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Ecuador: Lenin Moreno and the CIA against Andres Arauz
The second round of the Ecuadorian election between the candidate of the pro-Correa citizen revolution Arauz and the banker Lasso is approaching, and things are accelerating in the axis formed by Lenin Moreno and the United States, with its intelligence services at the forefront. Continue reading
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Ecuador: reversing the pandemic slump?
The leftist candidate Andrés Arauz took the lead in the first round of the presidential elections in Ecuador. Arauz won 31.5 per cent of the vote, putting him about 11 percentage points clear of his nearest rivals. It was unclear who Arauz would face in the run-off. Indigenous leader Yaku Pérez and Guillermo Lasso, a… Continue reading
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Watch: Rafael Correa on Venezuela, Assange, and ‘preventing the total destruction of our homeland’
Max Blumenthal interviews former Ecuador President Rafael Correa, who was in Venezuela to observe its legislative elections and show support to a government under sustained economic and political attack by the US (inc. transcript). Continue reading
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In Ecuador, ‘Broken Windows Are Intolerable, but Broken People Are Fine’
Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR contributor Joe Emersberger about the Ecuador protests for the October 25, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Continue reading
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General Strike Against the IMF Shuts Down Ecuador
Striking workers and activists vow that they will not call off the national strike that began this Wednesday until Moreno reinstates state oil subsidies and lowers the price of fuel and petrol. Moreno cut the oil subsidies last week as part of an agreement the government negotiated with the IMF for a loan of $4.2… Continue reading
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Around the world in 8 Minutes Ep 58: Ecuador fights back against IMF
In this episode of Around the World in 8 minutes, we look at the mounting resistance of the people of Ecuador to the neoliberal policies of Lenin Moreno. The struggle of Ecuadorians in the face of intense repression marks another moment in the Latin American outburst against the far-right whose policies have wreaked great havoc… Continue reading
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Defying repression, tens of thousands of Ecuadorians take part in national strike
The heavy-handed response of the Ecuadorian police and military to the massive mobilizations in the country has already cost eight lives with hundreds suffering grave injuries Continue reading
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Ecuador: Lenin vs. Lenin
Insurrection has always been a weapon of humble peoples, those wretched of the earth of which Frantz Fannon spoke. It is a necessary alternative and a mirror in which one must obligatorily look at oneself, when the moment comes when the possibilities of dialogue with those above are exhausted, and the one below moves from… Continue reading
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Rioters Storm Ecuador’s National Assembly, As President And Ministers Flee Capital
On October 8th, riots in Ecuador continued for the 6th day. Thousands of indigenous people who had been marching towards the capital, Quito, descended on the city. Continue reading
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Ecuador’s president retreats from capital in face of growing mass protests By Andrea Lobo
In the face of a continuing strike and a mass indigenous mobilization against an IMF-dictated austerity package, Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno moved his government from the capital of Quito to the coastal city of Guayaquil, where he is now directing a police-state crackdown. Continue reading
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Ecuador raging against IMF’s measures, protesters storm parliament building
Amid widespread demonstrations by people, clashes with riot police, and general strike by transport workers over the International Monetary Fund (IMF) dictated neo-liberal measures, protesters stormed Ecuador’s parliament building in Quito, the capital city. Continue reading
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Too hungry for power, too inept to rule: Moreno & his neoliberalism are behind Ecuador’s turmoil, ex-president Correa tells RT
Ecuadorian authorities are trying hard to shift the blame for ongoing protests on foreign influence, yet they are the ones who have mishandled the economy, and now refuse to give up power, ex-president Rafael Correa told RT. Continue reading
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Ecuador cracks down on protesters over austerity & IMF loan, President moves govt from capital (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Chaotic mass demonstrations are underway in Ecuador following a spate of austerity cuts tied to a recently implemented IMF deal. Police have unleashed tear gas on protesters, while the government has declared a state of emergency. Continue reading
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State of exception in Ecuador amid strong protests By Christian Salas
The peaceful protesters have been met all day with tanks, militarized police and tear gas throughout the day-long protest, but, at the same time, organized protesters that include transport unions, students and other civil society organizations have been able to ‘take over’ areas of the historic center, say sources on the ground. Continue reading
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Ecuador: The Time of People’s Rebellion
It is not quite the same as the uprising that occurred during Venezuela’s Caracazoin 1989 but it is very similar. In that opportunity, then President Carlos Andres Perez,beholden to the demands of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), also decided to increase public transportation fares and a people’s rebellion provided the ground work for what would… Continue reading
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Rebellion in Ecuador Against Neoliberalism and Treason
Neoliberalism is hand in hand with treason. Ecuador is rising up and confronting the measures dictated by the IMF and executed by Lenin Moreno in the streets. Hundreds of thousands of people express their discontent in different parts of the country, workers, students, indigenous movements, peasants, teachers, in a word, the people in their diverse… Continue reading
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State of emergency declared in Ecuador amid mass protests
Thousands mobilized today across Ecuador in rejection of the new set of neoliberal economic measures announced by Lenin Moreno on Tuesday, 277 were detained Continue reading
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How the Trump Admin Used a Secret Livestream to Spy on Julian Assange
Working directly with Ecuador’s corrupt government, the U.S. government abandoned all sense of legality and moral decency by spying on Assange twenty-four hours a day via an illegal livestream surveillance operation set up by a private security firm and approved by Ecuador’s president. Continue reading
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Timeline: Julian Assange’s Expulsion & Arrest
7 June 2019 — Defend Wikileaks Read the PDF version here March 2017 7 March 2017 — WikiLeaks releases Vault 7, exposing CIA hacking tools Largest leak of confidential CIA documents in history, details the agency’s cyber warfare capabilities Continue reading
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Rafael Correa: “We All Have to Be Prepared for Treason”
This interview with former President Rafael Correa is the first step in a more ambitious project that we have proposed in Misión Verdad: to go to the vanguard of Latin American political leaders and invite them to reflect on the future rather than on the current situation. Correa accepted our invitation and summoned us to… Continue reading
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