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Published in: democraciaAbiertaChristmas with Assange
Confined in Ecuador’s embassy in London, Assange shows a patent physical and psychological deterioration. But with...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe end of Latin America’s left turn? Ecuador may disappoint you
Beyond the current shift of the economic cycle, and the huge opposition its government has met, Ecuador’s success...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAn answer to the “end of cycle” prophets in Latin America
The historical successes of progressive governments are undeniable, according to Atilio Borón and Álvaro García...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe end of the progressive narrative in Latin America
Protests against President Dilma Rousseff are a turning point in the breakup between government and citizens in...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaRefugee crisis in Europe: remember Latin America
This is not only a European crisis but a global one, and it should be approached as such, involving nations...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhy do indigenous communities rise up?
By eliminating indigenous educational autonomy, the government impoverishes the plurinational and multicultural...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBananas and the continuing violation of human rights in Ecuador
A persistent employers’ abuse of power and a lack of control by the Ecuadorian State make human and constitutional...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaA “velvet Grexit” is a trick. Argentina, Ecuador and Iceland prove default can work.
Temporary Eurozone exit plan is a smokescreen for shock doctrine tactics that would condemn the Greeks to perpetual...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe damage for which Chevron has failed to compensate its victims in Ecuador
For 20 years, farmers and indigenous people have been fighting the Chevron-Texaco corporation for recognition of the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIs this the end of the Latin American 21st century socialisms?
Public support for the Latin American governments of so-called “21st century Socialism” in Venezuela, Bolivia and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPodemos: Latin America exports political ways and means
Together with the economic good times linked largely to rising exports, we are currently witnessing an unusual...
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Published in: HomeLatin American progressives and environmental duplicity
What governments must do, now more than ever, is decisively leave resources in the ground, reject mining projects,...
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Published in: HomePlanning a commons-based, peer production future for Ecuador
FLOK stands for “Free, Libre, Open Knowledge,” and the FLOK Society is a government-sponsored project to imagine how...
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Published in: HomeUS election: what can Latin America expect?
Relations between the US and Latin American countries have always been tense, from economic rivalry to political...
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Published in: HomeThe new Andean politics: Bolivia. Peru, Ecuador
A "pink wave" across three Latin American states has lifted to power radical presidents committed to a...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of November 16th 2011
On behalf of Charles Shaw and myself, I'd like to welcome you to the latest installment of the Drug Policy Forum. We...
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Published in: HomeAfter Copenhagen
There is a vital need, for the sake of the future, for new forms of collective action to combine feeling with...
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Published in: HomeGlobalization and democracy
The Democracy Manifesto signals that the time has come to open ourselves to the many ways in which the demos, that...
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Published in: HomeEcuador: between rebellion and coup
A confrontation between police and president in Ecuador reveals the flawed governance of an unsettled country, says...
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Published in: openSecurityBorder zones and insecurity in the Americas
Border zones are potential incubators of conflict. Criminal gangs exploit weak state presence to forge a parallel...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job