Professor at the School of International Studies of the University of Azuay and former governor of Azuay during the government of Guillermo Lasso. Master's degree in Latin American studies, University of Salamanca, Spain.
Under the government of Daniel Noboa, Ecuador is undergoing a gradual transformation that concentrates power, weakens checks and balances, and reshapes democratic rules in a drift with authoritarian overtones.
In a context of profound state weaknesses, Ecuador has ceased to be a marginal actor and has instead become fully—and belatedly—integrated into the dynamics of transnational organized crime.
