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Ecuador Elects a President, No News There
Catesby Holmes
Saturday February 16 2013

Incumbent Rafael Correa is the clear frontrunner in Ecuador. So journalists are finding new ways to cover the country's upcoming presidential election.







Contradictions in Power: Reflections on the Plurinational March for Water and Extractivism in Ecuador
Valerie Carmel
Thursday April 19 2012

On March 22, the global day of water, thousands participated in the Plurinational March for Water, Life, and Dignity to protest the Ecuadorian government’s promotion of large-scale mining—Correa’s government is the first to open up the country to large-scale mining. 

Oil Politics in Ecuador: Saving Yasuní, Without Chevron’s Blood Money

In Ecuador, an historic environmental initiative to save the Yasuní rainforest and a landmark class action lawsuit against the Chevron Oil Company for environmental damages recently found their fat



Ecuador Crisis, Media Bias
Michael Corcoran
Thursday November 4 2010

On September 30, CNN’s correspondent in Ecuador, Rodolfo Muñoz, resigned after 14 years on the job. That day Muñoz had covered a police revolt that paralyzed Ecuador, in what President Rafael Correa called a coup attempt. Muñoz’s decision to quit raises questions about how the U.S. media covered the crisis.

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