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Ecuador's Rafael Correa claims victory in election
President on course to be first leader in a century to win two consecutive terms after exit polls give him 54% of the voteEcuador was on course to re-elect President Rafael Correa after yesterday's...
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Paying to keep oil in the ground | Kevin Gallagher
Should the world pay Ecuador not to extract oil? President Rafael Correa's argument makes perfect economic senseEcuador's President Rafael Correa is often dismissed as a radical leftist. Such has been...
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Ecuador's row with Colombia over spying ends thaw
Colombia's DAS intelligence agency has allegedly been eavesdropping on Rafael Correa, Ecuador's presidentWell, that was quick. Just as the cold war between Colombia and Ecuador began to thaw, a row...
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Ecuador declares state of emergency as country thrown into chaos
President Rafael Correa pelted with tear gas as police angry at new law that cuts their benefits launch chaotic rebellionEcuador's government has declared a state of emergency after police launched a...
View ArticleEcuadorean president rescued after siege
President Rafael Correa had to be freed by the army after 12 hours under siege in a hospital in the capital Quito when an uprising by police officers over pay turned violent
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Ecuador attempted coup: president vows to punish rebels
Rafael Correa addresses supporters from balcony of presidential palace after troops rescue him from policeThe Ecuadorean president, Rafael Correa, has vowed to punish protesters who rebelled against...
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Ecuador's police revolt is a timely coup for its president | Renard Sexton
The uprising by police in Ecuador has won Rafael Correa vital political capital as he faced growing rebellion in his own partyFor Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, yesterday's revolt of members of...
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Ecuador's police revolt will strengthen Rafael Correa
Wave of post-uprising popularity should cement the president's position - at least in the short termEcuador's president, Rafael Correa, had about a 50% approval rating before today's events, and will...
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The battle for Ecuador | Mike Gonzalez
Behind this week's police revolt against Rafael Correa, broader, more sinister geopolitical forces are at workImages of Ecuador's president snatched by police and held hostage in hospital have made...
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Latin America's duty to Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani | Matt Kennard
It's shameful that other Latin American leaders have not followed Lula's lead on offering sanctuary to Iran's condemned womanBack in August, then Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva offered...
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Rafael Correa's referendum verdict | Grace Livingstone
Ecuador goes to the polls on an array of plebiscites – but the outcome will most likely be a vote on the president's popularityBritons who thought their referendum on the alternative vote was...
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Ecuador president faces claims over bribery, drugs and vote-rigging
Rafael Correa insists he never took money from Farc rebels as US claims Ecuador has become a hub for cocaine smugglingExplosive claims about guerrilla bribes, narco-trafficking and vote tampering have...
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Ecuador's referendum message to Rafael Correa | Renard Sexton
Ecuador's popular president was expecting a more enthusiastic endorsement, but the signs are that reform fatigue has set inWith nearly 85% of the vote counted, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is...
View ArticleJulian Assange interviews Ecuador's president Rafael Correa – video
The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, interviews the Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, a month before he sought asylum in the country's embassy in London
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The rights groups that lost the plot on Ecuador and Julian Assange | Mark...
Free speech advocates should defend WikiLeaks' founder from US spying charges, not invent a media crackdown in EcuadorJulian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, remains trapped in the Ecuadorean embassy...
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Julian Assange asylum: Ecuador is right to stand up to the US | Mark Weisbrot
The United States would paint itself as a promoter of human rights, but any right to make that claim is long goneEcuador has now made its decision: to grant political asylum to Julian Assange. This...
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Ecuadoreans back Rafael Correa's decision to offer Julian Assange asylum
Majority back controversial move, but some are concerned over the ramifications for trade deals with the EU and USWhile Ecuador might be surprised by the UK's reaction over the Ecuadorean embassy...
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A holiday for me - but what will happen to Assange?
I am taking a summer break in sun-kissed Ireland from today. Back on 3 September. Meanwhile, in the unlikely possibility of Julian Assange getting from London's Ecuador embassy to a Quito-bound plane...
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Rafael Correa's domestic agenda behind Ecuador's Assange asylum | Renard Sexton
Ecuador's granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is connected with President Rafael Correa's re-election effortThus far, much of the coverage of Julian Assange's successful political...
View ArticleEcuador's Rafael Correa: Assange granted asylum to prevent extradition to a...
The Ecuadorean president, Rafael Correa, says the motivation for granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, was to prevent his extradition to a 'third country'
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