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    Can Europe escape the debt trap? Yes – and here's how
    May 2011
    Costas Lapavitsas
     Andy Storey

    Today activists in Ireland are following Greece's example by launching a public audit of the country's debt to establish its legitimacy.

    A note about the failed coup in Ecuador
    October 2010
    Atilio Boron

    The coup in Ecuador failed because of an effective social mobilization, an overwhelming international solidarity and the courage demonstrated by President Correa.

    The Human Toll of the Drug War: A Pending Issue
    August 2010
    Kristel Mucino

    Driven by poverty to make ends meet many small drug sellers' are targeted by harsh drug policies, yet their persecution does nothing to tackle the root cause of drug-related crime or addiction.

    Colombia’s Uribe takes dictation one last time
    August 2010
    Atilio Boron

    The White House asked him for one last “proof of love” to support US Latin America policy. What will be next? Worries about his personal future?

    Closing bases
    November 2009
    Wilbert van der Zeijden

    The closure of the US military base in Manta is a huge victory for both the Ecuadorian activists who have been campaigning for a decade against the US military presence in their country, and for the international No-Bases campaign.

    Pardon for Mules in Ecuador
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    February 2009
    Pien Metaal

    At the end of 2008, about 1,500 persons were released who were in Ecuadorian prisons sentenced for drug trafficking. The measure, known as “pardon for mules,” singled out a specific group of prisoners who were victims of indiscriminate and disproportionate legislation that was in effect for many...

    Series Legislative Reform of Drug Policies Nr. 1
    Change Triumphs in Ecuador's Constitutional Referendum
    October 2008
    TNI
     Helga Serrano N. and Eduardo Tamayo G.

    Ecuador's new constitution was approved with 64% voting "yes" on Sept. 28. "No" won 28% of the votes, 7% were invalid, and 0.7% left blank, according to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

    The results of the referendum reflect the high expectations for change that the majority of Ecuadorians...

    Crop spraying
    December 2007
    Drugs and Democracy

    The United States is putting strong pressure on the Afghan government to officially adopt the strategy of eradicating the opium poppy through aerial spraying of the crops with the herbicide glyphosate.

    Drug Policy Briefing 25
    Ecuador’s Popular Revolt: Forging a New Nation
    October 2007
    Roger Burbach
    The Radical Challenge to the US: Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela
    April 2007
    Roger Burbach
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