Right-wing president Daniel Noboa is consolidating power for the executive branch in Ecuador by any means necessary. And he is using that power to persecute those he perceives as political enemies.
His most common excuse is the deteriorating security situation in the country. But despite draconian crackdowns, he has little if anything to show for results in reducing violence.
From banning opposition parties from participating in elections, to even sometimes outright using security forces under his command to have them arrested, Ecuador has experienced an alarming slip away from democracy since he took office.
To speak about that, this week we chatted with Bernardo Gortaire Morejón , an Ecuadorian political scientist who studies international relations.
We discussed how how security problems are being utilized to implement parts of Noboa’s agenda, and much more concerning, drag Ecuador further towards authoritarianism.
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