PRESIDENTE Y ECONOMIAS - en suramerica.

[sidspaceman]

Efer, Noboa is the wealthiest man in Ecuador.
Standing in Correa's way, however, is Noboa, 55, who proudly points out he is Ecuador's biggest investor, the owner of 110 companies. He says he will use his business skills to bring Ecuador's poor into the middle class.

[yoryi]

3rd vez que NOboa se mete a las elecciones
de donde saca este gil tanta plata para sus campanas, cual es su negocio?

2nd ronda en noviembre 26.

El man es unos de los mas ricachones del country.
Has plenty of money coming ouy his azz.

[sidspaceman]

Deadlock in Latin America UN race (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6053984.stm)

[Caturro]

3rd vez que NOboa se mete a las elecciones
de donde saca este gil tanta plata para sus campanas, cual es su negocio?

2nd ronda en noviembre 26.

Te vas a cagar de la risa... ese tal Noboa es empresario bananero. El viejito hizo su fortuna exportando bananas por el mundo. Da para demasiadas dobles lecturas... como si hubiera salido de un libro de Garcia Marquez. :D

Tristemente, sin ser Ecuatoriano puedo ver que ninguno de estos dos candidatos (ni el ricachon ni el amigazo de Chavez) son politicas que encarnan la confianza, pero que se le va a hacer. En Peru pasaba lo mismo y Garcia todavia no se mete en problemas... si gana Noboa en Ecuador quizas sea mas de lo mismo.

[sidspaceman]

Guatemala, Venezuela even for U.N. seat (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061016/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/un_security_council)

[chaski]

Still no winner after 16 rounds of voting at UN
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/un_security_council_14

[sidspaceman]

make that 21 rounds now. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/wl_nm/un_council_vote_dc)

[Pibe#10]

I didn't know this but the record was between Colombia and Cuba in 1979....153 rounds I believe...then Mexico took it.

[chaski]

The finished yesterday at 22 rounds, but no voting today.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061018/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/un_security_council

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that his country will not give up in its bid for the council seat, despite trailing Guatemala.

"Venezuela doesn't give up," Chavez said. "I say it here to the whole world, Venezuela will continue waging this battle."

[Garcia]

Guatemala - Venezuela [r]

:D

That chaski is a riot!

[DanRod78]

Bad Guatemala,
no more oil for you :D

Why is that post such a big deal?

[Che Matador]

Bad Guatemala,
no more oil for you :D

Why is that post such a big deal?

Venezuela ponders passing Security Council bid to Bolivia
POSTED: 9:22 p.m. EDT, October 24, 2006
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(CNN) -- The president of Bolivia announced that his country may have a chance at obtaining a much coveted spot on the U.N. Security Council, the body within the United Nations charged with maintaining global peace and security.

Evo Morales said Tuesday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is contemplating withdrawing his country's candidacy for a Latin American seat on the Security Council and nominating Bolivia instead.

The General Assembly has been deadlocked between Venezuela and Guatemala for the seat. Guatemala has led in balloting but has not reached the required two-thirds of the 192 member states to win the seat.

Late Tuesday night, Guatemala said it would not compromise in its bid and give Bolivia the seat, Reuters reported.

Morales, elected in 2005, is an ally of Chavez. Both are outspoken critics of the U.S.

Chavez, who did not immediately respond to Morales' comment Tuesday, has said Venezuela's role on the Security Council would be to challenge what he calls America's "imperialism."

Last month Chavez tore into the U.N. and President Bush during a fiery speech at the U.N. in New York. He said he could smell "sulfur" and called President Bush "a devil." The Venezuelan leader also called the U.N. General Assembly's system "worthless." It is "merely a deliberative organ" that meets once a year," the dictator said.

Venezuela has accused the United States of attempting to strong-arm U.N. members into supporting Guatemala. John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has denied that, although he said last week that the United States "had zero involvement ... until Venezuela declared its candidacy."

The U.N. showdown between the U.S. and its allies and Chavez and Morales has been building for many months. Little more than a week ago Chavez warned that his country would defend Morales against what Chavez described as an American-led effort to sabotage Morales' administration.

"Venezuela will not keep its arms crossed if the Bolivian government and people are attacked from outside or within," Chavez said in a televised speech.

Americans in Alaska shot back at Chavez for his insults toward Bush by saying they didn't want to accept Venezuela's offer of free heating oil, even though their families could barely afford to keep their homes warm this season. In the end, residents didn't have much of a choice.

Citgo, the Venezuelan government's Texas-based oil subsidiary, donated about $5.3 million to Alaska Native nonprofit organizations to buy fuel this winter for more than 12,000 households, and has given millions more in other parts of the country. About 150 Alaska Native villages have accepted the offer, though a few villages reportedly refused to take the oil.

Venezuela was the world's ninth-largest oil producer in 2004 and the fourth-largest supplier of oil to the United States, accounting for 11.2 percent of U.S. imports in 2005, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Belgium, Indonesia, Italy and South Africa picked up four open seats on the Security Council in voting last week. Their two-year terms will begin on January 1.

Congo, Ghana, Peru, Qatar and Slovakia hold the other five non-permanent seats on the 15-member council. Their two-year terms expire on December 31, 2007.

The five permanent members of the council are China, France, Russia, Britain and the United States.

www.cnn.com

[sidspaceman]

Venezuela Asks Dominican Republic to Run for UN Seat (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aug2rt2iRWeY&refer=latin_america)

[sidspaceman]

Panama named for U.N. seat by Venezuela, Guatemala (http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/2/worldupdates/2006-11-02T064249Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-274618-2&sec=Worldupdates)

[Yañez]

nice to see they finally ended this. Too bad the spot is useless...

[chaski]

Not entirely useless.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/31/AR2006103101217.html
A two-year seat on the Security Council, for instance, can generate a 59 percent spike in U.S. assistance, according to a study by two Harvard University scholars that tracked U.S. economic and military assistance from 1946 to 2001. In times of crisis, U.S. aid to some member countries has increased by as much as 170 percent. Those aid levels tend to recede after the country leaves the 15-nation council.

[Yañez]

Not entirely useless.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/31/AR2006103101217.html


mmm, nice , then why dont we let Chile take it again.

[efernandez9]

Correa, otro presidente amigo de chavez? que es esto?


hoy visita presidente Uribe a Presidenta de Chile - buen acuerdo economico se cocina entre los dos paises.

[Caturro]

Correa, otro presidente amigo de chavez? que es esto?


hoy visita presidente Uribe a Presidenta de Chile - buen acuerdo economico se cocina entre los dos paises.

Uribe seems to be a pretty cool guy. He was hanging out in Southern Chile with some rural folks. I think he even participated in some sort of local horse race. :eek:

[efernandez9]

Uribe seems to be a pretty cool guy. He was hanging out in Southern Chile with some rural folks. I think he even participated in some sort of local horse race. :eek:
su hobby son los caballos de paso y en general todos los caballos