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Peru and Ecuador dispel border issues

(LIP-jl) -- Amid recent rumors that claim there are pending border issues between Ecuador and Peru, Ecuadorian officials quickly dispelled the rumors and stated there are no border problems with its southern neighbor.

According to Ecuador's Chancellor, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, the relationship between both nations will become stronger as a result of the upcoming summit between the Andean nations.

"We have a great relationship with Peru and it will only get stronger during the upcoming bi-national cabinet meetings that will be presided over by the presidents of both nations," manifested Espinosa.

The Ecuadorian diplomat commented that her country has not had any issues with Peru since they signed a peace treaty which ended a border conflict between the nations in 1998.

"Our borders, both land and maritime, have long been established in writing. Additionally, the treaty will also prevent any possible misunderstandings from occurring in the future," she said.

Presidents Alan Garcia (Peru) and Rafael Correa will head meetings that aim to develop the border region shared by both nations.

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# A.HAmilton Mencher says :
4 June, 2007 [ 07:16 ]

The northern borderis not only that between Mancora and Guayaquil, but also the jungle zone between the Cenepa River and the Putumayo, where millions of dollars have been spent in the traditional,ineffective ways since 1998.

This a rea, on both sides of the border, while decently mapped in satellite imagery, is relatively uninventoried in in  terms of its human and natural resources.

Anyone inter ested in knowing more can query me for a description and a proposal made seven years ago and, not so strangely, still valid, since it was based on lessons learned in applied cultural anthropology, jungle exploration, construction and commercial experience.

# A.Hamilton Mencher says :
4 June, 2007 [ 07:22 ]

A.Hamilton Mencher's email, by the way, is askham@terra.com.pe and the article is available in both English and Spanish.

Some statistics from the year 2000 follow for anyone interested in the area, including some 130 Jivaro speaking communities on this side of the border.

Amazonian Border Statistics- Peru  v      Border length- Approx. 2000 kilometersv      Area to be developed- 77,000 square milesv      Population total- 1,130,000 in the Departments of Loreto, Amazonas and Cajamarca.v      Titled Native Communities-  282 v      Native Population- 85,000 approx. (including 40,000  Aguaruna-Huambisa and 11,000 Quechuas) v      Other Ethnolinguistic Groups- Achual, Shapra, Chayahuita, Candoshi, Cocama, Yagua, Orejón, Urarina, Huitoto. v      Principal Rivers- (E-W) Napo, Corrientes, Tigre, Pastaza, Morona, Santiago, Cenepa, and Chinchipe, all tributaries of the Marañon which feeds the Amazon. v      Principal Population centers- Iquitos(350,000) Bagua-Jaen. v      Surfaced Airstrips- Iquitos, Bagua.

         Source: “Bi-National Plan for the Development of the Peruvian-Ecuadorian Border                            Region”  Sept. 1999, Institute for Peruvian Amazon Research and et alii 

Amazonas Department                                          CONDORCANQUI PROVINCE AGUARUNA AND HUAMBISA TERRITORY RANDOM  STATISTICS IN APRIL 2000 1.  N° of draft animals: a. Horses                                35 b. Burros                              20 c. Mules                               09 Note: Only in Nieva and along the pipeline road. 2. Licensed drivers in  Nieva and Santiago       9 3. N° of Motorized vehicles                                     0 4. N° of Native Communities by District.        a. Nieva                                        87          b. Cenepa                                    25        c. Santiago                                    45                  TOTAL                               160 5.Primary School Students                      District                           Boys                 Girls           Total Nieva                           2,806                2,284          5,090 Cenepa                         1,757                1,394           3,151 Santiago                       1,512                1,400           2,912 TOTALS            6,075                5,078         11,153

              Source: Provincial Sub-prefecture

# Jason W. Smith, Ph.D. says :
4 June, 2007 [ 16:51 ]

I think these talks need to be encouraged by patriotic forces because the USA plan (to the degree these bumbling fools have a plan) for Peru is to cause as much border difficulty as possible between the puppet regime of long-time CIA payrollee Alan Garcia and the progressive popular governments of Bolivia and Ecuador.
I don't think gringoism has a chance of succeeding here as long as the people of South America remain vigilant and their vanguards realize that US imperialism is searching, searching, searching for new ways to subvert and control the countries of the continent in the interest of the small group of trillionaires that own the Gringo Regime on the Potomac.

# Carmen Flores V. says :
4 June, 2007 [ 18:20 ]

Mr, Smith needs to supply facts to support any opinions he might have regarding "development" possibilities in the jungle area between the rivers Mr. Mencher mentioned.  The ecuadorian communities on the other side also harbor a great human potential that also needs to be endowed with the socioeconomic filters with which to evaluate proposals by outsiders and be active participants in the design and  implementation of any changes in their way of life and the biophysical environment which has provided the inhabitants with sustenance for a hundre d generations.