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This is actually a response to an article that was written in August. The link is in the text.
Your article (Countries in the spotlight, 27 August) refers to Ecuador, using the case of the closing down of the Pachamama foundation as an example of an alleged “assault on NGOs” around the world.
....There are more than 46,000 social organisations registered and operating in Ecuador under new legislation, engaged in all sorts of activities; many of them scrutinise the government, and many are in plain opposition to it. Many of them have foreign financing. Not one, however, has been closed down or harassed for political reasons, as the article suggests. Sadly, for some of them, the requirement to comply with legislation seems to be a good opportunity for claiming victimisation.
NGOs have nothing to fear in Ecuador | Letters
There's no crying. I don't feel the least bit sad when these folks get bounced out of countries.
Your article (Countries in the spotlight, 27 August) refers to Ecuador, using the case of the closing down of the Pachamama foundation as an example of an alleged “assault on NGOs” around the world.
....There are more than 46,000 social organisations registered and operating in Ecuador under new legislation, engaged in all sorts of activities; many of them scrutinise the government, and many are in plain opposition to it. Many of them have foreign financing. Not one, however, has been closed down or harassed for political reasons, as the article suggests. Sadly, for some of them, the requirement to comply with legislation seems to be a good opportunity for claiming victimisation.
NGOs have nothing to fear in Ecuador | Letters
There's no crying. I don't feel the least bit sad when these folks get bounced out of countries.
