[Pablo Neruda (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was a close advisor to Chile’s socialist President Salvador Allende, and was probably murdered during the coup led by General Pinochet against the Allende government.]
Chaos in Ecuador
In recent years, the surging violence in Ecuador has made international headlines. Ecuador wasn’t always this cliche of a narco-state. It was once hailed as an ‘island of peace’, a security success story. What explains its spiral into chaos?