A recent poll shows if opposition candidate Andr茅s Arauz Galarza is allowed to run in Ecuador鈥檚 presidential election next year, he will win, write Vijay Prashad and Pilar Troya. But, if the ruling bloc in Ecuador has its way, Arauz will not be sworn in as the next president in 2021.
Rafael Correa
Sentencing former President Rafael Correa to eight years in jail聽is a desperate move by a repressive administration trapped in a聽crisis of its own making, writes Denis Rogatyuk.
鈥淭hey tried to bury us. They did not know we were seeds鈥. The old Mexican proverb never sounded more true than in the early hours of the morning of March 25 across Ecuador.
The local and regional elections that took place the previous day were meant to put a definitive end to the political phenomenon of the Citizens Revolution and bury, once and for all, the legacy of former left-wing president Rafael Correa.
Ecuador鈥檚 president Lenin Moreno has been implicated in an offshore tax haven corruption scandal, casting his future into doubt.
November 23 marked the 33rd day of the hunger strike led by Jorge Glas, the former vice-president of Ecuador. His health has deteriorated significantly after his transfer to the Latacunga maximum security prison.
July 5 marked the final breaking point between the increasingly right-leaning government of Lenin Moreno and his leftist predecessor, Rafael Correa, writes Denis Rogatyuk from Quito,
Thousands of Rafael Correa supporters marched聽through one of Quito's聽main arteries on July 5 in defense of Ecuador's聽former president, accused of orchestrating a failed kidnapping attempt in 2012 鈥撀燼 charge he vehemently denies.
Carrying giant 'No, Neoliberalism'聽signs and shouting聽"A聽united community will never be beaten," demonstrators聽marched along Quito's 10 de Agosto Avenue towards the Plaza Grande, outside President Lenin Moreno's executive offices, but were blocked by police and military forces.
Ecuador鈥檚 February 4 鈥減opular consultation鈥 resulted in a victory for the government of President Lenin Moreno, with the Yes option obtaining an average vote of 67% across the seven questions included in the referendum.
Ecuadorians will head to the polls on February 4 to cast their vote in a referendum that could prove to be decisive for the government of President Lenin Moreno and the political direction of the country.
Moreno was elected president last April as the candidate of PAIS Alliance, the party of former left-wing president Rafael Correa. However, less than year on from the election, Correa 鈥 together with a majority of PAIS Alliance activists 鈥 now view Moreno as for failing to honour his commitment to continue the policies of the Citizens鈥 Revolution, which was kick-started by Correa鈥檚 election in 2007.
Ecuador鈥檚 Citizens鈥 Revolution is set to continue for another four years after the candidate for the socialist-leaning ruling party, Alianza Pais, Lenin Moreno, won the April 2 presidential elections run off.
With 51.16% of the vote, Moreno defeated Guillermo Lasso, managing director of Ecuador鈥檚 third-largest bank and unsuccessful candidate in the 2013 elections.
Progressive candidate and renowned disability activist from the ruling Alianza Pais of outgoing President Rafael Correa, Lenin Moreno has won the Ecuadorian presidential election Sunday.
In the Andean Parliament as a member of PAIS Alliance, President Rafael Correa鈥檚 left-wing party, Rosa Mireya Cardenas,聽a member of Alfaro Vive Carajo, a former Marxist guerrilla group, will be working to promote gender equality, fair trade and the work of social organisations, among other initiatives.
But with Ecuador鈥檚 second round of presidential elections slated to take place on April 2, the country stands at a critical crossroads.
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