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World Policy Journal (2011) 28 (2): 41–48.
Published: 01 June 2011
... classification system. But that income is distributed most unevenly. In Ecuador, the richest 10 percent control more than a third of all personal wealth. At the other end of the spectrum, the bottom 20 percent collect just 3.3 percent. Some 52 percent of Ecuadorians live on less than two dollars a day, and 20...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (3): 57–64.
Published: 01 September 2013
... that prosecutors and public defenders are equally funded and well-matched, which Ecuador seems to be accomplishing. A good fight between two worthy adversaries is what makes a trial work. The lack of juries seems a relic of this elitism. Ecuadorians have always had a passion for civic participation, although...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (3): 1–2.
Published: 01 September 2013
...David A. Andelman In our Portfolio, the extraordinary Ecuadorian photographer Santiago Arcos Veintimilla profiles the only Ecuadorian village without children—a powerful tribute to the rural-urban migration patterns that are sweeping Latin America. Meanwhile, Ecuador turns out to be a nexus...
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (3): 112–122.
Published: 01 September 2015
... notably a major Ecuadorian oil refinery in which the government has invested $1 billion to prepare the ground, but is still awaiting another $7 billion from Chinese banks to build what has been budgeted as a $10 billion project. Desperately short of cash, Correa turned to China. When oil prices began...
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World Policy Journal (2004) 21 (1): 60–67.
Published: 01 March 2004
... methods to intimi
Burma, all with similar complaints about date the workers’ union. Ecuadorian Indians
conditions along the pipeline route,” one are suing the oil giant ChevronTexaco under
Bangkok-based NGO worker said. “They the alien tort statute for allegedly polluting
had grievances...
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (2): 28–38.
Published: 01 June 2015
... on earth, all while soliciting international donations to keep the oil in the ground. The objective was simple. PetroChina was to secure drilling access to a hefty supply of crude oil. The Ecuadorian government would get a substantial line of credit at an attractive interest rate. In the case...
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World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (1): 33–42.
Published: 01 March 2012
... to remain in power. The case of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, and his relationship with Ecuador’s media, is a prime example of Chávez’s regional influence. Correa, who a Washington Post editorial earlier this year called “an autocratic acolyte of Hugo Chávez,” has managed to increase his...
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