Ecuador: Meeting with President Moreno

(Quito) – President Lenín Moreno of Ecuador met on May 29, 2018 with a Human Rights Watch delegation in Quito to discuss the status of human rights in the country and his government’s foreign policy, Human Rights Watch said today. “During his first year in office, President Moreno has set a new tone and direction for the government that has generated a climate that allows for the exercise of basic rights and an open debate,” said José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch. “But more needs to be done to repair the systemic damage suffered by the country’s democratic institutions…

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