Police officers in Ecuador will be subject to lie detector tests under new anti-corruption measures, the police chief says.

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Final results in Ecuador’s referendum show President Correa has won backing for his reform programme, including greater control over the media and courts.

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Ecuador President Rafael Correa says he is willing to take a lie detector test to prove he never took money from Colombian rebels to finance his campaign.

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An early count suggests voters have backed Ecuador President Rafael Correa on all 10 reforms proposed in a referendum, the National Election Council says.

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QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s government declares victory after exit poll says voters roundly approve referendum. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Read full article > >

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Julian Assange has claimed another victim: Ecuador asked U.S. Ambassador Heather Hodges to leave the country following the release of a diplomatic cable by WikiLeaks on Monday. In the cable, Hodges suggests that President Rafael Correa knew about…

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US oil giant Chevron launches a legal appeal against an Ecuadorean court fine of $8.6bn (£5.3bn) for polluting much of the country’s Amazon region.

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Chevron appeals over Amazon fine

Representatives for villagers said they were looking at waging legal battles in more than a dozen countries where Chevron operates, hoping to force it to pay.

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Chevron Petroleum Corporation is attempting to slither out of an $8 billion judgment rendered yesterday by a trial court in Ecuador for cancer deaths, illnesses and destruction caused by its Texaco unit. I’ve been there, in Ecuador. I met the victims. They didn’t lose their shrimp boats; they lost their kids. read more

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Chevron Runs From Judgment in Ecuador

US oil giant Chevron says it will appeal against an Ecuador fine of $8.6bn, amid a decades-long row over pollution in the country’s Amazon region.

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Chevron hits back in Amazon row

The American oil giant Chevron is appealing a judgment made in favor of people in the Ecuadorean Amazon.

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A court in Ecuador fines US oil giant Chevron a reported $8bn (£5bn) for polluting much of the country’s Amazon region.

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Amazon pollution: Chevron fined

Cool Hunting marries bean-to-bar chocolate and artisanally-processed fruit in a delicious collaborative bar We admit to a serious weakness for the mind-altering tastes of the artisinal chocolates crafted by the Mast Brothers . Intent on bringing out the heavenly natural flavor of cacao, primarily sourced from Venezuela and Ecuador, the brotherly duo of Rick and Michael Mast developed a process for producing the finest in small-batch, bean-to-bar chocolate. Their signature flavors, running the gamut from single origin Dominican and Madagascarian bars to chocolate sprinkled with roasted Stumptown coffee beans, range from the deliciously rich to the downright sublime. We’ve previously featured the Brooklyn-based Brothers in our Cool Hunting video series, so it seemed only natural that we would pair these chocolatiers with stem-to-fruit guru June Taylor , another video subject. Taylor, a longtime favorite of Cool Hunting, uses traditional preserving methods to make positively ambrosial jams, preserves, syrups and marmalades. Her creatively paired concoctions include Oro Blanco Grapefruit and Rose Geranium marmalade as well as Wild Fennel Syrup; everything she whips up in her Berkeley kitchen is yummy, natural and inventive. The Mast Brothers bar that utilizes June Taylor’s fruit combines the best of each purveyor’s specialties; the CH Edition 72% bar features sumptuous Madagascar chocolate as well as Taylor’s candied blood orange peels and candied oro blanco grapefruit peels. Of his collaborator, Rick Mast gushes, “June Taylor is the greatest woman on Earth who is pioneering amazing fruit confections. She is also a babe.” We can’t imagine a sweet treat (from two sweeter companies) that we’d rather find in our stocking than this delightful concoction. Find the Mast Brothers and June Taylor chocolate bar exclusively at our Cool Hunting for Gap holiday pop up shop.

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An unemployed security guard from Ecuador is Spain’s top snoozer.

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Jobless guard is Spain’s top snoozer