ECONOMIC CRISIS CRIPPLES THE POOR
Eruptions in Ecuador
By dollarising the economy and making the most disadvantaged sections of the population pay for the economic crisis, President Jamil Mahuad provoked a coup led by several dozen progressive officers, the powerful indigenous movement and a few opposition politicians. Removed from office on 21 January, he was replaced by his vice-president, Gustavo Noboa, who intends to pursue the same policy. The army high command and heavy United States pressure lie behind this surprising outcome - and the sidelining of the National Salvation Junta born of the uprising.
by José María Tortosa
Ecuador, a country with a population of 12 million, has owed its name since 1830 to a Franco-Spanish scientific expedition that had established the line of the equator on its territory a few years before. The choice of this name avoided the suspicions of the towns of Guayaquil and Cuenca, which (...)
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