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72% of the ecuadorians appreciate the policy of President Rafael Correa (survey of 26 February)

“SP-Investigación y Estudios” has done last February 26 a national survey in which it appears that 72% of the population refer to as positive the management of President Rafael Correa.

This result was obtained by asking directly the question “How would you describe the work of President Rafael Correa?” to a sample of 2400 people of [...]

Ecuador will reinforce his campaign for the non-exploitation of oil

Yasuni primary amazon forest

According to Ivonne Baki, the coordinator of the negotiating committee, Ecuador will strengthen its international campaign to obtain financial contributions in exchange for his proposal to leave underground the oil from the three wells of the Yasuni Amazonian reserve.

Baki, presidential ex-candidate and ex-ambassadress in the United States, announced that she will [...]

Peru envisages financial support to the ecuadorian Yasuni project

Minister of Heritage, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, announced today that Peru envisages financial support to the Yasuni-ITT project.

Amount has not yet been revealed by the Peruvian government, but an official announcement is expected in the next days.

President Garcia has openly expressed his interest for the Yasuni initiative and he became indeed one of the main spokesmen to [...]

Correa, President of Ecuador, register the highest popular support since the return to democracy

President Rafael Correa in one of his weekly meetings

At four years in power, the approval rate of President Rafael Correa is one of the highest in the country’s history since the return to democracy in 1979, according to a study conducted by the polling firm Cedatos.

Cedatos carried out an analysis of the approval of the [...]

Yasuni-ITT project receives $ 100,000 from the Avina Foundation

The foundation, formed by community leaders and entrepreneurs of the region, became the first non-governmental organization to contribute to the project, said Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Minister of the Ecuadorian Heritage.

In the act of donation, the minister thanked Avina for having made this first “step”. Espinosa expressed his hope that the door opened by Avina will [...]

$ 39 million for the Yasuni-ITT Initiative

Deforestation in the Ecuadorian Amazon forest

It was established an initial threshold of 100 million dollar to be harvested before the end of December 2011 for the trust of the Yasuni-ITT initiative under the United Nations Program for Development.
According to the Heritage Minister. Maria Fernanda Espinosa, we arrive now at 39 million.

Without excluding the existence of [...]

78.4% of the Ecuadorians approve the management of President Correa

President Rafael Correa in one of his weekly public meetings

According to a survey released this Friday, January 14, Rafael Correa, who celebrated this Saturday his 4 years in the power, would have the support of 78.4% of the Ecuadorians.

65.1% of the consulted people judge like “good” the actions of Correa, while 13.3% qualify them like [...]

14 million persons locked up at home in Ecuador

The government prohibited to whoever in Ecuador to go out from his home this Sunday, November 28 for 10 hours, that is to say since 7 AM until 5 PM on pain of serious sanctions.
Claiming that the government lacks the means to take a census of its citizens, he blocked all the Ecuadorian population in its [...]

First Million Euro for the ITT Yasuni Project

Spain announced the first million euro contribution for the ITT Yasuni project of non-exploitation of approximately 840 million barrel of oil in return for economic compensations of the International community.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Trinidad Jimenez, who arrived in Ecuador to meet with the head of state Rafael Correa, and his Ecuadoran counterpart Ricardo [...]

Nov. 28: Borders closed and all transport stopped in Ecuador

Any type of transport, air, sea or land will be suspended since 4 am until 7 pm on Sunday, November 28, for reason of national census.

The aim is to block all the Ecuadorian people in their homes to be able to take a census of their data.

Any sale or consumption of alcohol will be forbidden 12 [...]

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