BONUS: Narco Gangs Launch Rebellion In Ecuador

Deconstructed

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🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Today we're sharing an episode from Counter Points, where Ryan Grim speaks to Guillaume Long, who served as Ecuador's foreign minister under former President Rafael Correa. They discuss the narco gangs rebellion in Ecuador, and how Trump-and-then-Biden-driven austerity in the country has hollowed out the state and let narcos fill the vacuum.

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0:00.0	This year, why don't you fly better?
0:04.0	Book your flights with Emirates to a holiday in Thailand,
0:08.0	Bali or Mauritius.
0:10.0	Look forward to delicious local food.
0:12.0	Enjoy complimentary premium drinks. Look forward to delicious local food.
0:12.7	Enjoy complimentary premium drinks and relax to your favorite movies on the way.
0:18.5	Because it's not just about the destination.
0:21.5	It's how you get there. This year, fly Emirates, fly better. I'm Ryan Grimman for this episode of Deconstructed we're going to be joined by
0:39.6	Giamle Long who served as foreign minister under former President Raphael Correa.
0:44.8	I spoke with Long recently for the Wednesday morning show I do called Counterpoints.
0:49.4	Those interviews tend to be shorter and we don't have as much time to go in depth like we do here.
0:53.9	But this one did and when I finished it I thought to myself deconstructed listeners would actually
0:58.2	love this one.
0:59.9	Because while that one wild scene in Ecuador made the news, nobody has talked about the U.S. driven
1:04.7	policies that turned Ecuador from one of the safest places in the Americas to one of the most
1:09.2	dangerous in an incredibly short amount of time.
1:12.2	And yes, we're going to be talking about
1:13.4	neoliberalism, austerity, Trump, and Biden. Here's my conversation with
1:18.5	former Foreign Minister Long. Ecuador has broken into extreme civil unrest to unpack what's been going on there over the last decade and up into the most recent couple of weeks.
1:30.0	We're joined now by Giami Long, who was the former foreign minister under former president
1:36.5	Raphael Carreya, also served in the government of Lening Moreno.
1:41.2	He joins us now.
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