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This paper examines the political and diplomatic crisis between Ecuador and Brazil that was a result of Ecuador's decision to suspend the payment of a loan debt with the Brazilian bank BNDES for the construction of a hydroelectric power plant by the Oderbrecht S.A., a Brazilian private construction company. It argues that the dispute between Ecuador and Brazil may threaten the continuity of Latin America regional integration arrangements, such as the CCR, an Agreement of Credit Compensation, to boost social-economic development in the region.

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Facts, Normative Ground And Context Related To The Loan Contract To Finance The San Francisco Hydroelectric Power Plant

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"The crisis between the Ecuadorian Government and Odebrecht S.A., has inevitably become a bilateral crisis involving two sovereign states. Therefore, Brazilian commercial and political interests have been negatively affected. And not only Brazilian interests are threatened, but also the interests of any Latin America country pursuing economical, social and cultural regional integration. The San Francisco hydroelectric loan contract must be interpreted in the context of Latin American economical integration and this attitude of Ecuador government of not analyzing the contract within its proper context, as a contract that influences CCR members and Brazilian and Ecuadorian interests, results may be considered as an aggression against not only Brazil but also to other CCR's State members."

Tags:loan, construction, CCR

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This paper examines, "The State of Civil Liberties: One Year Later", a report published by the Center for Constitutional Rights, which discusses a series of Executive Orders that indirectly seek to eliminate some of the most important aspects of American Constitutional rights. It looks at how these Executive Orders, which have been enacted since September 11, 2001, according to the CCR, are a threat to the civil rights that belong to every American. It shows how the orders enacted to fight the war on terrorism have nullified the rights of the people, as well as the responsibilities of the federal government. In particular, it discusses how the CCR is specifically concerned about the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution and the encroachments that certain orders have made on these Amendments.

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"The CCR believes that the most disturbing act to undermine the separation of powers was the establishment of military tribunals to try accused terrorists. According the CCR, the Executive has taken on "the most fundamental role of the judicial branch... it gives the President the power to decide who will be tried under the system, to create rules by which a trial will proceed" (CCR 6). The report states that all of the key roles in the military tribunal process are to be "filled by military officers acting upon designation of the President." In such trails, evidence will be presented as officers acting like prosecutors and will be judged by officers acting as judges. In addition, the accused's attorney must be found eligible for access to information classified as "secret" under the Defense Department guidelines."

Tags:fourth, fifth, sixth, ammendments, terrorism, rights