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.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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.
The International Monetary Fund has rejected聽Venezuela's聽appeal for an emergency US$5 billion loan to face the coronavirus health crisis, reports Ricardo Vaz.
There are celebrations in Ecuador. They began on October 13, when the government and the Indigenous movement, centrally grouped in the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), announced they had reached an agreement on Decree 883, which removed fuel subsidies.
The response was twofold.
In a victory for the social movement that brought Ecuador鈥檚 capital, Quito, to a halt for 11 days, Decree 883 鈥 which had scrapped fuel subsidies 鈥 was finally repealed on October 15, writes Jelena Rudd from Quito.
The people of Ecuador took part in a massive national strike on October 9, called by a number of organisations against the neoliberal reforms of President Lenin Moreno.
Ecuador鈥檚 workers are rising up against President Lenin Moreno鈥檚 IMF-mandated neoliberal attacks, writes Denis Rogatyuk.
Nearly ten thousand public servants have been fired in Ecuador following President Lenin Moreno's agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
Haiti exploded in early July in a nationwide uprising whose Krey貌l watchwords are nou bouke 鈥 we are fed up, writes Kim Ives.
Thousands of Argentine鈥檚 were on the streets on May 15 protesting President Mauricio Macri鈥檚 latest macroeconomic policy 鈥 a major loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
A wave of street demonstrations have spread across major cities in Sudan in protest against new austerity measures pushed by the North African country鈥檚 government.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has seized on International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts predicting a rise in global economic growth following the US administration鈥檚 corporate tax cuts, to call for similar cuts here.
Describing the proposed cut as an 鈥渆nterprise tax program鈥, Turnbull said on January 22 that the measure would 鈥渞esult in more investment and more jobs鈥 鈥 despite significant evidence that 鈥渢rickle down鈥 economics does not work.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has demanded that Labor supports its proposal to cut the tax rate for big business from 30% to 25%.
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