Join the Mailing List
Forms - 1250 Connecticut Ave, N.W., Suite 1C Washington, D.C. 20036, USA (map) Director: Larry Birns Phone: (202) 223-4975 Fax: (202) 223-4979 Email: coha@coha.org
Copyright Council on Hemispheric Affairs. All Rights Reserved.
-
Ecuador Archive
-
Re: “Detrás del registro electoral”
By Simon Palacios, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on October 31, 2012 | No CommentsDear Editor, Your October 17 article, “Behind the Electoral Register,” reflects an issue of great importance for the upcoming elections in Ecuador, as well as for the country’s political future. However, it also suggests that internal rifts in the country’s political parties will ultimately affect the overall quality of governance.... -
Limits to Information Access and Press Freedom in Ecuador
By Suncica Habul, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on October 24, 2012 | 5 CommentsAccess to Information and Freedom of Press Access to information and the freedom of the press are internationally recognized human rights. These rights are essential for the public’s participation in government decision-making, the maintenance of government accountability, and the defense of basic guarantees.1 These two rights have roots in the... -
In Ecuador, Political Realities Widen Marginalization Traditions as Country Feels Boom
By Olga Imbaquingo, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on October 18, 2012 | 2 Comments* The Andean country is experiencing an economic boom, exemplified by a bonanza in public works, such as the construction of modern highways and updated hospitals—unthinkable in an earlier epoch. * From a long line of failures, a push back against past traditions of executive arrogance has yielded the current President Rafael... -
Russia VS. USA: Economic Cold War
By Darya Vakulenko, Research Associate at Council on Hemispheric Affairs. on September 17, 2012 | 5 CommentsThe current economic competition between the Russian Federation and the United States in the Western Hemisphere bears striking similarity to the political antagonism prevalent during the Cold War. This deep seated rivalry still influences world affairs, as the United Nations Security Council cannot enact any major decision without an agreement... -
Ecuador’s Correa Sounds The Bugle
By Sean Burges, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on August 22, 2012 | 5 CommentsIs Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa really saying that we cannot trust the judicial systems in Britain and Sweden? By granting Julian Assange asylum, he has implicitly stated the British judicial process is flawed and that Sweden is a slavish servant of the US government. His argument would seem to be... -
London and Quito Navigate Uncertain Waters in the Julian Assange Quandary
By Sarah Slater, Research Associate at Council on Hemispheric Affairs on August 17, 2012 | 6 CommentsYesterday morning the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño announced that Quito would grant political Asylum to Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, who currently faces extradition to Sweden on charges of sexual assault. Assange has rejected the charges and expressed his fear that if London indeed extradites him, he will...