Quito A couple of days filled with meetings with the leadership of Rupture 25, an progressive political party in Ecuador working on its field operations plan for the upcoming national election next February as a crash course in the subtle politics of the country, exposing some of the contradictions in the general world view on the …
Tag: President Rafael Correa
Finally Real Hope for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure…in Ireland!
Quito Last night sitting in Casa Damian, an amazingly good Spanish restaurant in Quito, with two companeros, one of whom was a former chief adviser to the President Rafael Correa now working for the government on how to revise the procedures and update the judicial system and the other a former communications and policy adviser …
Alternative Universes Collide between North and South on Hugo Chavez Re-election
Quito Landing in Ecuador after 11 pm and clearing customs, Hugo Chavez’s press conference was on all of the television sets as we exited the airport. The first question I was asked as I headed for the hotel was whether or not I had heard that Chavez was re-elected. This was big news in Ecuador, …