The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) of Ecuador decreed a state of exception in ancestral territories before the brutality of the security forces and the lack of awareness in understanding the popular nature of social demands. The measure comes at a time when, in different parts of this South American country, indigenous movements are marching…
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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…
Network in Defense of Humanity Alert to the International Community on the State of Emergency in Ecuador
Demonstrators confronted by riot police during protests after Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno’s government ended four-decade-old fuel subsidies, in Quito, Ecuador October 3, 2019.- REUTERS/Ivan Castaneira ALERT ON STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ECUADOR The Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity alerts the international community, in particular international bodies and defenders of…
Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru: States of Exception or Guinea Pigs?
Ollantay Itzamná The states of Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru are all simultaneously in a situation of political uncertainty. Ecuador and Guatemala with restricted constitutional rights and guarantees, either by State of Exception or State of Siege. Peru has a dissolved Congress of the Republic, which has become a political tradition. The three neoliberal governments apply…
Ecuador’s Transport Workers Strike, Take to Streets to Reject Pro-IMF Neoliberal Reforms
The striking workers are demanding either the withdrawal of austerity measures or the resignation of President Moreno. Ecuador woke up this Thursday with a total stoppage of activities as a result of a nationwide strike announced by transport workers and taxi drivers to protest against the “Paquetazo”, a package of austerity policies which President Lenin…
Tens of Thousands of Ecuadorians Join the National Strike Against Moreno
Ecuador is witnessing a massive 5-day national strike against the neoliberal economic policies of President Lenín Moreno and the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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…
Nicaragua in the Shadow of Western Fascism
Stephen Sefton In her Sorbonne University exam results, French philosopher Simone Weil scored better than Simone de Beauvoir or Jean Paul Sartre. She well understood the varieties of Western fascism and imperialism. So it’s worth paying attention to her remark that Europeans were shocked by Nazi crimes because the Nazis did to them what Europeans…
Plan Vuelta a la Patria: A Social Program that Bets on the Future of Venezuela
Simon Garcia “Nothing like being at home”, is a phrase that is often heard among Venezuelans who decide to apply to the Plan Vuelta a la Patria from the Republic of Ecuador. No electrical sabotage, economic blockade or media campaign can diminish the love that Venezuelans feel towards their Homeland. To understand that no country…
Venezuala’s Embassy in Ecuador Attacked by Armed Opposition Forces
This Wednesday, a group of seven people forcibly entered the headquarters of the Venezuelan Consulate in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil. Fernando Bello, head of the Consulate, reported that the “criminal gang” broke into the offices “with firearms” and “subdued all diplomatic personnel” and the public that was in the Consulate. “They beat us, they…
Ecuador: Wave of Anti-Venezuelan Violence, Xenophobia Unleashed
The Venezuelan community in Ecuador denounces the “Night of Broken Glass” in which Ecuadorians pursued Venezuelans throughout the streets of the city. | Photo: EFE Venezuelan citizens living in Ecuador have become victims of aggression and persecution starting in the early hours of Sunday morning. Some have been injured and their property stolen. The attacks…
Elected Constituent Assembly in Venezuela Provoked International Outrage, Not the Illegal Handpicked One in Ecuador
Joe Emersberger “CONAIE and CREO direct the new National Electoral Council“ announces a headline yesterday in the rightwing Ecuadorian newspaper El Universo. CONAIE is a self-declared “left” federation representing indigenous peoples in Ecuador. CREO is the party of the “defeated” right wing presidential candidate in 2017. I put “defeated” in quotes because CREO’s electoral defeat – which…
