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
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
SOS: Darwin's finches
Nestling finches in Galapagos Islands threatened by larvae of parasitic flies
Oil spills over
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
Islands in peril
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