Ecuador

The Organization of American States is no longer credible. We need a new body if we are to protect democracy

Did Lasso break the law, known as the Ethical Agreement Law, which prohibits candidates and public officials from owning, directly or indirectly, assets or holdings in jurisdictions that Ecuador considers to be tax havens?

Opening up the shell companies of Latin America’s oligarch politicians in the United States would match Biden’s well-received words with concrete action.

As policy makers try to assess the benefits and risks of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) researchers have contributed to the discussion with theoretical works on monetary policy, disintermediation, and financial stability implications.

Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) allow foreign capitalists to run roughshod over the rights of Ecuadorians.

A review of corporate and real estate records in Florida shows that Lasso-linked shell companies’ holdings have increased since 2017, raising questions over the legality of Lasso’s candidacy.

Colombia’s right-wing government has now intervened in both the 2020 US elections and in Ecuador’s 2021 elections, using red-baiting tactics to fear monger about “socialism.”

MarketWatch: When “stop the steal” becomes the rallying cry of election losers in other countries

The IMF should be focused assisting governments with the expansion of progressive and corporate taxation and helping all countries coordinate stimulus measures for jobs and sustainable development, not continuing to push harmful austerity.

In Latin America, organized social media manipulation campaigns have already become a go-to strategy for many right-wing movements and governments.