Author: Ariela Ruiz Caro

Back to protectionism

The World in Focus | Analysis column Thirty-five years after the US authorities officially launched the ten liberal principles that were to govern the global economy, set out in the Washington Consensus, President Trump

Iran in the geopolitics of the United States and Israel

The World in Focus | Analysis column A week after Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, key military infrastructure, and residential buildings—killing senior officers, nuclear scientists, and civilians—the world is on

Trade war and economic uncertainty

By Ariela Ruiz Caro The measures taken by President Donald Trump during his two months in office do not point to a path of prosperity and growth, as he announced during his

Unacceptable blow to diplomatic institutionality

A police commando broke into the Mexican Embassy in Quito, kidnapped Jorge Glas, former Vice President during the government of Rafael Correa and the first year of Lenin Moreno’s administration, and harassed