- Climbing and Hiking in Ecuador, 5th edition by a good FoE friend Mark Thurber published February 2004. Available on Amazon.

- Oil Companies Find Ecuador Frustrating. Oil consultants and the managers of 3 of the roughly 20 companies that operate here say that Ecuador has reneged on agreements, raised tax and royalty rates beyond what is palatable to investors and otherwise changed the legal framework governing how companies operate, alienating a host of international oil companies.  The New York Times 2/10/04 Read more

- Ecuador: Indian Leader Attacked. Gunmen wounded three people in an attempted assassination of Leonidas Iza, the leader of Ecuador's powerful National Indian Federation, indigenous leaders said. The New York Times 2/3/04 Read more