International Business News - ECU http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday gave the Roman Catholic church four new saints, including an Indian woman whose canonization is seen as a morale boost to Christians in India who have suffered Hindu violence. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/150729-vatican-new-saints.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/pope-creates-4-new-saints-including-indian-woman.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/pope-creates-4-new-saints-including-indian-woman.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:36:56 EDT It took Ellen Arnstein the better part of two years to win the trust of the people of Camargo, a farming town of 5,000 in southeastern Bolivia. The mayor agreed to partially fund the Peace Corps volunteer's proposal to have children plant fruit trees at their school. Arnstein, 27, was about to be interviewed by a local TV crew when she got the call: The Peace Corps was pulling all 113 of its volunteers out of Bolivia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/ex-volunteers-angry-at-peace-corps-bolivia-pullout.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:03:14 EDT In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/150007-losing-latin-america.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/under-bush-us-influence-in-latin-america-wanes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/under-bush-us-influence-in-latin-america-wanes.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:58:06 EDT Ecuador's government has expelled Brazilian construction company Norberto Odebrecht SA, rejecting the company's offer to end a dispute over a troubled hydroelectric plant. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/brazil-calls-off-aid-talks-after-ecuador-expulsion.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:55:23 EDT Brazil's president says he is confident his country's state oil company will stay in Ecuador despite a brewing battle with that nation's government. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says current tensions between Petroleo Brasileiro SA and Ecuador over a disputed Amazon oil field "aren't as significant as they appear." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/brazils-president-expects-ecuador-petrobras-deal.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:01:41 EDT A federal appeals court in New York has rejected Chevron Corp.'s latest attempt to force Ecuador to help pay for any court-ordered cleanup of the Ecuadorean rainforest. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/chevron-loses-ny-ruling-on-rainforest-issue.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:32:13 EDT Mexico's powerful drug cartels are buying drugs directly from Colombia's main rebel group, a senior Colombian defense official said Tuesday at a hemispheric meeting on crime. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146799-mexico-attorney-generals.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/official-links-mexican-drug-gangs-colombia-rebels.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/official-links-mexican-drug-gangs-colombia-rebels.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:45:34 EDT President Evo Morales said Saturday that Bolivia does not need U.S. help to control its coca crop, stepping up his anti-Washington rhetoric days after rejecting an American request to fly an anti-drug plane over the South American nation's territory. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145324-aptopix-bolivia-us-drug-flights.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/morales-ups-rhetoric-against-us-anti-drug-aid.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/morales-ups-rhetoric-against-us-anti-drug-aid.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:40:20 EDT Ecuador's president is threatening to nationalize an Amazon oil field if Brazil's state oil company doesn't hand it over quickly. President Rafael Correa says Petroleo Brasileiro SA has not followed through on a two-week-old deal giving Ecuador's state oil company control of the field. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/correa-warns-petrobras-over-ecuador-oil-field.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:43:00 EDT As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soda and waiting for men to approach and hand them cash. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145001-dancers-for-hire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/women-say-nys-dollar-dance-clubs-have-darker-side.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/women-say-nys-dollar-dance-clubs-have-darker-side.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:24:25 EDT President Alan Garcia said Friday that Peru's economy is sound and could become a safe haven for foreign investment during the current financial turmoil. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/president-calls-peru-refuge-for-investments.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:42:12 EDT As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soda and waiting for men to approach and hand them cash. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/144829-dancers-for-hire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/women-say-nys-dollar-dance-clubs-have-darker-side.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/women-say-nys-dollar-dance-clubs-have-darker-side.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:00:30 EDT Brazilian construction company Odebrecht says it has accepted terms from the Ecuadorean government to end a dispute over a troubled hydroelectric plant. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/odebrecht-reaches-deal-with-ecuadorean-government.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:08:24 EDT U.S. officials say they seized almost two tons of cocaine from a Panama-flagged cargo ship in international waters off Puerto Rico. U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez says Coast Guard officers boarded the vessel as part of a multi-agency investigation of South American drug traffickers operating in the Caribbean. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/us-officials-seize-cocaine-from-cargo-ship-off-pr.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:29:03 EDT In a four-month crackdown on illegal gang activity, local, state and federal law enforcement arrested 1,759 people in 28 states, from 33 countries. The top 20 countries represented are: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/summer-crackdown-on-gangs-leads-to-1-759-arrests.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:00:46 EDT The United States on Tuesday slapped sanctions on members of Colombia's main rebel group who represent the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in 11 foreign countries, including Mexico and Canada. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/us-slaps-sanctions-on-colombian-rebel-envoys.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:52:26 EDT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called the U.S. financial crisis a failure of free-market capitalism that could cause as much damage as "a hundred hurricanes," driving down prices for oil and other commodities and harming economies worldwide. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/chavez-says-us-crisis-could-bring-down-oil.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:02:31 EDT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is calling the U.S. financial crisis a failure of free-market capitalism. Chavez also says that "the Washington consensus has collapsed" and that economies worldwide could be harmed if it causes drops in the prices of natural resources including oil and other minerals. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/chavez-says-us-crisis-could-bring-down-oil.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:59:28 EDT Ecuador's leftist president, Rafael Correa, is studying whether to eliminate up to 20 international investment pacts because he says some have proven "nefarious for the country." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/correa-says-hell-nix-some-investment-pacts.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:35:28 EDT Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa urged his opponents Monday to join his efforts to build a more just society, saying the overwhelming victory of his constitutional referendum gives him a broad mandate. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/142225-aptopix-ecuador-referendum.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/first-results-ecuadoreans-back-new-charter.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/first-results-ecuadoreans-back-new-charter.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:42:51 EDT