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Published in: Home“Just be fair”: when does journalism undermine its own reputation?
“I don't think I have ever seen another media organisation targeted by the full force of the State, as WikiLeaks...
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Published in: Home“Motivated by justice”: defending the world’s courageous people
Australian human rights lawyer and member of the legal team defending Wikileaks since 2010, talks about the hacker...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Restore Julian Assange’s access to visitors and to the outside world
We call upon all citizens of good conscience to ask the Ecuadorian authorities to restore Assange’s access to the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTime for a new Ecuador?
As the February 4 referendum results came out, President Lenin Moreno vowed to “build a new Ecuador”. Do they really...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s populist gamble
The irony is despite dismissing notions of left and class, the sociology of Mélenchon’s electorate is clearly...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhen worlds collide: oil and community tourism in the Amazon
This is the story of Huaorani Lodge, in Ecuador, the emblematic tourism project closed down by a Chinese oil company. Español
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLenin Moreno, Rafael Correa and the bull in the China shop
A lot of people in Ecuador have been hurt over the last ten years by Correa’s bull headed attitude to getting things...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTransforming political participation in Latin America
We are in the presence of a demos, the politically organized society, which has been undergoing changes in Latin...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe island that refused to disappear
The people of Muisne, in the South of the Province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, are under threat of eviction since the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe changing of the guard in Ecuador
Lenin Moreno took office on May 24, pledging to continue the policies of his predecessor Rafael Correa. But he faces...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador’s extractive policies and the silencing of dissent
Ecuador's policy of silencing NGOs that question government policies and programs has gotten the world's attention....
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador elections: sufragus interruptus
On February, 19, Ecuadorians went to the polls to elect a new National Assembly and a new president. They were to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador elections 2017: A change is as good as a rest?
The governmental candidate is expected to win on February, 19, but the country could be facing a second round of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaRacism in Ecuador is linked to extractivism
Extractivism is government policy in Ecuador. Dissidence is being fought in the media with prejudice, an effective...
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Published in: HomeThe cyber-war on WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks is not only influencing the US elections, but transforming the US elections – as they should have been...
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Published in: HomeColombia: real peace in an era of phony war
While a "new Condor Plan" is rumoured to be stalking the region, Colombia might need more than a sideways glance...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaProgressivism, populism and the left in Latin America
Progressivism is a disputed concept in Latin America. Between the manipulation of the populist governments and the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe CIA in Ecuador? Corruption, the press and the National Endowment for Democracy
The lack of transparency, the lack of corruption control, and the lack of accountability of the judicial system in...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLatin America 2000-2015: an interim assessment
The great shortcoming of the messianic leaders was their failure to understand the root of their so Latin American...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe so-called end of the progressivism cycle in South America
Political polarization is currently tensioning Latin America. The result will not be a general rightward shift by...