Ecuador Crisis, Media Bias
Author: Michael Corcoran Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010Teaser: On September 30, CNN’s correspondent in Ecuador, Rodolfo Muñoz, resigned after 14 years on the job. That day Muñoz had covered a police...
View ArticleOil Politics in Ecuador: Saving Yasuní, Without Chevron’s Blood Money
Teaser (Summary): Two precedent-setting environmental challenges in Ecuador—an initiative to save the Yasuní rainforest, and a landmark lawsuit against Chevron Oil for dumping billions of gallons of...
View ArticleContradictions in Power: Reflections on the Plurinational March for Water and...
Author: Valerie Carmel Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012Teaser: On March 22, the global day of water, thousands participated in the Plurinational March for Water, Life, and Dignity to protest the...
View ArticleHonduras: What's in it for the United States?
Teaser (Summary): A June 20 blog post by Harvey Morris, featured on the website of The New York Times, pointedly asks in its headline, “Asylum for Assange: What’s in It for Ecuador?” Writing for the...
View ArticleThe Washington Post Ignores Coups in Article on Threats to Latin American...
Teaser (Summary): Given the rightwing accomplishments in Honduras and Paraguay of subverting the most basic of democratic protocols, it’s absurd for The Washington Post to ignore these events in favor...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Asylums: Assange, Palacio, and Media Hypocrisy
Teaser (Summary): When Ecuador granted asylum to Australian journalist Julian Assange in mid-August, and then, two weeks later, the United States provided asylum to Ecuadorian journalist Emilio...
View ArticleEcuador Elects a President, No News There
Author: Catesby Holmes Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013Teaser: Incumbent Rafael Correa is the clear frontrunner in Ecuador. So journalists are finding new ways to cover the country's upcoming...
View ArticleIn Snowden's Bid for Asylum, Ecuador Prioritizes Sovereignty
NaclaRadioSnowdenEcuador.mp3Author: Alexandra Hall Date: Wednesday, July 3, 2013Teaser: NACLA Radio’s Alex Hall spoke with John Coatsworth, Latin American Historian and Provost of Columbia University,...
View ArticleOn Edward Snowden, UNASUR and Double Standards
Teaser (Summary): On Friday, I participated in a panel discussion hosted by Al Jazeera English’s weeknight news program “Inside Story Americas,” along with Latin America scholars Gerardo Munck of the...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Media on the 'Irony' of Snowden's Request for Asylum in...
Author: Latin American Experts Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2013Teaser: The supposed “irony” of whistle-blower Edward Snowden seeking asylum in countries such as Ecuador and Venezuela has become a media...
View ArticleClose the NGOs: Asserting Sovereignty or Eroding Democracy?
Teaser (Summary): In past weeks, the governments of Ecuador and Bolivia moved to shut down or expel major NGOs (non-government organizations) that work on issues of the environment, extractivism, and...
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