Ecuador

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is making production cuts, but probably not enough to keep oil prices high. [more]

Latin American countries that are vulnerable to ripple effects from the global financial crisis will be hit hard. (With Stratfor Interactive Map) [more]

Russia has sent its former intelligence chief Nikolai Patrushev to Latin America to strengthen Moscow's relationship with countries in the region. [more]

Voters clear a path for the president toward institutional and economic reform. [more]

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The seizure of several Ecuadorian media outlets -- ostensibly because of a decade-old bankruptcy dispute -- raises questions about the stability of the government. [more]

Colombia will delay restoring diplomatic relations with Ecuador because of "aggressive" comments by Ecuador's president, the Colombian foreign minister has announced. [more]

Interpol cleared Colombian authorities of claims that it may have tampered with documents it attained during a raid into Ecuador. Those documents allegedly support claims by Colombia that both Ecuador and Venezuela were cooperating with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. [more]

Geographic barriers have decreased conflict between South American nations. But as countries in the continent jockey for political and economic clout, the continent's geopolitical balance will change. [more]

Though the world is watching the growing tensions between Venezuela and Colombia, the issue is a crisis manufactured by the government in Caracas for President Hugo Chavez's own ends, argues Peter Zeihan, Stratfor's director of global analysis. [more]

Ecuadorian troops headed toward the border with Colombia on March 3 in response to a cross-border raid by Colombian troops targeting Colombian rebels in Ecuadorian territory. [more]

Ecuador's president has extended his push to renegotiate mining concessions. [more]

Ecuador's Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries membership could mean an income boost in the short run, but its long-term fortunes will suffer. [more]

During Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa's recent trip to Beijing on Nov. 21, he offered China the use of the Manta air base. [more]

Ecuador is on the fast track to rejoin the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The move could give Ecuador an income boost in the short run, but its long-term fortunes will suffer. [more]

Although Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa rules as a populist, he will be able to guide the... [more]

Ecuador's Constitutional Tribunal on March 13 declined to decide whether to reinstate 57... [more]

Ecuadorians are likely to approve an April 15 referendum to revise the constitution. President... [more]

Ecuadorian Defense Minister Guadalupe Larriva died Jan. 24 when the military helicopter she was... [more]

Final poll results indicate that leftist candidate Rafael Correa won the presidency of Ecuador on... [more]