After Venezuela's rejection of a new constitution, attention turns to other Latin American attempts at reform, particularly in Bolivia and Ecuador. Plagued by protests, Bolivia's constitutional reform remains in doubt. Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Álvarez Herrera and President Rafael Correa of Ecuador discussed constitutional reform at AS/COA events.
Ecuador
President Rafael Correa claimed victory after voters went to the polls to select members of a constitutional assembly. Although official results were not yet available, Correa's Alianza Pais party appeared poised to gain the necessary majority to rewrite the country's constitution. Correa discussed refinancing Ecuador's debt during a speech at AS/COA last week.
Left-wing economist Rafael Correa’s come-from-behind victory over right-wing businessman Álvaro Noboa capped a roller-coaster campaign that proved to be full of surprises.
On October 15, Ecuadorians voted in the first round of a presidential election featuring over 15 candidates. To understand some of the complex issues facing the country, AS/COA spoke with one of the leading candidates in the polls, Cynthia Viteri of the Social Christian Party, on July 18.
This exhibition catalogue of colonial painting, polychrome sculpture, and decorative arts produced during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada contains essays by Marta Fajardo de Rueda, Alexandra Kennedy, and Santiago Sebastián.
This exhibition catalogue features the work of the six painters, Araceli Gilbert, Estuardo Maldonado, Luis Molinari, Manuel Rendón, Enrique Tábara, and Animal Villacis, and includes texts by Jacqueline Barnitz.