Grupo FARO, a civil society organization based in Ecuador, has announced the winner of their Competitive Fund, which is part of their larger initiative to encourage youth and women to participate in Ecuador’s democracy. The Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement won the competitive fund with its “KILLARI: Luz de Luna” initiative, which will apply new quantitative and qualitative tools to efforts to…
Listen to and download more of the podcast series here. Daniela Chacón Arias discusses the benefits to entering local government. She highlights how she overcame obstacles to enact changes at the local level. She also discusses how she managed to build trust between the government and citizens in order to advance change. Daniela is the…
Executive director of Fundacion Pachamama, an Ecuadorian NGO dedicated to protecting the rain forest and advancing the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin.
The World Movement for Democracy is alarmed to report there has been a recent crackdown on freedom of expression in Ecuador after President Rafael Correa’s former vice president, Lenin Moreno, narrowly defeated opposition candidate Guillermo Lasso in the April 2 runoff elections. Shortly after the election, police officers raided the office of the Ecuadorian NGO…