- Indigenous uprising paralyses Ecuador Green Left Feb 29th

- Ecuador ex-president faces new case over bond use Forbes Feb 18th

- Ecuador Indians want probe of fatal protest AlertNet Feb 18th

- Ecuador inmates take hostages BBC Feb 17th 2004 

- US fears money laundering in Ecuador trade zones Forbes Thu

- Ecuadoreans sue U.S. oil company over pollution in Amazon Environmental News Network Wed

- 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