Ethics and Democracy Network
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The Ethics and Democracy Network (Spanish
[Red Ética y Democracia], RED) is a political party
in Ecuador
. For the October 2006 elections, it has entered into an alliance with the Party of the Democratic Left, to support the ticket formed by former Vice-President León Roldós
, and Ramiro González, former Prefect of the Province of Pichincha. The alliance won 13 seats in Congress again, while its presidential ticket came in fourth place.
, American-Venezuelan lawyer Eva Golinger
accused the Ethics and Democracy Network of having accepted funding from USAID
and NED
, and playing a role as part of a United States
plan to destabilise Latin American democracies in the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA), along with Pachakutik, the Christian Democratic Union and other political parties and groups. Golinger referred to a National Democratic Institute (NDI, one of the four institutes funded by NED) report from 2007 describing the Ethics and Democracy Network being trained by the NDI in "Triangle of Party Best Practices and strategic planning methodologies" as part of NDI's Latin American/Caribbean Political Party Network of over 1400 individual members, funded under NED Core Grants 2000-031, 2001-048, 2003-028, and 2004-036.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
[Red Ética y Democracia], RED) is a political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. For the October 2006 elections, it has entered into an alliance with the Party of the Democratic Left, to support the ticket formed by former Vice-President León Roldós
León Roldós Aguilera
León Roldós Aguilera is an Ecuadorian politician. He was born in Guayaquil in 1942. His mother died during his birth. He studied law at the state University of Guayaquil . He became Secretary of the Municipality of Guayaquil under Mayor Asaad Bucaram , of the populist party Concentración de...
, and Ramiro González, former Prefect of the Province of Pichincha. The alliance won 13 seats in Congress again, while its presidential ticket came in fourth place.
Alleged United States federal government links
During the 2010 Ecuador coup d'état attempt2010 Ecuador crisis
The 2010 Ecuador crisis took place on September 30, 2010, when elements of the National Police and military forces of Ecuador blockaded highways, occupied the National Parliament, blocked the Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito and the José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in...
, American-Venezuelan lawyer Eva Golinger
Eva Golinger
Eva Golinger is a Venezuelan-American attorney and editor of the Correo del Orinoco International, a web- and print-based newspaper which is financially backed by the Venezuelan government....
accused the Ethics and Democracy Network of having accepted funding from USAID
United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development is the United States federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. President John F. Kennedy created USAID in 1961 by executive order to implement development assistance programs in the areas...
and NED
National Endowment for Democracy
The National Endowment for Democracy, or NED, is a U.S. non-profit organization that was founded in 1983 to promote US-friendly democracy by providing cash grants funded primarily through an annual allocation from the U.S. Congress...
, and playing a role as part of a United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
plan to destabilise Latin American democracies in the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA), along with Pachakutik, the Christian Democratic Union and other political parties and groups. Golinger referred to a National Democratic Institute (NDI, one of the four institutes funded by NED) report from 2007 describing the Ethics and Democracy Network being trained by the NDI in "Triangle of Party Best Practices and strategic planning methodologies" as part of NDI's Latin American/Caribbean Political Party Network of over 1400 individual members, funded under NED Core Grants 2000-031, 2001-048, 2003-028, and 2004-036.
External links
- Ethical Democracy Journal, views on the academic side of Ethics and Democracy