Repudiating Violence

Professor and political organizer Cesar Montufar describes Ecuador's history of non-violence, and asks if societal transformation is possible without an explicit commitment to repudiating violence.

Cesar Montufar is a professor at the Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar in Quito, Ecuador, where he teaches international relations and democratic theory. He also is one of the leaders of a new political organization called Clave Democratica, which travels around Ecuador asking people about what kind of country and democracy they would like to see emerge in the coming years. It is his hope that through the ideas, hopes, and work of the citizens of Ecuador that a new democratic model will be born. Full bio and links »