http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/01/02/why-ecuador-isnt-drilling-in-yasuni/ A slice of lime in the soda Sat, 18 May 2013 19:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/01/02/why-ecuador-isnt-drilling-in-yasuni/comment-page-1/#comment-38701 Calavero Sat, 05 May 2012 17:24:52 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=11677#comment-38701 A few months on, Felix and Nick, and yes, indeed it can be said that Rita was correct, though it's only possible to state this in retrospect. In pardoning all the convicted journalists, Correa also obliterated the 40 million dollars in damages, which means the funds that *were* scraped together did not include that sum. The part about Berlusconi should still hold true, but it's always best to verify your opinions beyond all doubt - despite this being a blog, or perhaps precisely because this is a blog under Reuters. A few months on, Felix and Nick, and yes, indeed it can be said that Rita was correct, though it’s only possible to state this in retrospect. In pardoning all the convicted journalists, Correa also obliterated the 40 million dollars in damages, which means the funds that *were* scraped together did not include that sum. The part about Berlusconi should still hold true, but it’s always best to verify your opinions beyond all doubt – despite this being a blog, or perhaps precisely because this is a blog under Reuters.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/01/02/why-ecuador-isnt-drilling-in-yasuni/comment-page-1/#comment-34730 Nick Rizzo Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:12:27 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=11677#comment-34730 @ritaharris Really doubt you're going to respond to this, but what in this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14241665 and this http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/ecuador-court-sentences-journalists-prison-presidential-libel-case-2011-07-22 is "totally and absolutely false!!!!"? @ritaharris Really doubt you’re going to respond to this, but what in this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-am erica-14241665 and this http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updat es/ecuador-court-sentences-journalists-p rison-presidential-libel-case-2011-07-22 is “totally and absolutely false!!!!”?

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/01/02/why-ecuador-isnt-drilling-in-yasuni/comment-page-1/#comment-34723 ritaharris Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:05:39 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=11677#comment-34723 I can't believe a so-called reputable blog contains such total false story! What you write " And another $40 million came from Correa himself, who donated the monster libel damages he extracted from opposition newspaper El Universo, in a suit that Amnesty International said “will have a chilling effect on freedom of expression in the country”." is totally and absolutely false!!!! I can’t believe a so-called reputable blog contains such total false story! What you write ” And another $40 million came from Correa himself, who donated the monster libel damages he extracted from opposition newspaper El Universo, in a suit that Amnesty International said “will have a chilling effect on freedom of expression in the country”.” is totally and absolutely false!!!!

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/01/02/why-ecuador-isnt-drilling-in-yasuni/comment-page-1/#comment-34668 dWj Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:57:43 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=11677#comment-34668 And the fact that other people can work this out for themselves is just one of the reasons he's collecting so little. And the fact that other people can work this out for themselves is just one of the reasons he’s collecting so little.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/01/02/why-ecuador-isnt-drilling-in-yasuni/comment-page-1/#comment-34650 sansalvador100 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:31:41 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=11677#comment-34650 Ok, just a correction, we had two constitutions between 1998 and 2008. Check your sources and correct it please. Thank you Ok, just a correction, we had two constitutions between 1998 and 2008. Check your sources and correct it please. Thank you

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/01/02/why-ecuador-isnt-drilling-in-yasuni/comment-page-1/#comment-34649 sansalvador100 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:31:38 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=11677#comment-34649 Ok, just a correction, we had two constitutions between 1998 and 2008. Check your sources and correct it please. Thank you Ok, just a correction, we had two constitutions between 1998 and 2008. Check your sources and correct it please. Thank you

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/01/02/why-ecuador-isnt-drilling-in-yasuni/comment-page-1/#comment-34648 sansalvador100 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:31:31 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=11677#comment-34648 Ok, just a correction, we had two constitutions between 1998 and 2008. Check your sources and correct it please. Thank you Ok, just a correction, we had two constitutions between 1998 and 2008. Check your sources and correct it please. Thank you

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