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Ecuador: Communities demand government act following massive oil spill

Ben Radford — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:30:00 +1100

Communities in Esmeraldas province in northern Ecuador have denounced the government’s failure to act following one of the country’s biggest oil spills in recent history, reports Ben Radford.

‘We Will Not Be Saved’: A powerful call to climate action from the Amazon

Ben Radford — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 13:30:00 +1100

Ben Radford reviews the memoir of Waraoni climate activist Nemonte Nenquimo, who defends the Amazon and the indigenous peoples of eastern Ecuador against the power of big oil.

91��̳ News Podcast Ep 63: Grassroots struggles in Latin America with Ben Radford

Isaac Nellist — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +1100

Isaac Nellist spoke with 91��̳'s Latin American correspondent Ben Radford about various grassroots struggles against mining and climate destruction, for workers' rights and access to education.

Ecuador: Protesters reject neoliberal Ibero-American summit, right-wing Noboa gov’t

Ben Radford — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:45:00 +1100

Several hundred people marched through the southern Ecuadorean city of Cuenca to protest the Ibero-American Summit, reports Ben Radford.

11 days that shook Ecuador

Federico Fuentes — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 13:15:00 +1100

Federico Fuentes reviews Uprising: The October Rebellion in Ecuador, an exceptional look at the October 2019 anti-neoliberal insurrection from the perspective of one of its central leaders.

Progressive Luisa González and millionaire Daniel Noboa head to run off elections in Ecuador

Peoples Dispatch — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:15:00 +1000

Luisa González of the left-wing Citizens Revolution Movement and Daniel Noboa of the right-wing National Democratic Action Alliance will contest a run-off election in October, following the outcome of Ecuador's August 20 general election, reports Peoples Dispatch.

Ecuador: US gov’t, corporate media back Lasso’s manoeuvre

Ana Zorita — Thu, 25 May 2023 17:45:00 +1000

The United States and the corporate media is defending Ecuadorian right-wing president Guillermo Lasso, who dissolved the country’s parliament on May 17 and will rule by decree for up to six months until new elections are held, reports Ana Zorita.

Ecuador: Rising death toll from landslides highlights mining risks

Ana Zorita — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +1000

Despite the region’s steep topography and vulnerability to earthquakes, companies are seeking to exploit Ecuador’s Chimborazo province for large-scale copper and gold mining, reports Ana Zorita.

Ecuador: Progressive forces sweep local elections, dealing blow to right-wing national gov’t

Ana Zorita — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 21:15:00 +1100

Progressive forces swept Ecuador’s local elections on February 5 as opposition grows to the right-wing Guillermo Lasso government, reports Ana Zorita.

Ecuadorians continue to resist as national strike enters second week

Tanya Wadhwa — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +1000

Defying the state of emergency, enduring brutal police and military repression, hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians continue to remain on the streets against neoliberalism, reports Tanya Wadhwa.

Ecuador: Digital rights activist Ola Bini goes to trial

People’s Dispatch — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:45:00 +1100

The trial of Swedish software developer and digital rights activist Ola Bini, began on January 19 in Ecuador, reports People's Dispatch.

Ecuador: Neoliberal reforms face broad opposition

Harvey Goldberg — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:15:00 +1100

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso's neoliberal economic policies and proposals are facing determined opposition from diverse social sectors, Harvey Goldberg reports.

The dirty campaign underlying Ecuador’s ‘free and fair’ election

Medea Benjamin — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 15:30:00 +1000

Ecuador’s April 11 election that led to a 5-point victory by conservative banker Guillermo Lasso over progressive candidate Andrés Arauz was not what it appeared to be, write Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores.

Ecuador: Court rejects vote recount claim

Kerry Smith — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +1100

The path has been cleared for leftist Alliance for Hope candidate Andres Arauz to challenge right-wing Creating Opportunities candidate Guillermo Lasso in the second round of Ecuador's presidential elections, writes Kerry Smith.

Will leftist Andrés Arauz be the next president of Ecuador?

Vijay Prashad — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:30:00 +1100

In the first round of Ecuador’s presidential elections held on February 7, Alliance for Hope's candidate Andrés Arauz won the largest number of votes but fell just short winning the elections outright, write Vijay Prashad and Pilar Troya

Ecuador: Popular progressive alliance gains electoral certification

Harvey Goldberg — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +1100

Ecuador's progressive electoral alliance Union for Hope, which stands an excellent chance of winning the election in February, has just been given the green light to run, writes Harvey Goldberg.

Ecuador: Government tries to ban left from election

Harvey Goldberg — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 15:00:00 +1100

The establishment are trying every trick to exclude leading opposition ticket Union for Hope from the presidential election, writes Harvey Goldberg.

Ecuador’s neoliberal nightmare

Yanis Iqbal — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:15:00 +1100

The ruling class’ brutal project of neoliberalism in Ecuador is making life unbearable for the people reports Yanis Iqbal.

How Ecuador’s democracy is being suffocated

Vijay Prashad — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:30:00 +1000

A recent poll shows if opposition candidate Andrés Arauz Galarza is allowed to run in Ecuador’s presidential election next year, he will win, write Vijay Prashad and Pilar Troya. But, if the ruling bloc in Ecuador has its way, Arauz will not be sworn in as the next president in 2021.

Australian mining companies plunder Ecuador's gold and copper

Anthony Amis — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 11:30:00 +1000

Ecuador was the first country in the world to enshrine the rights of nature in its constitution. But, as Anthony Amis reports, international mining companies have been given the green light to exploit the country’s copper and gold reserves.

Ecuador’s neoliberal war on public sector worsens COVID-19 catastrophe

Denis Rogatyuk — Tue, 12 May 2020 12:00:00 +1000

Sentencing former President Rafael Correa to eight years in jail is a desperate move by a repressive administration trapped in a crisis of its own making, writes Denis Rogatyuk.

Ecuador: Why the indigenous movement’s victory is a partial one

Marco Teruggi — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:15:00 +1100

There are celebrations in Ecuador. They began on October 13, when the government and the Indigenous movement, centrally grouped in the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), announced they had reached an agreement on Decree 883, which removed fuel subsidies.

The response was twofold.

Ecuador: Fuel subsidies restored but people’s struggle continues

Jelena Rudd — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:30:00 +1100

In a victory for the social movement that brought Ecuador’s capital, Quito, to a halt for 11 days, Decree 883 — which had scrapped fuel subsidies — was finally repealed on October 15, writes Jelena Rudd from Quito.

Defying repression, tens of thousands of Ecuadorians take part in national strike

Susan Price — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:00:00 +1100

The people of Ecuador took part in a massive national strike on October 9, called by a number of organisations against the neoliberal reforms of President Lenin Moreno.

Ecuador: ‘Drones’ revolt against Moreno’s neoliberal policies

Denis Rogatyuk — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:00:00 +1100

Ecuador’s workers are rising up against President Lenin Moreno’s IMF-mandated neoliberal attacks, writes Denis Rogatyuk.

Ecuador: Correismo resurges in regional elections

Denis Rogatyuk — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:15:00 +1100

“They tried to bury us. They did not know we were seeds”. The old Mexican proverb never sounded more true than in the early hours of the morning of March 25 across Ecuador.

The local and regional elections that took place the previous day were meant to put a definitive end to the political phenomenon of the Citizens Revolution and bury, once and for all, the legacy of former left-wing president Rafael Correa.

Bolivia: Free, universal health care system launched

Susan Price — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:15:00 +1100

Bolivian President Evo Morales launched a free universal healthcare system to new health system which will benefit about five million Bolivians between the ages of 5 and 59 who previously lacked free coverage.

Ecuador: 10,000 public servants sacked in three days

Susan Price — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:15:00 +1100

Nearly ten thousand public servants have been fired in Ecuador following President Lenin Moreno's agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

End of the road for Moreno?

Denis Rogatyuk — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 16:45:00 +1100

Ecuador’s president Lenin Moreno has been implicated in an offshore tax haven corruption scandal, casting his future into doubt.

Ecuador's ex-VP Jorge Glas fights for justice amid right-wing push

Denis Rogatyuk — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 17:30:00 +1100

November 23 marked the 33rd day of the hunger strike led by Jorge Glas, the former vice-president of Ecuador. His health has deteriorated significantly after his transfer to the Latacunga maximum security prison.

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Ecuador: Communities demand government act following massive oil spill

‘We Will Not Be Saved’: A powerful call to climate action from the Amazon

91������̳ News Podcast Ep 63: Grassroots struggles in Latin America with Ben Radford

Ecuador: Protesters reject neoliberal Ibero-American summit, right-wing Noboa gov’t

11 days that shook Ecuador

Progressive Luisa González and millionaire Daniel Noboa head to run off elections in Ecuador

Ecuador: US gov’t, corporate media back Lasso’s manoeuvre

Ecuador: Rising death toll from landslides highlights mining risks

Ecuador: Progressive forces sweep local elections, dealing blow to right-wing national gov’t

Ecuadorians continue to resist as national strike enters second week

Ecuador: Digital rights activist Ola Bini goes to trial

Ecuador: Neoliberal reforms face broad opposition

The dirty campaign underlying Ecuador’s ‘free and fair’ election

Ecuador: Court rejects vote recount claim

Will leftist Andrés Arauz be the next president of Ecuador?

Ecuador: Popular progressive alliance gains electoral certification

Ecuador: Government tries to ban left from election

Ecuador’s neoliberal nightmare

How Ecuador’s democracy is being suffocated

Australian mining companies plunder Ecuador's gold and copper

Ecuador’s neoliberal war on public sector worsens COVID-19 catastrophe

Ecuador: Why the indigenous movement’s victory is a partial one

Ecuador: Fuel subsidies restored but people’s struggle continues

Defying repression, tens of thousands of Ecuadorians take part in national strike

Ecuador: ‘Drones’ revolt against Moreno’s neoliberal policies

Ecuador: Correismo resurges in regional elections

Bolivia: Free, universal health care system launched

Ecuador: 10,000 public servants sacked in three days

End of the road for Moreno?

Ecuador's ex-VP Jorge Glas fights for justice amid right-wing push

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91��̳ News Podcast Ep 63: Grassroots struggles in Latin America with Ben Radford