Values, social justice and new political paths in Latin America. The case of Ecuador.

Abstract

Latin America has been implementing various maneuvers to tackle inequality. These maneuvers, transmuted in their generality into public policy decisions, range from the installation of social funds of extractive companies for the realization of social development projects; until the implementation of social protection programs, such as monetary transfers set for the temporary remedy of poverty. Evaluating essences are analyzed in new and old forms of social justice and new political paths in Latin America, particularizing in the case of Ecuador.