Indigenous anti-Correa protesters.
Ecuador鈥檚 President Rafael Correa is facing the most important challenge yet to his self-styled 鈥淐itizens' Revolution鈥.
A range of indigenous groups, trade unions and leftist parties mobilised across the country on August 13. Their long list of demands included calls for land reform, opposition to mining, support for bilingual education and the shelving of the government鈥檚 proposed water and labour laws.
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Indigenous anti-Correa protesters.
Ecuador鈥檚 President Rafael Correa is facing the most important challenge yet to his self-styled 鈥淐itizens' Revolution鈥.
A range of indigenous groups, trade unions and leftist parties mobilised across the country on August 13. Their long list of demands included calls for land reform, opposition to mining, support for bilingual education and the shelving of the government鈥檚 proposed water and labour laws.
More than 6000 people and 500 group have participated in public meetings on a proposed land law with the government of President Rafael Correa.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and social movements behind Ecuador鈥檚 鈥淐itizens' Revolution鈥 are engaged in yet another battle against the South American country's entrenched elites.
Supporters of Correa marched through the capital of Quito on August 12 to the presidential palace, where they intend to maintain a permanent presence to help defend the elected government.
The next day, violent opposition protests led to 86 police officers being injured, the interior ministry said, along with 20 civilians and three members of the press.
Ecuador: Correa says Latin American left faces 'new Cold War'
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said on August 5 that left-wing governments in Latin America are facing 鈥渁 new Cold War鈥 that seeks to 鈥渁nnihilate them鈥 through strategies of political destabilisation.
The statements of the socialist leader come as opposition groups, including many from the far right, are planning a new series of protests against his government.
Colombian Indigenous refugees in Ecaudor.
Migrant rights bill says 'no one is illegal'
Ecuadorian National Assembly deputy Esteban Melo said that under a new migration bill presented to the Ecuadorian National Assembly on July 16, 鈥淣o human being will be considered illegal鈥.
Supports of the 'no' vote celebrate in Athens on the night of July 5.
Leaders of Latin American left-wing governments have congratulated the Greek government and its people after Greece's historic July 5 referendum. Voters rejected debt austerity proposals by Greece's European lenders.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said: 鈥淭he 鈥榥o鈥 vote in Greece is a victory against the financial terrorism carried out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).鈥
President Rafael Correa called a rally on July 2 in defence of democracy and the pro-poor Citizens' Revolution his government leads after plans by the right-wing opposition for a violent coup were exposed.
鈥淲e are ready to defend the revolution against the coup plotters,鈥 Correa told thousands of supporters gathered outside the Presidential Palace on the evening of July 2.
鈥淲e will remain firm in defending the revolution against the ultra-right.鈥 he added.
Jaime Nebot. Photo: ANDES.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa singled out opposition politician Jaime Nebot, who has been calling for protests against the government, as a clear example of the progress the country has made with respect to the collection of taxes.
Correa came to power in 2007. He said in 2006, Nebot paid just US$1994 in income taxes, but by last year the opposition leader was paying US$66,593.
President Rafael Correa speaks to thousands of supporters from the presidential palace in Quito's main square, June 15, 2015. Photo: EFE.
Julian Assange,鈥 鈥琭ounder and editor,鈥 鈥琽f WikiLeaks had been a refugee in the Ecuadorian鈥 鈥珽mbassy in London for three years as of June鈥 鈥19.
The key issue in his extraordinary incarceration is justice.鈥 鈥琀e has been charged with no crime.鈥 鈥琓he first Swedish prosecutor dismissed the misconduct allegations regarding two women in Stockholm in鈥 鈥2010.鈥 鈥琓he second Swedish prosecutor's actions were and are demonstrably political.
Until recently,鈥 鈥瑂he refused to come to London to interview Assange鈥 鈥-鈥 鈥瑃hen she said she was coming.鈥 鈥琓hen she cancelled her appointment.鈥
Violent right-wing protests erupted in Ecuador on June 8, sparked by plans for a new inheritance tax law that would target the richest 2% of the population.
In response, President Rafael Correa agreed to temporarily halt two planned laws to carry out a nationwide debate on inequality and wealth redistribution 鈥 challenging the opposition to prove his government's laws would hurt the poor.
On June 18, Correa took to social media to start the debate, asking: 鈥淗ow can we call a country a 'democracy' if less than 2% of families own 90 percent of big businesses?鈥
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