Obama decision puts Ecuador on notice – US groups
By admin | Jul 4, 2009
Comments OffPresident Barack Obama has put Ecuador on notice that it could lose valuable U.S. trade benefits unless the Andean country improves its treatment of foreign investors, U.S. business groups said on Wednesday.
Although Obama decided on Tuesday to extend Ecuador’s trade benefits for six months, the concerns raised in a report he sent to Congress suggests [...]
ECUADOR: Chevron's Amazon 'fake cleanup' trial
A report submitted this week to a court in Ecuador finding dangerous levels of contamination at oil wells Chevron says it cleaned up in the 1990s is expected to reinforce a fraud indictment against two Chevron lawyers in a $27.3 billion environmental lawsuit against the oil company.
Seven Ecuadorian officials were also included in the indictment [...]
