Can Ecuador’s left and progressive forces build the necessary unity to confront Noboa’s neoliberal project?
Last week, diverse parties and organizations from the left and center met in Quito to discuss how to build unity in the upcoming 2025 elections
“Jorge Glas is in poor health and is at risk of suicide,” says Andrés Arauz
Vice President under Rafael Correa, Glas was kidnapped from the Mexican embassy by the Noboa government
Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador. Why the war on the poor will never solve the problem
Ecuadorian researchers Andrés Tapia Arias and Andrés Madrid Tamayo address some of the root causes to the wave of drug trafficking-related violence and why the government’s response is still missing the mark
Ecuador elects new right-wing president linked to big banana business
In the second round of the anticipated elections in Ecuador, Daniel Noboa defeated progressive candidate Luisa González
The Ecuador of Guillermo Lasso
During Lasso’s two years in office, Ecuador has registered the highest annual inflation of the decade, the highest rate of homicide in seven years, mass migration, and unprecedented drug-related activities
Ecuadorian social movements, left parties reject President Lasso’s “national agreement”
Following Lasso’s call for a “national agreement,” social organizations and progressive political parties rejected dialogue, criticizing Lasso’s neoliberal policies
Daily Round-up | Ecuadorian government and people’s movements conclude talks and other stories
In today’s episode, we bring you stories of talks concluding between the Ecuadorian government and people’s movements, a protest by Belgian educators, a strike in South Africa being interdicted, and the reversal of the acquittal of an Indian activist
Indigenous organizations and government conclude negotiations in Ecuador
The leaders of the CONAIE, FENOCIN and FEINE celebrated the advances made in the dialogue process, but also expressed their discontent, pointing out that agreements on various crucial demands are still pending
Ecuadorian Indigenous organizations and government reach agreement to end national strike
Indigenous organizations and the government of President Guillermo Lasso reached consensus on the most substantial demands and agreed to continue discussing the pending ones and find a solution to them in the next 90 days
Defying repression, Ecuadorians continue to protest against neoliberalism
At least two indigenous protesters have been killed in the ongoing anti-government protests in Ecuador. Protestors have faced widespread repression and violence by the security forces
Ecuadorians continue to resist as national strike enters second week
Defying the state of emergency, enduring brutal police and military repression, hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians continue to remain on the streets against neoliberalism
Ecuadorian Indigenous leader Leonidas Iza released on parole
An Ecuadorian judge ordered Iza’s release and imposed alternative measures to preventive detention, such as prohibiting him from leaving the country and periodically appearing before Cotopaxi’s Attorney General’s Office
- Jordan receives body of Maher al-Jazi from Israeli authorities
- Environmental and community activist Juan López murdered in Honduras
- Tens of thousands on the streets of Honduras to support the government of Xiomara Castro
- New York cop opens fire in subway station while pursuing commuter who allegedly didn’t pay fare
- Workers rally in Brussels against EU industrial failures
