Poverty and the Seeds of Terrorism in Our Own Back Yard

In 2001, I spent several weeks trekking through remote villages in the highlands and rainforests of Ecuador. It was the same summer that the Bush administration announced the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI), an expansion of policies started under the Clinton administration and the latest effort in the War on Drugs. (Remember that war?) The ARI … Continue reading “Poverty and the Seeds of Terrorism in Our Own Back Yard”