In the first round of Ecuador鈥檚 presidential elections held on February 7, Alliance for Hope's candidate Andr茅s Arauz won the largest number of votes but fell just short winning the elections outright, write Vijay Prashad and Pilar Troya
Ecuador
Ecuador's progressive electoral alliance Union for Hope, which stands an excellent chance of winning the election聽in February, has just been given the green light to run, writes Harvey Goldberg.
The establishment are trying every trick to exclude leading opposition ticket Union for Hope from the presidential election, writes Harvey Goldberg.
The ruling class鈥 brutal project of neoliberalism in Ecuador聽is making life unbearable for the people reports Yanis Iqbal.
A recent poll shows if opposition candidate Andr茅s Arauz Galarza is allowed to run in Ecuador鈥檚 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.
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鈥檚 copper and gold reserves.
Sentencing former President Rafael Correa to eight years in jail聽is a desperate move by a repressive administration trapped in a聽crisis of its own making, writes Denis Rogatyuk.
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.
In a victory for the social movement that brought Ecuador鈥檚 capital, Quito, to a halt for 11 days, Decree 883 鈥 which had scrapped fuel subsidies 鈥 was finally repealed on October 15, writes Jelena Rudd from Quito.
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鈥檚 workers are rising up against President Lenin Moreno鈥檚 IMF-mandated neoliberal attacks, writes Denis Rogatyuk.
鈥淭hey tried to bury us. They did not know we were seeds鈥. 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.
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