Infinite Unknown

And I have no doubt that the Chinese will turn Ecuador’s pristine Amazonian rainforest into ‘China’ in no time:

Flashback:

- China Admits Pollution Has Caused ‘Cancer Villages’

- Nigeria’s agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill; The US and Europe totally ignore it:

One report, compiled by WWF UK, the World Conservation Union and representatives from the Nigerian federal government and the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, calculated in 2006 that up to 1.5m tons of oil – 50 times the pollution unleashed in the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster in Alaska – has been spilled in the delta over the past half century. Last year Amnesty calculated that the equivalent of at least 9m barrels of oil was spilled and accused the oil companies of a human rights outrage.

Oil and gas blocks in Ecuador “Oil and Gas Projects in the Western Amazon”

- Ecuador To Sell A Third Of Its Amazon Rainforest To Chinese Oil Companies (Business Insider, March 28, 2013):

Ecuador is planning to auction off three million of the country’s 8.1 million hectares of pristine Amazonian rainforest to Chinese oil companies, Jonathan Kaiman of The Guardian reports.

The report comes as oil pollution forced neighboring Peru to declare an environmental state of emergency in its northern Amazon rainforest.Ecuador owed China more than $7 billion — more than a tenth of its GDP — as of last summer.

In 2009 China began loaning Ecuador billions of dollars in exchange for oil shipments. It also helped fund two of the country’s biggest hydroelectric infrastructure projects, and China National Petroleum Corp may soon have a 30 percent stake in a $10 billion oil refinery in Ecuador.

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Tags: China, Economy, Ecuador, Environment, Global News, Government, Health, Politics

- Ecuadorian president warns of possible ‘CIA attack’ before elections (RT, Jan 7, 2013):

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has said the CIA may try to kill him prior to upcoming elections. Citing reports of a plot to “destabilize the region,” Correa said the threats were “credible,” given the history of US involvement in Latin America.

Correa alluded to reports by Chilean journalist Patricio Mery Bell, who allegedly passed on information to the Ecuadorian government that President Correa’s life was “under threat” by a CIA plot.

“There are many cases of [the CIA] interfering” in Latin American affairs, Correa said during a campaign tour in the coastal province of Guayas. “These are credible [reports] because this has happened before in Latin America.”

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Tags: CIA, Ecuador, Global News, Government, Politics, Rafael Correa, U.S.

- Surveillance State: Ecuador Implements “World’s First” Countrywide Facial- and Voice-Recognition System (StratRisks, Dec 18, 2012):

The United States is often considered a world leader when it comes to deploying the latest biometric security and surveillance technologies. But it could have an unlikely new competitor: Ecuador.

According to Russian company the Speech Technology Center, the small Latin American country has successfully completed installation of “the world’s first biometric identification platform, at a nation-wide level, that combines voice and face identification capabilities.”

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Tags: 1984, Big Brother, Dictatorship, Ecuador, Fascism, George Orwell, Global News, Government, New World Order, Politics, Society, Surveillance, Technology

- It Begins: Ecuador Demands Repatriation Of One Third Of Its Gold Holdings (ZeroHedge, Oct 31, 2012):

One week ago, when we reported the news that the Bundesbank had secretly pulled two thirds of its gold from London years ago, we said the following:

… Germany has done nothing wrong! It simply demanded a reclamation of what is rightfully Germany’s to demand.

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Tags: Central Bank, Economy, Ecuador, Germany, Gold, Government, Politics

- Ecuador may file appeal to ICJ if UK refuses Assange safe passage (RT, Aug 17, 2012):

Ecuador has said it may appeal to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) if the UK refuses to grant Julian Assange safe passage out of the country.

Eciadorian presidential staff adviser Alexis Mera said his government would pursue every legal means to bring Assange to Ecuador.

“We are open to discuss with Britain the solution to this problem, and if there is no diplomatic solution, we may resort to the International Court of Justice,” Ecuadorian daily EL Commercio quoted Mera as saying.

“It would be terrible and an attack on all international rights” if British police were to enter the Ecuadorian embassy, he said.

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Tags: Ecuador, Global News, Government, Julian Assange, Politics, Rafael Correa, Society, U.K., U.S., WIKILEAKS

- Ecuadoreans back Rafael Correa’s decision to offer Julian Assange asylum (Guardian, August 16, 2012):

While Ecuador might be surprised by the UK’s reaction over the Ecuadorean embassy situation in London, it is one that is likely to be used politically by president Rafael Correa, who is likely to run for election again next February.

Earlier this year, Correa boycotted the Summit of the Americas, a meeting of heads of state from across the Americas, because of the refusal by the United States and Canada to allow a declaration of support for Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands. He called the United Kingdom a colonial power and also suggested imposing sanctions against the country for not wanting to negotiate with Argentina over the islands.

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Tags: Ecuador, Global News, Government, Julian Assange, Politics, Rafael Correa, Society, U.K., U.S., WIKILEAKS

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06/21/2012

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa said while they make a decision on Julian Assange’s asylum request, he is “under the protection of the Ecuadorian State.

Tags: Ecuador, Global News, Government, Julian Assange, Politics, Rafael Correa, WIKILEAKS

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06/21/2012

Ecuador is considering the possibility of granting Julian Assange asylum, says President Rafael Correa.

The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has said that his country will have to examine whether Julian Assange’s life is in danger, when deciding whether to grant him asylum.

Kristinn Hrafnsson, friend of Mr Assange, journalist and spokesperson for the WikiLeaks organisation, told the BBC that as far as they were aware, his application was still being considered, and the 40-year-old was “in good spirits”.

It is understood he is preparing to spend a third night in the embassy while inquiries by Ecuadorian diplomats continue.

Tags: Ecuador, Global News, Government, Julian Assange, Politics, Rafael Correa, Society, WIKILEAKS

- Powerful eruptions occurring at Ecuador volcano (The Raw Story/AFP, Dec. 4, 2011):

QUITO — There was no sign Sunday that eruptions at Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano would cease any time soon, geologists monitoring the activity said.

Experts with the Geophysical Institute (IG) said that since dawn “powerful roars and explosions sounding like cannon blasts” coming from the volcano could be heard in the area, rattling windows and shaking the ground in nearby towns.

Geologists also reported a columns “with a moderate to high load of ash” rising four kilometers (2.5 miles) above the crater. Ash was reported to have spread to a dozen nearby villages.

On Saturday, and again on Sunday, there were two eruptions in which the volcano spewed gas, ash and red-hot rock, with lava pouring some 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) below the crater.

The 5,029-meter (16,500-foot) volcano is located about 135 kilometers (84 miles) south of the capital Quito. The volcano has been active since 1999 but its thermal activity has steadily increased since November 27.

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Tags: Ecuador, Environment, Global News, Tungurahua, Volcano

Huge rainfall has caused lethal mudslides and floods in Ecuador, destroying homes and killing at least two people.

Winter storms on Modayhave caused rivers to flood and sent mud to cascading down mountainsides.

The town of Sigchos in the in the Cotopaxi Province has been devastated by the floods, where they have caused the death of two workers, while another is still missing.

11:14AM GMT 16 Feb 2011

Source: The Telegraph

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