Payback time

Firm dealing

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Ecuador

US military: dangerous guards

Fiery protest

Angry Ecuador to return German aid

German legislatures’ attempt to visit Ecuador rainforests to assess use of funds irks Latin American country’s president

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Genetic patriotism

Ecuador enacts a law for the protection of its genetic resources

Offshore encounters

The future of the Galapagos islands is at stake as fisherfolk and conservationists fight for its resources

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SOS: Darwin's finches

Nestling finches in Galapagos Islands threatened by larvae of parasitic flies

Oil spills over

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Major victory for indigenous groups in Ecuadorian Amazon

Chinese company pulls out of contract to drill for oil in remote rainforest after protests by indigenous groups

Volcano erupts on small Galapagos isle

Eruption followed a series of nine earthquakes

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Islands in peril

Ecuador

ChevronTexaco on trial

October 21, 2003. High-level corporate lawyers from ChevronTexaco sit in the same packed muggy courtroom as bare-breasted Amazonian men and women …

Indigenous peoples sue Ecuador govt, oil firms over spill

On April 7, 2 oil pipelines had spilled 15,000 barrels of crude oil into 2 of Ecuador's most important rivers

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