Análisis

The year 2023 was notable for setting several historic records. Greenhouse gas levels, global temperatures, sea level rise, and Antarctic sea ice melt have all reached unprecedented levels. It was the warmest year since global records began in 1850, with a temperature 1.18°C above the 20th-century average. Drastic changes in weather patterns, enhanced by global warming, have caused significant impacts on the environment, society, and the economy worldwide.

The OECD, composed chiefly of countries from the Global North and some Latin American countries, set out to lead global tax reform in 2013. Ten years later, corporate influence and inequity in decision-making between countries have left a poor outcome.

The very high inflation of 2022 led the US central banks, the FED, and the ECB of the EU to raise their interest rates. It was followed by all central banks in the rest of the Western world to keep exchange rates stable and to contain inflation. In China and some Asian countries, the dynamics are different.

"Ecuador is a territory of peace. The establishment of foreign military bases or foreign installations for military purposes will not be allowed. It is prohibited to cede national military bases to foreign armed or security forces".

Article 5, Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador, 2008

Las relaciones internacionales en la actualidad están marcadas por una crisis de liderazgo de la potencia hegemónica, que muestra una inoperancia ante los conflcitos internacionales. Ante este escenario han surgido actores del Sur Global, insatisfechos con el statu quo, que buscan vías alternativas para solucionar las problemáticas que los aquejan. Ante el declive de occidente, los países del sur global se organizan políticamente en diversos foros multilaterales para aumentar su capacidad de negociación frente a los países del G7.