http://www.newstin.com/us/RAFAEL_CORREA_DELGADO Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80927262 By CARMEN GENTILEUPI ENERGY CORRESPONDENTMIAMI, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has threatened to kick out foreign oil companies if they don't increase output in the coming weeks and months. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:36:06 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80927262 2008-10-13T13:36:06Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80842149 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has used his country's oil profits to fund aid programs to win new allies throughout Latin America. After years on a waiting list for an operation at a Mexican hospital, Venezuelan President... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:17:45 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80842149 2008-10-13T00:17:45Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80821379 On September 28, 65% of Ecuadorian voters approved the country’s 20th and newest constitution — strengthening the mandate of left-wing President Rafael Correa. Correa was elected in 2006, promising a “citizen’s revolution” to... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:43:28 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80821379 2008-10-12T20:43:28Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80739105 In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:19:42 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80739105 2008-10-12T03:19:42Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80746850 The migrants are attracted not by the tortoises or blue-footed boobies but by the islands' booming economy, which offers plentiful jobs and good pay. Typical wages run 70 percent higher than on Ecuador's mainland, the public... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:30:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80746850 2008-10-12T05:30:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80723742 Plants and animals are threatened by the number of visitors to the islands Darwin explored. Now illegal migrant workers in spin-off industries are being expelled to save the archipelago's ecology Blue-footed Booby bird on... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:02:03 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80723742 2008-10-11T23:02:03Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80721123 QUITO, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Ecuador will renegotiate its oil extraction contract with Italy's Eni unit Agip Oil to improve terms for the state, President Rafael Correa said on Saturday. Correa, a leftist former economy minister... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:47:49 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80721123 2008-10-11T22:47:49Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80609213 Thousands of Latin America's indigenous, union leaders, peasants' rights organizations and young idealists sporting dreadlocks and Che t-shirts have gathered here this week for a forum to discuss the region's food crisis,... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:51:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80609213 2008-10-11T00:51:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80515726 After two Presidential debates it’s becomingly increasingly clear there will be little discussion of U.S.-Latin American relations in the final month. How will the next President handle President Hugo Chavez, the deteriorating... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:21:41 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80515726 2008-10-10T14:21:41Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80427324 Last year, Ecuador was stung by a United Nations warning that the islands, whose human population has doubled in 10 years to about 30,000, are at risk from overcrowding and mismanaged tourism. STEVE STROUD / TPN Six hundred... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:02:29 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80427324 2008-10-10T06:02:29Z