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...fishing nations to sign prior agreements to abide by the 200-mile U.S. limit. They could scarcely object because most had enacted 200-mile limits of their own, much to the discomfort of U.S. fishermen who net shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico and tuna in the Pacific off Ecuador and Peru...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SEA: Net Gain Along the Shores | 3/14/1977 | See Source »

Still, there were some touchy moments. Vance had to listen patiently to his hosts complain about Washington's blocking the sale of 24 Israeli-made Kfir warplanes to Ecuador (the jets would be powered by American-made General Electric engines). Jerusalem was also smarting under the Carter Administration's criticism of Israel's oil prospecting in the Gulf of Suez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: After the Vance Mission: Signs of Hope | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

Once Fell heard about a theory that ancient Japanese fishermen of the Jomon culture had settled on the coast of Ecuador, but that most archeologists had rejected the evidence since it was only based on similarities in pottery styles. Without a moment's hesitation Fell commented that he believed the theory was correct, but then he added that he actually was not familiar with the literature. He said he thought it was probably the Chinese who actually had settled there, and he went on to speculate about the presence in South America of Libyans and Tartessians (a people from...

Author: By Peter Frawley, | Title: The Great American Excursion | 2/16/1977 | See Source »

...Peruvians. An armed conflict, if it did occur, would not only take a bloody toll of the participants but could also tempt other countries on the continent into similar action. Potentially volatile territorial disputes, for example, simmer between Venezuela and both Guyana and Colombia, and also between Peru and Ecuador...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LATIN AMERICA: Girding for a Bloody Anniversary | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

...Algeria, Ecuador, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq. Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia. United Arab Emirates, Venezuela...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: The OPEC Supercartel in Splitsville | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

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