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Carina Vance

Former Minister of Health of Ecuador. Director of South American Institute of Government in Health (ISAGS). PhD candidate at Tulane Univ. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Master in Public Health from the Univ. of California, Berkeley.

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Ecuador and the new law on the legitimate use of force

The National Assembly of Ecuador approved, with an absolute majority, the law for the legitimate use of force. The real purpose of the law is not to change the norm but to send a message.