Category: Ecuador
An interview with Andrés Arauz on his surprising journey to the verge of state power
Left-wing economist Andrés Arauz secured nearly 33% of the vote in the first round of Ecuador’s presidential election on February 7 but fell short of the 40% needed to win outright
Indigenous environmentalist Yaku Pérez and conservative Guillermo Lasso are locked in a vote re-count to determine who will face Andrés Arauz in the secound round in April, posing a challenge to correísmo

Lies of omission characterize Reuters coverage of Latin American politics
In a historic referendum, more than 80% of the electorate in Cuenca, Ecuador’s third-largest city, voted to ban mining in the area

Please Help ZNet Photo by max.ku/Shutterstock Ecuador’s leftist candidate Andrés Arauz has won the first round of the country’s presidential elections held on 7 February, 2021, garnering 31.5% of the vote. An economist and former minister in socialist president Rafael Correa’s government, he has led the ticket for the Union for Hope coalition – what Read more…
Interview on continuing the Citizen Revolution
Yaku Pérez, the leader of indigenous party Pachakutik, is running on a green platform – but can he reach outside of his traditional base?
Democratic Socialists of America IC expresses solidarity with the workers, peasants, and indigenous communities struggling against the forces of capital
Capitalism in Ecuador has been surviving the pandemic by increasing the exploitation of the working class and farmers