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		<title>The Andean laundry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max German</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worries that organised crime is tightening its grip IT WAS long an island of tranquillity surrounded by countries racked by guerrillas and drug trafficking. But whereas violence has declined in Colombia and Peru, Ecuador has acquired a reputation as a new capital of financial crime. Last month the Financial Action Task Force, an inter-governmental body, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cleanupecuador.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9975835&amp;post=108&amp;subd=cleanupecuador&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Human rights cases in Ecuador, Peru investigated</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max German</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(CNN) &#8212; The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Tuesday it had filed two applications with a regional human rights court to move forward on two South American cases. One case involves the death of a man who was in Ecuadorian custody. The man, Pedro Miguel Vera Vera, was arrested on April 12, 1993. He [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cleanupecuador.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9975835&amp;post=106&amp;subd=cleanupecuador&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chevron May Proceed With Arbitration Over Ecuador</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max German</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 11 (Bloomberg) &#8212; Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil company, may proceed with an arbitration stemming from a court fight over an environmental cleanup in Ecuador that might cost as much as $27 billion, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Leonard Sand in New York today ruled in favor of San Ramon, California-based Chevron [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cleanupecuador.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9975835&amp;post=104&amp;subd=cleanupecuador&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ecuador says Iran ties landed it on laundering list</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max German</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force, or FATF, comprising governments and regional organizations, named Ecuador this week among Iran and others as nations failing to comply with international regulations against money laundering and financing terrorism. Under the leftist Correa, Ecuador has strengthened diplomatic and commercial ties with Iran, which has opened an embassy in Quito [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cleanupecuador.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9975835&amp;post=102&amp;subd=cleanupecuador&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conflict of Interest – Cabrera’s Financial Ties to Petroecuador Exposed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max German</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chevron has revealed new information showing that the author of a report recommending the company pay $27 billion in damages has a conflict of interest that he illegally hid from the court. As it turns out, Richard Cabrera, the report’s author, is the majority owner of an oil field remediation company that stands to gain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cleanupecuador.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9975835&amp;post=100&amp;subd=cleanupecuador&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Child labour: Ecuador &#8211; scourge of child labour still remains</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max German</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the commitment shown by Ecuador to eliminate child labour, the scourge remains a major obstacle to the country’s development efforts, said an independent United Nations human rights expert. Following her just-concluded visit to the country, Gulnara Shahinian, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, lauded the Government’s efforts to tackle child labour, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cleanupecuador.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9975835&amp;post=98&amp;subd=cleanupecuador&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Child Labour Impedes Development in Ecuador</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max German</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Gulnara Shahinian, expressed her deep concern that child labour continues to be a dramatic obstacle to development in Ecuador. Read more&#8211;&#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cleanupecuador.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9975835&amp;post=96&amp;subd=cleanupecuador&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ecuador emerges as hub for international crime</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max German</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ecuador is emerging as a focus for transnational criminal groups, according to US and European officials. Colombian and Mexican drug traffickers as well as Chinese and African human traffickers use it as a business hub. Read more&#8211;&#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cleanupecuador.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9975835&amp;post=94&amp;subd=cleanupecuador&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ecuador Business Confidence Down 2% In Dec On Month -Deloitte</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max German</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[QUITO (Dow Jones)&#8211;Business confidence in Ecuador fell 2% in December compared to the previous month, said a report from Deloitte &#38; Touche. Ecuador&#8217;s rating of 82 points in Deloitte&#8217;s December Business Confidence Index was the lowest since July, when it stood at 98.4 points out of a possible 250 points. About 73% of business leaders [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cleanupecuador.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9975835&amp;post=92&amp;subd=cleanupecuador&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ecuador President Says Cops Overreacted to Insult</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max German</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[QUITO, Ecuador (AP) &#8212; The president of Ecuador is apologizing to a man who was roughed up by police after someone yelled insults at the leader. Read more&#8211;&#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cleanupecuador.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9975835&amp;post=90&amp;subd=cleanupecuador&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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