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May 2008
- Good Sex Heats Up Politics in Ecuador
  
  newser | BBC | May 3, 08 4:28 PM CDT
  
  Politics are getting steamy in Ecuador these days. Maria Soledad Vela, a member of the nation's ruling party, wants to give Ecuadorian women the right to seek sexual happiness. Her proposal is sparking controversy in the conservative country, where women are traditionally seen as sexual objects or child bearers, the BBC reports. More »
  
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  sex • women's rights • constitution • sex education • Ecuador
March 2008
- Venezuela Tried to Arm FARC, Colombia Says
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 30, 08 3:07 PM CDT
  
  Colombian officials claim to have computer files captured from its FARC rebels that indicate Venezuela sold arms to the terrorist group, the New York Times reports. If Interpol verifies the files, they would also suggest links between FARC and Ecuador’s government and provide insight into the rebel organization. Colombia nabbed the computers in a raid in Ecuador earlier this month. More »
  
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  Colombia • Venezuela • computer • FARC • Ecuador • Colombian rebels • Rafael Correa
- Recovered Data Links Venezuela to FARC Rebels
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 12, 08 8:50 PM CDT
  
  Possible links between Hugo Chavez’ Venezuelan government and the Colombian FARC guerrilla group concern Washington, but US officials aren't yet saying the nation will be declared a state sponsor of terrorism, Reuters reports. Colombia said computers seized in a March 1 raid on a FARC base in Ecuador contain evidence that proves Venezuela is aiding the leftist group. More »
  
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  terrorism • Colombia • Venezuela • Hugo Chavez • FARC • Ecuador • state sponsors of terror list
- Venezuelan Diplomats to Return to Colombia
  
  newser | BBC | Mar 10, 08 5:35 AM CDT
  
  Venezuela will return its diplomats to Colombia after last week’s border crisis was largely resolved at a regional summit. Ecuadorean diplomats say it will take longer for them to return, reports the BBC. Colombian forces killed an important rebel leader inside Ecuador last week, provoking a bristling regional standoff. More »
  
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  Colombia • Venezuela • Ecuador • border dispute • border
- South American Crisis Ends With Handshakes
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 7, 08 6:55 PM CST
  
  The threat of war involving Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela was diffused today with a bevy of handshakes televised all over Latin America, Reuters reports. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and his opposite number, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, reached an agreement on combating insurgents in the future; the Colombian military's killing of FARC rebels in Ecuador last weekend sparked the crisis. More »
  
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  Colombia • Venezuela • Hugo Chavez • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Ecuador • Rafael Correa • Organization of American States
- Nicaragua Latest to Sever Ties Over Colombia Raid
  
  newser | BBC | Mar 6, 08 7:05 PM CST
  
  Nicaragua cut diplomatic ties with Bogota today, ratcheting up the political tension in the wake of Colombia's raid into Ecuador to kill rebels, the BBC reports. Calling Sunday's incursion an act of "political terrorism," President Daniel Ortega followed the lead of Ecuador and Venezuela, which have already severed relations and moved troops along the Colombian border. More »
  
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  Colombia • Hugo Chavez • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Ecuador • Nicaragua • Rafael Correa • Bogota • Organization of American States • Daniel Ortega
- Venezuela Adds Firepower on Colombian Border
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 5, 08 2:28 PM CST
  
  Venezuela deployed tanks to the Colombian border, Reuters reports, as Latin American tensions remained high enough that Hugo Chavez warned of an Andean war. Though Colombia refused to send reinforcements to its border, the mobilization of heavy artillery, including support from air and sea forces, is the first in the standoff following Colombia's weekend incursion into Ecuador to killFARC rebels. More »
  
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  Colombia • military • Venezuela • Hugo Chavez • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ecuador • Rafael Correa • tanks
- Ecuador Wants Apology on FARC; US Backs Bogota
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 5, 08 7:07 AM CST
  
  Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, is in Brazil today, pushing for an apology from Colombia for its incursion into Ecuador to attack FARC guerrillas Saturday. While most Latin American nations, including Brazil, have condemned the cross-border attack, the White House yesterday unequivocally backed Colombia in the rapidly escalating crisis. Correa heads later today to Caracas to meet with Hugo Chavez who, like Correa, has massed troops on the border with Colombia. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Colombia • Venezuela • Hugo Chavez • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Argentina • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ecuador • Rafael Correa • Caracas • Organization of American States • Cristina Fernandez
- Colombia: FARC Was After Uranium
  
  newser | BBC | Mar 4, 08 11:35 AM CST
  
  Colombia has accused Ecuador and Venezuela of cooperating with FARC guerrillas who were trying to buy uranium, the BBC reports, even as Ecuador cut ties with Colombia and Venezuela expelled its diplomats. “FARC is taking big steps in the world of terrorism to become a global aggressor,” said Colombia’s top cop, citing documents found during Saturday’s raid that detailed negotiations for 110 pounds of uranium. More »
  
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  Colombia • hostage • Venezuela • Hugo Chavez • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt • Alvaro Uribe • uranium • Ecuador • Rafael Correa • Raul Reyes • guerilla • diplomatic ties
- Crisis Deepens as Colombia Links Ecuador to FARC
  
  newser | CNN | Mar 3, 08 9:45 AM CST
  
  The tension in Latin America deepened last night as a Colombian general charged that Ecuador’s president had ties to a FARC leader killed by Colombian forces Saturday. Ecuador and Venezuela have both mobilized troops to their borders in response to the raid, which they claim took place on Ecuadorean territory. Colombia says its forces, attacking targets in Colombia, merely returned fire when FARC rebels shelled them from about a mile inside Ecuador. More »
  
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  Colombia • Venezuela • Hugo Chavez • FARC • Ecuador • Rafael Correa • Raul Reyes
- Chavez Sends Troops to Colombian Border
  
  newser | CNN | Mar 2, 08 3:19 PM CST
  
  Hugo Chavez sent thousands of Venezuelan troops to the Colombian border today after Colombia killed a FARC rebel leader, CNN reports. Chavez accused Colombia of being a US puppet and said Ecuador's border was violated in the attack. "We have to liberate Colombia," said Chavez, who is linked to FARC and tried to negotiate a prisoners-for-hostages trade with it last year. More »
  
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  Colombia • Venezuela • Hugo Chavez • FARC • Ecuador • rebels • Raul Reyes
- Colombian Troops Kill Top FARC Leader
  
  newser | BBC | Mar 1, 08 1:21 PM CST
  
  Colombian forces have for the first time killed one of FARC's top leaders, the BBC reports. The military attacked a rebel camp and killed Raul Reyes, a member of the group's ruling secretariat who had been a top candidate to take over the organization. The attack comes just days after FARC released four hostages, but President Uribe has rejected requests to grant the group concessions. More »
  
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  Colombia • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Ecuador • Raul Reyes
February 2008
- Ecuadorian Volcano Explodes
  
  newser | Associated Press | Feb 7, 08 3:43 AM CST
  
  The massive Tungurahua volcano in the Ecuadoran Andes erupted in smoke and fire yesterday, forcing thousands of villagers to flee. Eleven families who refused to leave the area were removed by force as the volcano shot columns of ash six miles into the air, AP reports. Tungurahua—meaning "throat of fire" in the Quechua language—buried entire villages in a 2006 eruption. More »
  
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  Ecuador • volcano • volcanic activity
September 2007
- Latin Neighbors Mistrust Chavez
  
  newser | Weekly Standard | Sep 19, 07 2:06 PM CDT
  
  Hugo Chavez's regional popularity is largely hot air, a Pew survey shows, concluding that the Venezuelan president is “widely mistrusted.” In large numbers, Latin Americans also agree that “most people are better off in a free market economy”—including 72% of Chavez’s countrymen, Weekly Standard ’s Duncan Currie notes. More »
  
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  Venezuela • Hugo Chavez • Brazil • Latin America • Chile • Ecuador • Bolivia
August 2007
- Chavez Lavishes Oil Wealth on Neighbors
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Aug 9, 07 8:53 AM CDT
  
  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is spreading hundreds of millions of oil dollars around South America in an effort to limit the influence of the International Monetary Fund and forge a strong alliance. Chavez began a four-nation tour in Argentina referring to the IMF as "Dracula" and called for a united front against the US. More »
  
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  oil • Venezuela • Hugo Chavez • energy • Argentina • Ecuador • International Monetary Fund • South America • Uruguay

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