EduardoVarasC
Writer, journalist and musician from Ecuador, in South America
Website: http://eduardovarasc.wordpress.com
Twitter: twitter.com/@eduardovarcar
Country: ECU
EduardoVarasC
Latest posts
Ecuador’s difficult road to a trade agreement with the EU
Last April Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa went on an international tour of several countries, including Germany, Italy and Spain. In Germany, his intention to open a trading space with the [...]
Ecuador: the morally respectable woman
On February the 20th, 2013, a group of young men murdered 20 year old Karina del Pozo, after a party. She was a model for events and fairs, and as [...]
La angustia del buen vivir
Sumak Kawsay is an indigenous concept that involves good living and being responsible with all beings that surround us, including nature. In Ecuador, this concept (which comes from the Quechua language) was included in the final draft of the Constitution in 2008. It is the first time that the country speaks of the Rights of Nature, giving plants and land the same rights enjoyed by humans. But over the years, many fear that the urge for money can or will destroy this concept and allow the indiscriminate exploitation of oil and mining, conceived by some politicians and enterprises as the only source to increase national income, affecting people and nature. Is Sumak Kawsay strong enough in Ecuador?
Ecuador: health as a hot election issue
In Ecuador health is a matter of public services (with five hospitals managed by the Health Ministry in the three biggest cities and dozens of health sub-centers in the rest [...]
The Spanish Crisis: the Ecuadorians who stay and those who don’t
Memory is selective, but firm in many ways. The image comes from television: families weeping in the doorways of international lounges because a son, daughter, mother, father or husband and [...]
Mining and Elections in Ecuador
There is a phrase that President Rafael Correa often repeats. The last time he used it was on his official visit to Chile on October 25th 2012. On that occasion, [...]
Wheels against wheels: bicycles in Quito
Salomé Reyes was an elite cyclist. She was also a dentist. She participated in mountain bike and urban competitions and was well known inside the Quito sports circuit. In late [...]
The Assange Case: the View from inside Ecuador
A diplomatic incident has made Ecuador hit the headlines with Britain, Sweden and the USA. From inside the country, we watch it with fascination and suspicion. All because of [...]
