Submit your comment Quito - Germanico Pinto, Ecuador's natural resources minister, lost his job and with it his role as head of Opec on Wednesday, in a cabinet shuffle that handed his ministry to oil...
7/6/2010 6:51:51 AM McClatchy-Tribune Information Services BOGOTA, Colombia Police in Ecuador seized a 100-foot submarine being built by suspected traffickers capable of carrying a crew of six and 10 tons of cocaine on underwater voyages lasting up to 10 days a...
QUITOEcuadorean authorities have seized a submarine capable of ferrying 12 tons of drugs near the border with Colombia, police sources said. "Its purpose was to transport...
WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration said Saturday it has helped seize a submarine capable of transporting tons of cocaine. DEA officials said that the diesel electric-powered submarine was constructed in a remote jungle and captured near a tributary...
The Real Deal: Round-trip airfare to Quito on Lan Ecuador; two nights at the Sheraton Quito Hotel; one night in Otavalo at the PuertoLago Country Inn; one night in Papallacta at the Termas Papallacta; two nights in the Amazon at Casa del Suizo; and one night in Los...
Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - A New York appeals court has denied a request for the immediate release of raw footage of a documentary about a legal dispute between Chevron and Ecuadoreans. Lawyers for Chevron asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday to...
Comments EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Map, News) - The first event where all the stands at the New Meadowlands Stadium will be open is a sellout. Mexico's soccer exhibition against Ecuador on Friday night sold all its tickets, and a capacity crowd of more than 75,000 is...
By MERCEDES ALVARO QUITO—Ecuador, following in the footsteps of its ally Venezuela, has threatened to expropriate the holdings of foreign oil companies unless they agree to hand over more oil revenue to the cash-strapped government. President Rafael Correa said...
By MERCEDES ALVARO QUITO — Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said Saturday his government will submit legislation to facilitate the expropriation of private oil operations if companies refuse to sign on to new services-based contracts. The government has been...