Ecuador

Leónidas Iza (Pachakutik, Ecuador): ‘Our election campaign is an extension of the people’s struggle’
Leónidas Iza analyses the country’s economic and political crisis, the impact of popular mobilisations and the need to articulate a project from the grassroots that combines social struggles and electoral disputes.

Guillaume Long: Chaos in Ecuador
Guillaume Long — Ecuador is swiftly becoming the new frontline of the failed US War on Drugs. It may take years or even decades for the country to rebuild a state that can guarantee peace and security for its people.

Ecuador on the brink of the abyss
Revolutionary Movement of Workers — An immense wave of violence has been unleashed throughout the country. Ecuador is going through a moment of very deep crisis, perhaps the most serious in its history.

Ecuador: Will Correísmo succeed in surfing the second progressive wave?
Ociel Alí López — With two weeks to go before Ecuador's presidential elections, what obstacles does Correísmo face in defeating its right-wing opponents? Will Luisa González become Ecuador's first elected woman president?

Interview with Leonidas Iza
Ecuador: From Rafael Correa to Guillermo Lasso via Lenin Moreno

By Eric Toussaint
Propaganda as “News”: Ecuador Sells out Indigenous and the Environment to China

By Claudio Katz, introduction and translation by Richard Fidler