Hermida C

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The new Ecuadoran Constitution, approved in 2008, represents a watershed in the history of the nation. It articulates new relationships with the public-at-large as actors in social construction—the millennial cultures that make up this nation—and with the concept and right accorded to health itself.
The Constitution was the result of a National Constituent Assembly, mandated by 86% of voters in 2007. Assembly headquarters received some 70,000 people and heard from many more in visits throughout the country, finally processing 1600 proposals. Indigenous and other progressive organizations advanced innovative ideas that the new Constitution introduced as pioneering paradigms, particularly in health and health care.