in Quito
2008-09-18 22:22:00 Everything old is new again in Quito An interesting Report about Quito, Ecuador; an effort to preserve, restore and bring back the “Colonial” contrast, beauty, respect and a 15th-18th century shine, rich and renewed history. Isatraveller addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latinamerica4-less.com%2Fblog%2Findex.php%2F2-008%2F09%2Fcnn-everything-old-i-s-new-again-in-quito%2F'; addthis_title = 'CNN+report%3A+Ecuador%3A+Every-thing+old+is+new+again+in+Quito-'; addthis_pub = 'latinamerica4less';
Posters para poner en los blogs del NO a la nueva constitución en Ecuador
2008-09-04 09:38:00 Romulo López Cordero en Cambiemos Ecuador ha publicado unos posters o etiquetas del “No” a la nueva Constitución en Ecuador, que recibió via email. Sugiere ponerlos en los blogs, circularlos entre las amistades, hasta sirven para hacer volantes, digo yo. “Hoy más que nunca la libertad en nuestro país se nos muere”. Este slide ...
Multiculturalism and Socialism: The Odd Couple
2008-08-30 08:14:00 The latest death toll figures from Hurricane Katrina can be seen on this website here. The famous Russian neo-Nazi video is on this blog here.Updated September 2:In the comments section, Scott, who is a White nationalist, discusses the disconnect between multiculturalism and socialism or social democracy.Yes, we do allow White nationalists, even anti-Black ones, on the board, but every time a cute Black woman shows up on the board, we force them to kiss her. On the lips. On penalty of banning. None have left yet. Brown sugar, how come you taste so good? Scott says: Look at the countries that have the highest index of egalitarianism in the West: Iceland, Norway, Sweden (used to have more). The inhabitants are all pretty closely related to one another. I'll spot my sibling $100 cash.It's basically the same thing but in a less dramatic way in such countries, but when other nationalities come in because of the aforementioned ethnostates' welfare system, as seek to take advantage of ...
By: Robert Lindsay
Jefferson Pérez le da plata a Ecuador en la marcha olímpica
2008-08-16 06:30:00 Jefferson Pérez le dio una medalla de plata a Ecuador en la marcha olímpica 20k. La prueba la ganó el ruso Valeriy Borchin y el bronce lo sacó el australiano Jarred Tallent.
By: La Página
Incremento de secuestros en Venezuela y Ecuador es dramático
2008-08-14 10:09:00 “Pax Christi revela en un informe que dice que el secuestro en ambos países está echando raíces. En Venezuela se presentaron 297 secuestros extorsivos el año pasado, y en Ecuador 607. En secuestros puramente extorsivos por razones económicas ya superaron a Colombia, donde este delito ha venido disminuyendo rápidamente. El secuestro no es un ...
Ecuador descarta reanudar relaciones con Colombia
2008-06-25 18:57:00 Ecuador descartó hoy reanudar relaciones diplomáticas a nivel de encargados de negocios con Colombia y calificó de ?nueva burla? los últimos pronunciamientos del vecino país. Cuando todo estaba listo para intercambiar las cartas de renovación de los vínculos, ?ellos han hablado de postergar la decisión, nosotros hemos tomado la decisión de no restablecer las relaciones con Colombia?, resaltó la canciller María Isabel Salvador. En rueda de prensa realizada en esta capital, alertó que si la situación no tiende a mejorar, ?sobre todo la posición de Colombia respecto a Ecuador?, no se descartan restricciones de tipo comercial. Al referirse a declaraciones de su colega Fernando Araújo sobre la postergación de los contactos, señaló que esto demuestra claramente la falta de seriedad del vecino. ?Ellos no tienen ningún interés en reanudar los vínculos?, agregó. La titular calificó de ?nueva burla del gobierno colombiano?, el cual alude a unas declaraciones para irrespetar acuerdos ya dec...
By: BlogMemes
Festival del Cuy Quito, Ecuador
2008-06-16 17:32:00 Mil Gracias por la invitación al Chef Mauricio Armendáriz Presidente de la Asociación de Chefs del Ecuador.asochefsecuador.
By: Tomasnomas
Llegada a Ecuador
2008-06-16 10:28:00 Desde el avión y una vista del majestuoso Chimborazo
By: Tomasnomas
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