Between the Political Urgency and the Habit that the Country Fails to Change

El Universo

Lean Right

Factuality

Ownership

In the midst of successive crises of security, economy, institutionality and public confidence, Ecuador tends to look to political power in search of immediate answers. Governments change, laws are reformed, plans and emergencies are announced, but the end result seems to be repeated: partial advances, rapid setbacks and a collective sense of frustration. Faced with this cycle, Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea offered an uncomfortable but valid warning ye…