1. The Other Side of the IACHR Reform Debate
(Matching tags: oas, ecuador, Correa, IACHR)

... reforms have received column space in major U.S. media outlets, little attention has been granted to some of the criticisms laid out by the Ecuadorean government, which has been leading the effort for ...

2. CEPR News February 2013
(Matching tags: Haiti, medicare, minimum wage, FTT, ecuador, climate change, FMLA, work hours)

The newsletter highlights CEPR's latest research, publications, events and much more. CEPR on the Minimum Wage President Obama's call for an increase in the minimum wage during his State of the Union ...

3. Washington Post, Miami Herald Issue Embarrassingly Erroneous Editorials on Ecuador
(Matching tags: media coverage, fact-check, ecuador, Correa)

The Miami Herald editorial board commented on the recent reelection of Ecuador’s Rafael Correa earlier this week, noting that “opposition candidate Alvaro Noboa, whom Mr. Correa defeated 57 percent to ...

4. Reporting Ahead of Ecuadorean Elections Fits a Familiar Narrative
(Matching tags: media coverage, elections, ecuador, Correa)

International media reporting ahead of Ecuador’s elections today has sounded familiar themes, understating the achievements of the Rafael Correa government and attributing Ecuador’s recent economic and ...

5. CEPR Paper on Ecuador’s Financial Reforms Helps Explain Why Voters Likely to Re-Elect Correa
(Matching tags: election, stimulus, taxes, ecuador, financial reform)

On Sunday Ecuadorians will head to the polls to vote for a president and vice president, members of the National Assembly, mayors, and other elected officials. As we’ve done ahead of other elections in ...

6. “A Natural Experiment”: William K. Black Compares the Latin American Left to the “Washington Consensus”
(Matching tags: latin america, ecuador, Washington Consensus)

... of Latin American states as “idiots” and “stupid,” Black examines the track record of the neoliberal economic model versus the alternatives being pursued by countries such as Ecuador: We have run what ...

7. Spanish-language Media Jumps on Assange’s “Ecuador is Insignificant” Comment, Disregards Context
(Matching tags: media coverage, wikileaks, ecuador, assange)

CNN and much of the Spanish language press regaled in an apparent “aha!” moment last week when, in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange referred to Ecuador as an “insignificant ...

8. Policies to Match the Rhetoric: Buen Vivir in Ecuador
(Matching tags: poverty, GDP, education, ecuador)

A guest post by former CEPR intern Tara Ruttenberg. Ecuador made international headlines this week, first for plaintiffs taking their fight to Argentina and Colombia to hold Chevron accountable for decades ...

9. Daily Headlines - November 14, 2012
(Matching tags: cuba, inequality, latin america, middle class, women, ecuador)

...  Ecuador’s Rafael Correa announced his decision over the weekend to run for another term in office, reports Reuters. The decision, widely expected for some time, paves the way for Correa’s reelection in ...

10. Daily Headlines – October 29, 2012
(Matching tags: elections, cholera, Argentina, Haiti, ecuador, vulture funds, chile, financial reform)

... dozen years now, and although they've had victories here and there, there's been nothing remotely as big or precedent-setting as this.” Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa is pushing a bill that would ...