President Rafael Correa said the region needs to stand together to fight discrimination and human rights violations.
telesurtv.net reported Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Monday that Latin America needs to respond with a strong front and united speech against the anti-immigration measures of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Correa said there needs to be “a regional stand to defend the main type of mobility, which is human mobility, the defense of human rights, reminding the United States that they have been a country of migrants,” said Correa in an interview with Spain’s Cadena Ser.
The president said that the region is “still missing a consolidated and head-on speech to respond to policies” created by Trump.
Correa is in the midst of his last international tour before ending his presidential term in May. Ecuadoreans will choose a new president on Feb. 19, as well as members of the National Assembly.
Correa’s former vice president, Lenin Moreno, is leading the presidential race with more than 40 percent of the votes, according to recent polls.
“It is impressive what is happening, there will be hard times ahead,” said Correa, referring to Trump’s policies since his arrival in the White House, including the ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries and the construction of a border wall with Mexico.
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Correa said that “there are also opportunities” in the recent protests against Trump’s decrees in the U.S. that “haven’t been seen since the Vietnam War or the civil rights struggle.”
Correa signed Saturday a Human Mobility Law that guarantees the rights of migrants and ensures that nobody will be dubbed or treated as “illegal” based solely on their immigration status.
According to the government, there are currently about 200,000 Ecuadoreans who are in an irregular situation in the United States. Read Article
Mexico’s biggest cash cow is under threat from President Donald Trump. The country’s largest source of cash comes from Mexicans living in the United States. That is now under the microscope after Trump issued an executive order Wednesday to start building a wall on the border. During his campaign, Trump said multiple times that Mexico […]
panampost.com/Ysol Delgado reported the Nuevo Herald recently interviewed journalist Fernando Villavicencio, who is in hiding after revealing confidential information that uncovered an important network of corruption, through a website called Focus. After the journalist’s information came to light, Rafael Correa asked the Attorney General of Ecuador to investigate him, and soon after an arrest warrant […]
FT.com/Jude Webber Mexico braced for confrontation with Trump team Enrique Peña Nieto vows to stand up to Nafta pressure from new US president Battle lines have been drawn as Mexico and the US kick off what promise to be tough negotiations on the future of the two-decades old North American Free Trade Agreement, which both […]
Ken Livinstone – THIS has been a big week for Ecuador. The country took on the presidency of the influential G77 and China group of developing countries and has marked 10 years of the Citizens’ Revolution, the name given to the change that has taken place in the country since President Rafael Correa took office […]
radiolaprimerisima.com reported the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, denounced on Thursday the plan to destabilize his government implemented since 2013 and led by the brothers Isaiah, exbanqueros responsible for the country’s financial crisis in 1999. According to the president, just days after his second electoral victory in February 2013, the brothers Isaías and their lawyers […]
iadb.org/ Novel Facebook-based survey measures citizen frustration with bureaucracy in Latin America and Caribbean – The IDB has launched two studies on quality and innovation in public services The Inter-American Development Bank launched two studies that show the low regard citizens have for the quality of public services they receive and how innovation can help […]
eluniverso.com reported that beginning Friday, February 17 at 12:00, until noon on Monday, February 20, it will not be possible to sell or consume alcoholic beverages in Ecuador, due to the dry law that governs during the period prior to election day: February 2017. According to the Code of Democracy , it is established that […]
knightcenter.utexas.edu / Attacks on freedom of expression in Ecuador increase due to the application of the communications law, according to report By Paola Nalvarte/TM The main attacks on freedom of expression in Ecuador during 2016 were a result of the application of the controversial Organic Law of Communication, in force since 2013, according to the […]
theguardian.com reported members of one of Latin America’s most well-known environmental organisations, Acción Ecológica, are fighting for their survival against a controversial attempt by Ecuador’s government to shut them down. The move by the government came six days after violence between soldiers, police and indigenous Shuar people opposed to a Chinese-run copper development, Panantza-San Carlos, […]
The Slow Death of Democracy in Correa’s Ecuador BY Carlos de la Torre / Thursday, March 19, 2015 worldpoliticsreview.com Rafael Correa, a left-leaning academic turned populist politician, has dominated Ecuadorian politics since 2007. He won three presidential elections and has consistently maintained popularity rates of over 50 percent. His movement, the Alliance for a Proud […]
eluniverso.com reported the fine for Ecuadorians who are qualified but who could not or would not vote in the electoral process on February 19 , is 10% of a monthly unified payment, to this amount is added $ 8 of the cost of the species (document Which is delivered at the CNE). The exact amount […]
(AFP) – Campaigning opened Tuesday for Ecuador’s February 19 general elections, which will decide who succeeds leftist President Rafael Correa after a decade in power. Eight candidates are vying to replace Correa, a radical economist and one of the last of a generation of leftist leaders who dominated Latin American politics for more than a […]
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Alert on Challenges in 2017 WARNS OF ATTACKS ON PROGRESSIVE CURRENTS IN THE REGION tiempo21.cu reported Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Guillaume Long today warned the people of this South American country about the challenges they will have to face in 2017 internally, and in the international arena. After congratulating the Ecuadorians for the […]
ecuadorinmediato.com CEDATOS: Lenin Moreno (35.6%); Guillermo Lasso (22.3%); Cynthia Viteri (10.9%); Paco Moncayo (6.9%) 2016-12-29 19:15:00 National Policy report 47% of respondents still do not know who to vote for President and Vice President, and 53% have already decided their preference Cedatos pollster presented his study “Facts and Figures 2016”, whose information is based on […]
Israel furious after Ecuador compares Zionism to Nazism independent.co.uk reported Ecuadorian official claims there is ‘nothing more similar’ to Nazis than Israel policy towards Palestinians Israel has responded furiously after the Ecuadorian envoy to the United Nations compared Zionism to Nazism. Diplomat Horacio Sevilla Borja said he did not think there was “anything more similar” […]
thedailybeast.com/Nina Strochlic Inside the women’s prison in El Salvador, set on the outskirts of the capital in a dangerous neighborhood called Ilopango, at least 21 women are serving sentences for abortions they say they never had. All of these women claim they are jailed for miscarrying their babies. In the prison’s leafy courtyard, a petite […]
zerohedge.com reported once a “flagship socialist nation,” Venezuela has suffered over the past couple of years from a dramatic economic crisis that has resulted in severe shortages of food, clean water, electricity, medicines and hospital supplies all of which have resulted in a desperate population which has resorted to the black market and violence for […]
ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THE BOOK bbc.com reported Venezuela’s elections for state governorships have been postponed until next year, a move denounced by the opposition as unconstitutional. The polls had been expected in December, but the election board said they would now be held around mid-2017. Opinion polls have suggested the government of President […]
mcclatchydc.com/Tim Johnson reported Wikileaks said Tuesday that Secretary of State John Kerry asked Ecuador to stop WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, from publishing leaked emails that could disrupt peace negotiations with a guerrilla group in Colombia. Assange, who has been in refuge in Ecuador’s embassy in London for more than four years, saw his access to […]
cnn.com reported Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry published a statement on Tuesday saying it “exercised its right” to “temporarily restrict access to some of (WikiLeaks’) private communications network within its Embassy in the United Kingdom.” The statement says the temporary restriction would not prevent WikiLeaks from “carrying out its journalistic activities. The statement mentions the “wealth of […]
PANAMPOST.COM reported the website 4Pelagatos in Ecuador has received numerous threats allegedly for publishing articles about President Rafael Correa’s daughter, according to The Andean Foundation for Media Study and Observation (Fundamedios). The media outlet responded to the threats by accusing the Ecuadorian government of intimidation tactics, and blaming them for anything that might happen to […]
Fundamedios issued an alert about the threats aggravated against members of 4Pelagatos without the government or the Attorney, Galo Chiriboga, say nothing about the matter. This site reproduces the statement Fundamedios, while the national government responsible for these murderous threats and the consequences that may arise against 4Pelagatos members, contributors and columnists. Disseminated photographs, addresses […]
EFE/latino.foxnews.com reported Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa warned Saturday about the existence of a new Operation Condor, as the repressive action of Latin America’s military dictatorships in the 1970’s and ’80s was called, this time against the “progressive governments” of the region. “This is a new Operation Condor…today its targets are the progressive governments of the […]
telesurtv.net / Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Guillaume Long speaks to teleSUR’s Abby Martin on “Empire Files” about the country’s rejection of neoliberalism and imperialism. Ecuador’s fight to reclaim its sovereignty and beat back neoliberalism and foreign domination has been rife with challenges, but the movement to lift up people over profits has also made progress in […]
panampost.com/elcomercio reported Rafael Correa, the president of Ecuador since 2007, has filed 21 lawsuits during his tenure, more than any other Ecuadorian president since 1979, according to an investigation by local newspaper El Comercio. In 13 of the legal complaints between June 2008 and September 2016, Correa acted as a citizen rather than chief of […]
panampost.com reported a judge gave Eduardo Del Pozo 15 days in jail for “offending the honor of President Correa.” “Even if they use their entire judicial machinery against us,” Del Pozo said, “we will stand here without fear.” In the radio interview, Del Pozo said the president “gave out sentences at will, took money, paid […]
Mexican finance minister steps down in wake of Donald Trump’s visit THEGUARDIAN.COM reported Luis Videgaray was widely reported to have been a leading proponent of Trump’s trip, which was seen as something of a disaster for the Mexican president. President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico is replacing his finance minister, Luis Videgaray, as the country […]
eldiario.ec(Machine Translated) REPORTED Fabricio Correa, a businessman and political activist, said last night during the Vote 2017 program, broadcast by Manavision, still thinks which organization is best suited to participate in the upcoming elections of 2017. He said that if would accept to run for president because, he said, is well positioned in the polls. […]
nytimes.com reported the Senate on Wednesday impeached Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president, and removed her from office for the rest of her term, the capstone of a power struggle that has consumed the nation for months and toppled one of the hemisphere’s most powerful political parties. The Senate voted 61 to 20 to convict […]
thetower.org reported the Iranian foreign minister’s visit to Latin America last week signaled the Islamic Republic’s intent to rebuild its missile program in the Western Hemisphere, Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote in an analysis on Monday. “Iran has long relied on Latin America to evade Western sanctions, […]
Quito (AFP) au.news.yahoo.com reported – Thousands of demonstrators marched in Quito and other Ecuadoran cities Thursday against the socialist government of Rafael Correa and its dissolution of a public teachers’ guild. Labor union members and teachers turned out in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca to denounce the Ministry of Education dissolving the National Union of Educators […]
theguardian.com reported after four years of negotiating, the deal will be signed Wednesday evening in Havana, kicking off what promises to be a frenzied campaign to ratify it Colombia’s government and leftwing Farc rebels have reached a final and comprehensive peace deal to end the country’s 52-year war that has left more than 220,000 people […]
Maduro to fire public workers who backed his recall The Venezuelan government will fire senior civil servants for signing a petition linked to ousting President Nicolas Maduro, according to Maduro’s top aide. Hundreds of people claim they already lost their jobs. The president sent out lists of employees to be fired from posts on the […]
mirror.co.uk reported Ecuador blasts British security forces after intruder scales walls of London Embassy in ‘Julian Assange assassination attempt’ Fans of Wikileaks founder blame America following security breach after site said it would release “a lot more” documents to surprise voters ahead of election WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been living in the Ecuadorian Embassy […]
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has issued a decree to create a state media holding, which was the merge of the major state-run media. Sputnik — According to the presidential decree issued Monday, Correa merged the Public Television and Radio Company of Ecuador (RTV Ecuador), the state-run El Telegrafo newspaper, and the Andes news agency “in […]
cuencahighlife.com reported teachers union calls for nationwide protests on Thursday, says government dissolution order is an act of ‘political revenge’ Ecuador’s National Union of Educators (UNE), the country’s largest teachers’ union, has announced a nationwide protest for Thursday against the government decision revoking its right to represent teachers. UNE says the decision was politically motivated. […]
Journalists in Mexico have accused President Enrique Pena Nieto of plagiarism. bbc.com reported a video on news website Aristegui Noticias alleges that almost 29% of his 1991 law thesis had been lifted from other authors without crediting them. A government spokesman said the president had committed “style errors” when he failed to acknowledge his sources […]
dataguidance.com reported Juan Javier Canessa, Partner at Larrea & Canessa, highlighted, “Based on the fact that up to this date Ecuador does not have a uniform law regarding protection and management of personal databases, we consider positive the intention to issue such a law that gathers and develops non-existing concepts such as ‘sensitive data,’ ‘data […]
eluniverso.com reported Rafael Correa thanks support group for the signatures, but reiterates he will not go for re-election President of the Republic, Rafael Correa, thanked his supporters Thursday collective ‘Rafael With You Always’, prompting collecting signatures to 1’245.000 a referendum that would facilitate the re-election of the president, but reiterated that will not go to […]
theguardian.com reported newly declassified files show the former secretary of state jeopardized efforts to crackdown on bloodshed by Argentina’s 1976-83 military dictatorship Former secretary of state Henry Kissinger jeopardized US efforts to stop mass killings by Argentina’s 1976-83 military dictatorship by congratulating the country’s military leaders for “wiping out” terrorism, according to a large trove […]
janes.com reported Ecuador has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China relating to defence industrial co-operation; the latest in a series of agreements between the countries aimed to strengthening military and industrial ties. The accord was signed in Ecuador on 16 August by Ecuadorian defence minister Ricardo Patino and Xu Zhanbin, China’s vice minister […]
panampost.com reported Ecuador managed to collect over 1.2 million signatures supporting the proposal for a referendum that would allow President Rafael Correa to run again in 2017. After 45 days of collecting signatures, the movement gave the National Electoral Council (CNE) the results in northern Quito. It reportedly exceeded the minimum percentage required for a […]
Last election you received a ittle more than 330,000 votes, What makes you think that now will be any different? elcomercio.com NOBOA: Because there is now a great disappointment popular product of national problems. Today there is poverty, there is unemployment, there are also health problems, there are many angles to the crisis. What solutions […]
Sofey Saidi, PhD, on Tehran’s efforts to “export revolution” in Latin America Iran’s increasing involvement in South American and Central American countries has worried some observers who fear that the country may be “exporting” fundamentalist religion in these regions. The 1979 Iranian Revolution was, according to many analysts, the birth of modern Islamic fundamentalism, an […]
cuadoran president Rafael Correa on Sunday denounced “fantasies of trickle-down theories” and said that it’s neoliberalism, not socialism that has failed his region. Latin America has largely pursued “socialism of the 21st century,” TeleSUR reports the leftist leader as saying in an interview. Despite current external factors affecting his country’s economy—like the fall in the […]
Leonard Quinde Allieri “Opinion”/PANAMPOST Correa’s administration is very proud to say that over the last 10 years, it has managed to double Ecuador’s GDP. What they do not say is how they have generated this increase — irresponsible spending that has damaged the economy. Correa mismanaged the highest oil revenues in Ecuadorian history. And what […]
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK aawsat.com/Caracas- Iran’s Foreign Ministry is currently in the process of preparing for Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s five-country tour in Latin America. The Iranian diplomat is scheduled to visit Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Chile in the upcoming period. Amid serious cautioning the peace of the Americas […]
US Invasions in Latin America and the Caribbean TELESURTV.NET reported: Since the 1800s, the United States has invaded countries across Latin America and the Caribbean in an effort to protect both economic and political interests. This violent, aggressive policy has led to tens of thousands of civilian deaths and decades-long dictatorships. In commemoration of the […]
telesurtv.net reported nearly two months since police left ten demonstrators dead in Oaxaca, officials still don’t know who gave police the order to fire. Lawmakers from Mexico’s leftist parties accused the Office of the Attorney General of trying to perpetuate impunity in the deaths of several people at the hands of police in the town […]
radioangulo.cu reported the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Cuba Friday night to participate in the activities to mark the 90th birthday of Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro. President Maduro is expected to attend a couple of cultural galas to pay homage to Fidel, along member of his delegation. This new visit by Maduro is […]
worldpoliticsreview.com reported the Ecuadorean indigenous political party Pachakutik yesterday officially validated the results of its presidential primary, naming Lourdes Tiban as the party’s nominee for next year’s election. In an email interview, Manuela Picq, professor of international relations at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) in Ecuador, and currently a Loewenstein Fellow in the department […]
sandiegouniontribune.com/AP reported An Ecuadorean opposition journalist convicted of libeling President Rafael Correa said on Thursday that he is broke and must take up a public collection to pay the $141,000 judgment. Fernando Villavicencio displayed a piggy bank at a news conference and said he will use banks to collect money in the streets to satisfy […]
Thedialogue.org Ecuador Unsteadied Low oil prices. A stronger dollar. The aftermath of an earthquake. A looming general election with no clear outcome. Every day Ecuador sinks deeper towards a state of outright crisis. In the face of an economic contraction, the country must overcome enormous obstacles to recovery and growth. Its politics do not offer […]
stratfor.com Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said Aug. 8 that if elections were held tomorrow he would run for office again. Yet he denied that he would run for re-election in 2017. Under Ecuadorian law, Correa is not allowed to seek another term. However, a group of his supporters, Rafael Contigo Siempre (Rafael Forever With You), […]
insidecounsel.com reported as the world’s attention turns to the South American nation of Brazil this summer as it hosts the Olympics, those who follow the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) have long been watching the region. Spanish Vocabulary Intermediate/Advanced Level: A Guide To Enrich Your Spanish Vocabulary Even the Olympics themselves — […]
Three mayors have been killed in 10 days in México. panampost.com reported the first was the Mayor of San Juan Chamula, Chiapas Domingo López González on the morning of July 23, and the second was Pungarabato, Michoacan Mayor Ambrosio Soto Duarte, who was killed the same day. Following those events, Huehuetlán El Grande Mayor Santa […]
The earthquake in Ecuador on April 16, which resulted in 659 deaths (a figure that is still growing) and thousands of homeless, has also added to the population’s tax burden. The Government has increased VAT from 12% to 14% for a one year. For the same period, companies will pay a 3% tax on profits […]
reuters.com reported Mexico’s chief anti-corruption official, who last year exonerated President Enrique Pena Nieto of conflict-of-interest allegations, resigned on Monday, just hours before new graft-fighting legislation comes into effect. Virgilio Andrade, head of the Public Administration Ministry (SFP), the government’s main anti-corruption auditor, was appointed by Pena Nieto in 2015. He was immediately asked to […]
HRW.ORG reported Ecuador has the largest number of refugees in the region. The expulsion without due process of dozens of Cubans during the last few days shows the enormous risk that asylum seekers face when government authorities have impunity to ignore their obligations under international refugee law. Detained Cubans in a cell at Quito’s court […]
Liberalism in Ecuador: In Search of a Constitution Johanna E. Andrango, Diego F. Grijalva and Pedro P. Romero Draft May 19, 2016 Abstract: Ecuador is not a society that upholds classical liberal values. Since its inception as a republic in 1830, the country has had twenty constitutions with an average duration of nine years, that […]
Telesurtv.net reported the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), according to declassified documents and testimonies of previous agency officials, had a permanent operation to intervene in political and social decisions of Ecuador. Starting from the 60s, the CIA infiltrated governments, police, civilian groups, and NGOs to advance U.S. interests in the country, and continues to fight […]
mises.org/Ryan McMaken Unlike other leftist South American regimes, the Venezuela regime has intentionally crushed even the middle and working classes. The economic disaster in Venezuela has prompted many to take a look at the country and attempt to understand what it is that has made things so bad in Venezuela. It’s not enough to say […]
Meridith Kohut/NYtimes.com reported — The courts? Closed most days. The bureau to start a business? Same thing. The public defender’s office? That’s been converted into a food bank for government employees. Step by step, Venezuela has been shutting down. This country has long been accustomed to painful shortages, even of basic foods. But Venezuela keeps […]
freemedia.at reported…Although there are still more than six months to go before the campaign to elect a new president in Ecuador begins, efforts to control political discourse in the country have long since begun. According to a new study, part of this battle is being waged on social networks, where the current president, Rafael Correa, […]
Correa encourages its followers on social networks to harass critics Ecuador President asks people to “reclaim the streets” cartoonist for his drawings Bonil Soraya Constant/internacional.elpais.com REPORTED Quito 3 MAY 2016 Caricatura de Bonil sobre Rafael Correa Cartoon Bonil on Rafael Correa Bonil The cartoonist humor Xavier Bonilla , better known as Bonil, has angered President […]
Even the 7.8 earthquake, many people began to understand that, in times of crisis, political and economic problems have direct effects internacional.elpais.com (PUBLIC COMMENT)/ Ezequiel Vazquez-Ger wrote During the presidencies of Rafael Correa between 2007 and 2015 oil revenues reached 80 billion dollars. A comparatively bulky amount, taking into account that oil revenues in the […]
OPINION FROM FACEBOOK: spanish with mechanical english translation. Santy Gomez RAFAEL CORREA: EL PUEBLO ECUATORIANO NO SE DA X VENCIDO NI LO HARA. NO PIENSE UD QUE XQ CAMBIA MINISTROS, O SE QUEDA CALLADITO, O SE HACE EL HUEVON SE VA A SALIR CON LA SUYA. ECUADOR YA CONOCE SUS ARTIMAÑAS, SUS CORTINAS DE HUMO, […]
ecuadorreview.com reported six Ecuadorian journalists from the daily newspapers El Universo and El Comercio were part of the global investigation known as the ‘Panama Papers.’ Coordinated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), reporters had access to more than 11 million documents leaked from Mossack Fonseca (MF), a company providing offshore services, i.e. the […]
ecuadorreview.com reported According to the book ‘Criminalization of Protest’ by activist Karla Calapaqui, published in January 2016, 82 cases of government repression were recorded in Ecuador between 2007 and 2015, affecting 681 people. Some of the more controversial cases are outlined below, evidencing excessive use of force and rights violations. 1. Where it all started: […]
. Quito, May 2 (Andes) andes.info.ec .- The government of Ecuador will make changes in the president’s cabinet. These will be formalized in the next few hours, according to agency ANDES met. The changes will be specified in the portfolios of Foreign Trade, National Water Secretariat (Senagua), National Secretariat for Risk Management, Cultural, Economic and […]
eff.org reported according to a leaked internal memo of the multinational ISP Telefónica in Ecuador, the Association of Internet Providers of Ecuador (AEPROVI) collaborated with the Ecuadorian government to block their users’ access to websites. The memo was obtained and published by the Associated Whistleblowing Press and the Ecuadorian whistleblowing platform, Ecuador Transparente. The memo […]
Reuters:dailymail.co.uk reported Rafael Correa the president of Ecuador has named a new oil minister after the resignation of Carlos Pareja. Jose Icaza as the Andean nation’s new oil minister, according to a government document published on Monday. Icaza was named to the post following the resignation of former minister Carlos Pareja. The decree did not […]
panampost.com reported last Friday , the television network Ecuavisa Ecuador announced its refusal to transmit the TV campaign by the government “Citizenship speaks to the media” driven. The management and channel campus believe that this campaign aims to discredit the media and journalists. “Ecuavisa refrain from transmitting national chains on the campaign ‘Citizenship speaks to […]
panampost.com reported the Constitutional Court of Ecuador approved a request from the “Rafael With You Forever” group that would allow a referendum to ask Ecuadorians if they want to repeal a constitutional provision preventing current-President Rafael Correa from running for reelection in 2017. According to Pamela Aguirre, a member of the group, the most important […]
The following is a post from a Facebook group posted on April 25/2016. The information is provided by the poster. LAC has not verified the information and takes no responsibility for the veracity of the post. It is presented for informational purposes and opinion of the poster. Justin Graceful shared LevantateEcuador’s video. 6 hrs I’ve […]
By MARTÍN PALLARES(NY TIMES OPINION PAGE)The earthquake that shook Ecuador last Saturday has proved to be the most destructive in nearly seven decades and has caused the worst humanitarian catastrophe here in memory. Official figures record more than 577 dead, but according to the hundreds of volunteers in the disaster zone, there are many more […]
By Kevin G. Hall and Vera Bergengruen/ McClatchy Washington Bureau In the weeks after the release of the documents now known as the Panama Papers, Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa called out his country’s journalists and boasted that, unlike other countries, he and his government weren’t found in the leak. However, the secret documents show that […]
Telesurtv.net reported Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa denounced U.S. media bashing on the progressive governments of Venezuela and Brazil, Tuesday. In New York on a tour to promote tourism in Ecuador, Correa set the narrative straight on several attacks against left-wing South American governments. While the media has painted the Venezuelan National Assembly in a largely […]
Thursday #Ecuador #14abril back to the streets in QUITO Avenida De los Shyris i primary location for planned protests in Quito. ubicatv.com reported the mobilizations are effective. So they decided that De los Shyris Avenue again on Thursday, April 14. The initial plan is to congregate there, do a sit-in for a couple of hours […]
By GLENN GARVIN (Opinion) ggarvin@miamiherald.com Under President Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s economy has been in shambles. AP Rafael Correa has been entertaining, even as he’s ruined Ecuador’s economy But his countrymen have stopped laughing As his popularity plummets, it’s clear they are tired of being the punchlines Ecuador’s Rafeal Correa may be ruining his country’s economy, […]
elciudadano.gob.ec REPORTED As of April 1, will take effect the Simplified Citizen Data Sheet. Through this technological resource, public entities of the Government shall not seek copies of certificate or certificate for carrying voting procedures. Nuria Butina, National Director of Public Data Registry (DINARDAP), said the new electronic system allows the simplification of formalities citizens […]
The guardian.com reported there are 1,954 miles of border separating the US and Mexico but only one tiny stretch, measuring no more than 15 meters wide, where families are sanctioned to touch fingertips through a steel-mesh fence. This spot, where the Pacific ocean joins the sandy shoreline, and where San Diego becomes Tijuana, is where […]
Brazil president closer to impeachment as coalition partner quits theguardian.com reported Dilma Rousseff’s hopes of seeing out her four-year term took a major hit when the PMDB voted to leave the governing alliance: ‘This is her D-Day’ says analyst President Dilma Rousseff’s hopes of seeing out her term of office have received a potentially fatal […]
Previous demonstrations by opposition groups have broken out in violence as protesters and police clashed. telesurtv.net reported Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa warned Monday that the country could witness another round of violent protests this week as opposition groups announced that they will take to the streets once again. Opposition organizations, including the Confederation of Indigenous […]
Interview with Dana Frank, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, conducted by Scott Harris btlonline.org — The Central American nation of Honduras is well known for having one of the highest murder rates in the world that includes violence attributed to narco-trafficking, gang conflicts and street crime. But Honduras is also […]
cnbc.com/rueters reported hundreds of thousands of Brazilians flooded the streets on Sunday in the biggest ever protests calling for President Dilma Rousseff’s removal, reflecting rising popular anger that could encourage Congress to impeach the leftist leader. The demonstrations were the latest in a wave of anti-government rallies that lost momentum late last year but have […]
MOVING TO ECUADOR? THIS IS ONE BOOK YOU SHOULD READ Forbes interview with President Correa in October of 2015. The president is asked if he will run again for the Presidency in 2017. At 11:18 on the video. Since this interview President Correa has announced he is definitively not running in 2017. ——————————————— INTERVIEWER: 2017, […]
Will A Military Coup Oust Ecuadorian President Correa? There is Sable Rattling in Quito as President Correa Takes on Retired Officers PANAMPOST.COM José Marulanda wrote (Opinion) Right now, the Venezuelan government is leading the country into the economic abyss; Mrs Kirchner is facing charges in Argentina for her disastrous economic policy; Brazil’s “Lula” Da Silva, […]
The Land Law seeks to redistribute land and support family agriculture. telesurtv.net reported the Ecuadorean National Assembly approved on Thursday new modifications to the country’s proposed Land Law. The legislative measure was passed with 92 votes in favor and will go to President Rafael Correa for final approval. The Director of the Commission for Food […]
rt.com reported a former Argentine Nobel Prize winner says US President Barack Obama should skip or at least delay his intended visit to the country on March 24 because it coincides with the 40th anniversary of a coup that installed a Washington-backed military government. Adolfo Perez Esquivel says he is happy that the US president […]
Quito (AFP)yahoo.com reported Ecuador’s Defense Minister Fernando Cordero resigned Tuesday, after top military brass were fired for criticizing military benefit cuts by President Rafael Correa. “I have decided to resign as defense minister,” Cordero told a briefing after the president slashed Armed Forces Social Security benefits, while insisting they were “guaranteed.” Read Article Speak Spanish […]
February 5, 2016 by David Alzate Proaño How Democracy Has Failed Ecuador Surely, democracy is a good thing. Humans tend to believe that if the masses make a decision, then it must be the right one — it must be a decision that improves society. However, we are often wrong. John Stuart Mill is recognized […]
Applauding a Protest in Ecuador Could Land You in Prison By Gaston Cavanagh/VICE.COM February 25, 2016 Francisco Endara Daza is hiding because he applauded, though he says he didn’t even do that. “I am not considering giving myself up because what we have in Ecuador is not justice, just a group of judges acting to […]
Quito (AFP) REPORTED – Ecuador will hold presidential polls a year from now in February 2017, electoral authorities said Thursday, but leftist President Rafael Correa will not run for re-election to lead the slowing South American economy. “The first round of the election will be on Sunday February 19, 2017,” with a run-off vote if […]
By José Hernández on February 13, 2016 Analysis Rafael Correa has dismissed the military high command; cut short the career of ten generals; provoked protest from those in passive military service; and mobilized his supporters to take to the streets arguing that “coups will not happen” … all this for an administrative problem worth a […]
RIGHTWINGERS protested across Ecuador on Wednesday following President Rafael Correa’s sacking of the country’s four top generals for issuing statements on “administrative matters.” Head of the joint chiefs of staff General Luis Garzon had condemned the government on Twitter for fining the army pension fund and “taking resources away from … soldiers and their families.” […]
The military chiefs are accused of overcharging the government for a land sale. telesurtv.net reported Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa announced he has dismissed the military high command, after the leader was accused of trying to manipulate soldiers. “With much pain I’ve had to dismiss the high command … We will not allow anyone to manipulate […]
indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com reported the Wampis people of Peru recently created the nation’s first Autonomous Indigenous Government, which does not seek independence from Peru but intends to protect their rights and their territory. On November 29, in the town of Soledad, the Wampis announced the formation of their autonomous government that brings together 100 Wampis communities, representing […]
hrw.org/José Miguel Vivanco …. in recent years, prosecutors and judges in Ecuador have used charges of “terrorism” and “sabotage” in the criminal code against anti-government protesters, applying broad and overly vague definitions of both crimes that did not meet the internationally recognized principle of legality, which requires that crimes must be precisely defined in law. […]