Ecuador: Government to Control, Regulate NGOs

Andes.info.ec reports that President Rafael Correa is leading a campaign to create more transparency in Ecuador. The government is beginning a process to regulate non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that the president says mostly do good, but some engage in chaos through policy creation, impose foreign policy and destabilize progressive governments. President Correa says that some NGOs seek to impose their policies and try to deliberately destabilize progressive government such as Ecuador’s. The president presents the case of the Nation Endowment for Democracy, NED, that he believes is working with extremist indigenous organizations such as Pachakutik. Correa says that he would like to work with NGOs so that there is transparency and that these organizations meet Ecuadorian legislative rules.Read Article