"What's Happening in Ecuador" - February 7 at 2:30 EST

The Centre for Research in Latin America and the Caribbean presents:

 

 

 

 

What's Happening in Ecuador

The Origins and Dimensions of Violence

 

with Carlos Larrea – Universidad Andina, Quito – Ecuador

 

What are the underlying structural causes of the drug-trafficking violence that engulfed parts of Ecuador in early January? In which regions of Ecuador was/is the violence and the drug trade concentrated and why?

What are the global/external factors that promote the continued growth of narco-trafficking? Does the government's militarized strategy to combat gangs involved in narco-trafficking make sense?

Have such repressive policies worked elsewhere in Latin America or anywhere else? What are the alternative policies that might be pursued?

 

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | 2:30pm

Zoom Event - Register in advance: https://yorku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DTvyRLyTTXmZiK2hdsq9oA

 

Chaired by Patrick Clark and Liisa North, CERLAC Fellows – York University

 

Carlos Larrea is a graduate in Philosophy, Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito; Master in Social Sciences, Bariloche Foundation; PhD in Political Though, York University, Toronto; Postdoctoral in Health and Development, Harvard University and Pan American Health Organization, Boston. Author of numerous books and articles on political-economic and environmental issues.

This event is being co-sponsored by CALACS (Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies) and by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese of the University of Toronto.