Eduardo Pagés is manager for global democracy research at the University of Notre Dame’s Kellogg Institute, where he curates the institution’s Global Democracy Conferences. He previously served as a researcher conducting program evaluations of U.S.-funded democracy-promotion efforts, including at the International Republican Institute.
Ecuador’s presidents have a history of asking the public to back their initiatives rather than building political coalitions to accomplish their goals. The country’s current president is no different — and it comes at a high cost.
