Extractivism vs. Buen Vivir in Ecuador
In 2007, President Rafael Correa sparked great regional and international interest with his pioneering political project, La Revolución Ciudadana [Citizen’s Revolution]. In 2008, a Constituent Assembly approved a new Constitution which promoted the rights of nature, and in 2009, the government’s first development plan (Plan Nacional para el Buen Vivir, National Plan for a Good Living) reversed the dominant development...