Foreign policy and cooperation: from speech to action

Authors

  • Alicia Guzmán León Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar-Sede Ecuador

Keywords:

cooperation, United States, Plan Colombia, ALBA

Abstract

This article presents the scenario of foreign and international cooperation policies in Ecuador prior to Rafael Correa ascend to power. In this case, cooperation in the frame of Plan Colombia and the Andean Regional Initiative were considered examples of this policy. The author illustrates the new policies of the current government has been produced by a paradigm guiding Ecuadorian internal and external policies and its link with the association to ALBA, to finish with a confrontation between retorics and practice in commercial and co-operation issues within different countries in South America.

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Author Biography

Alicia Guzmán León, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar-Sede Ecuador

Magíster en Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador.

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How to Cite

Guzmán León, A. (2016). Foreign policy and cooperation: from speech to action. Comentario Internacional. Journal of the Andean Center of International Studies, (9), 84–104. Retrieved from https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/105

Issue

No. 9 (2010): La integración regional en América Latina

Section

Other issues

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