Author: Ariela Ruiz Caro

Trade war and economic uncertainty

April 1, 2025

By Ariela Ruiz Caro The measures taken by President Donald Trump during his two months in office do not point to a path of […]

Unacceptable blow to diplomatic institutionality

May 1, 2024

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 the head of the Foreign Ministry, Roberto Canseco, the highest representative of the embassy present at the time.

Barbados agreement and U.S. meddling in Venezuela

March 20, 2024

The confirmation by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) on January 16 of the disqualification of the candidacy of the media leader of the opposition in Venezuela, María Corina Machado, for the 2024 presidential elections, has been presented by the U.S. government -and the press that echoes it- as the cause of a strong shake-up in the agreement reached at the dialogue table between the government of Nicolás Maduro and part of the opposition, grouped in the Unitary Platform, last October 18 in Barbados. The ruling of the TSJ does not violate the Barbados Agreement at all.

Acuerdo de Barbados e intromisión de Estados Unidos en Venezuela

February 19, 2024

La confirmación del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) de inhabilitar la candidatura de la mediática lideresa de la oposición en Venezuela, María Corina Machado, para las elecciones presidenciales de 2024, ha sido presentada por el gobierno estadounidense como causante de un fuerte remezón en el acuerdo alcanzado en la mesa de diálogo entre el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro y una parte de la oposición, agrupada en la Plataforma Unitaria en Barbados. El fallo del TSJ no viola en absoluto el Acuerdo de Barbados.