Ecuador

Is South America’s ‘Progressive Cycle’ At An End?

March 13, 2016 Claudio Katz, www.venezuelanalysis.com Educate! Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Electoral Politics, Venezuala

By Claudio Katz for Venezuelanalysis. The progressive cycle arose in popular rebellions that brought down neoliberal governments (Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina) or eroded their continuity (Brazil, Uruguay). These uprisings modified the power relations but did not alter South America's economic insertion in the international division of labour. On the contrary, in a decade of rising prices for raw materials all countries reinforced their status as exporters of primary products. The right-wing governments (Sebastián Piñera in Chile, Álvaro Uribe-Juan Manuel Santos in Colombia, Vicente Fox-Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico) used the foreign exchange bonanza to consolidate the model based on openness to free trade and privatizations. The centre-left administrations (Néstor and Cristina Kirchner in Argentina, Inácio Lula da Silva-Dilma Rousseff in Brazil, Tabaré Vázquez-José “Pepe” Mujica in Uruguay, Rafael Correa in Ecuador) promoted increased internal consumption, subsidies to local business owners and social welfare programs.

Correcting Propaganda: Ecuador, China, Indigenous & The Amazon

February 17, 2016 Stansfield Smith, www.counterpunch.org Educate! China, Ecuador, Oil, Propaganda

By Stansfield Smith for Counter Punch - The end of January a news article appeared, “Ecuador To Sell A Third Of Its Amazon Rainforest To Chinese Oil Companies,” and has resurfaced again and again on the internet. Posted on progressive websites such as Reader Supported News, Daily Kos, “The PeoplesVoice.org,” “ThinkGlobalGreen.org,” the story often comes with maps of the affected area, and include pictures of indigenous peoples living peaceably with nature or protesting against oil drilling.

Leftist Network Calls For Unity Against Neoliberalism

February 14, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Organize! Democracy, Ecuador, Latin America, Neoliberalism

By Staff of Telesur. Quito, Ecuador - Representatives of a newly-founded network promoting regional integration and sovereignty has called on countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to unite to confront the threat of neoliberalism in the region. The Parliamentary Network for Latin American and Caribbean Sovereignty and Unity, officially founded earlier this week at the CELAC Summit in Quito, Ecuador, by lawmakers from 17 countries in the region, stressed the importance of unity to protect progressive achievements in the face of a right-wing resurgence and the “threat of a neoliberal agenda” in the region. Ecuadorean National Assembly Chief Gabriela Rivadeneira presented the new Parliamentary Network’s manifesto on Thursday to the newly elected pro-tempore presidency of CELAC, Dominican President Danilo Medina.

Ecuador’s Citizens’ Revolution: Retaking Power From Old Elites

January 17, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Create! Democracy, Ecuador, Education, Equality, Healthcare, Human Rights, Inequality, Media, oligarchy, Rafael Correa, Revolution, Wages

By Staff for Telesur. President Rafael Correa marks nine years in office Jan. 15, 2016, having overseen the transformation of Ecuador. It will be his last full year in power after his recent decision not to stand again. Correa will go down in history as one of the most successful Ecuadorean presidents. Ecuador before Correa was defined by its political and economic instability, with seven presidents forced out of office in a decade. Neoliberal measures applied by previous administrations left the country one of the poorest and least-developed in the region, but the government of Rafael Correa has undertaken a series of deep reforms, which have delivered remarkable changes for Ecuador's long-excluded majority. President Rafael Correa said in 2014, “People must prevail over capital,” adding that politics is about whose interest governments serve: “Elites or the majority? Capital or humankind? The market or society? Policies and programs depend on who holds the balance of power."

People Power Can Defeat Right In Ecuador

January 16, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Resist! Ecuador

By Staff of Tele Sur - We have to “think politically, act politically and organize ourselves politically” to be “close to the people,” Culture Minister Long tells teleSUR. Faced with a resurgent right, Latin America's left has to become even closer to the people, Ecuador's Culture Minister Guillaume Long told teleSUR in an interview marking nine years of the government of Rafael Correa. We have to “think politically, act politically and organize ourselves politically” to be “close to the people” and “not just doing top down public policies” which always “need to be accompanied by the movements, by participation” of broad layers of society, Long emphasized.

A Message Of Hope For The New Year

January 6, 2016 Jack Balkwill, www.dissidentvoice.org Strategize! #BlackLiveMatter, Antarctica, Banks, Bolivia, BXE, Capitalism, China, Climate Change, Cooperatives, Democracy, Ecuador, Elections, Empire, Energy, Environment, Finance and the Economy, Greece, Kurds, Marijuana, Media, militarism, Occupy, Portugal, Russia, sHellNo!, Spain, TPP, Ukraine, Venezuela, Wall Street, Zapatistas

By Jack Balkwill for Dissident Voice. There have been many victories and we need to celebrate them. Among the victories was stopping the northern portion of the KXL pipeline, various new laws in 24 states to prevent police violence and an increase inprosecutions of police who commit violence, and the increase in wages across the country and winning the critically important battle for net neutrality. These were people-powered victories that showed when we act together we have the power to defeat corporate interests. Another ongoing series of victories is seeing local people, who have not been involved in activism, working along with experienced, often young, energy activists, taking on big energy companies in an aggressive way. This is a victory.

Right Wing Protests Constitutional Amendments In Ecuador

December 5, 2015 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Create! Ecuador, Protests

By Staff of Tele Sur - Protesters were seen throwing rocks at police after lawmakers approved a slew of constitutional amendments. Violence broke out near Ecuador’s National Assembly in Quito Thursday, with elements of the opposition throwing rocks and other projectiles after lawmakers passed a series of constitutional amendments. According to sources on the ground and posts on social media from Interior Minister Jose Serrano, individuals began throwing rocks and projectiles at the police soon after passage. Several explosions from fireworks could also be heard. Protesters appeared to be attempting to break through police lines and reach the offices of the National Assembly.

Newsletter: Transformation – Elections & Movements

September 20, 2015 Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter Black Lives Matter (BLM), Bolivia, Democracy, Ecuador, Elections, Great Britain, Greece, Honduras, Jeremy Corbyn, NED, Occupy, Podemos, Scotland, Spain, Syriza, United Kingdom (UK), USAID, Venezuela

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance - The United States has unusual challenges for movements working in the electoral system. The two party system is deeply embedded in law and political consciousness so it is very hard for a party challenging Wall Street to be successful. Wall Street and big business are the dominant funders of both parties, the corporate media echoes their message and debates managed by the two parties through a phony “debate commission” keep out alternative views. People challenging that system have little opportunity to get their message out and be viable in the rigged US democracy. The relationship between movements and elections is complicated to navigate but to succeed we will need both an electoral and non-electoral movement that are independent of the corporate duopoly.

Ecuador: Behind Indigenous Uprising Against Correa

September 16, 2015 Federico Fuentes, www.greenleft.org.au Resist! Ecuador, Indigenous Peoples, Left

By Federico Fuentes in Green Left - Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa is facing the most important challenge yet to his self-styled “Citizens' Revolution”. 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’s proposed water and labour laws. In Quito, the “Indigenous Uprising” — as protest organisers dubbed it — lasted nine days, with organisers vowing to return this month. These were just the latest in a series of mobilisations starting almost a year ago. Late last year, trade unions organised two national protests against changes to the labour law proposed by the Correa government, which expanded social security to cover “housewives” and strengthened job security.

Ecuador Media Outlet Funded By USAID, NED Closed

September 14, 2015 TeleSurTV, www.telesurtv.net Resist! Ecuador, Media

By TeleSurTV - Two journalist guilds in Ecuador have expressed support for the legal action taken by the National Communications Secretariat (Secom) against the NGO Fundamedios, when the government body decided to move forward with dissolving the organization's operating license. The Journalists Association of Guayas and the National Federation of Journalists of Ecuador (FENAPE) expressed support for the move, saying Fundamedios deviated from its founding principles, according to local media Sunday. Last week, Secom decided to withdraw the Fundamedio's license saying it had deviated from its stated mission and continuously intervened in political matters – which is prohibited by both Ecuadorean law and the organization's own internal statutes. According to Secom, Fundamedios engaged in “partisan political activities” by sharing opposition-linked material on its social media accounts, publishing articles unrelated to its stated mission and inserting itself into political debates in the country in support of opposition government figures.

Ecuador’s New Indigenous Uprising

August 20, 2015 Marc Becker, www.amazonwatch.com Resist! Ecuador, Indigenous Peoples, Worker Rights and Jobs

By Marc Becker in Amazon Watch - Ecuador's Indigenous movements have launched an uprising to challenge the government's opposition to bilingual education and its support for an extractive-based economy. On August 2, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) began a march from the southeastern Amazonian province of Zamora Chinchipe that will arrive in the capital city of Quito on August 13. Upon its arrival, the Indigenous march will join a general strike called by the Workers United Front (FUT) in opposition to the government's labor policies. The CONAIE march and FUT strike are separate actions from conservative protests that the wealthy and previously dominant oligarchy organized in June 2015 against proposed increases in inheritance and capital gains taxes.

Assange Denied Right To Defend Himself Against Allegations

August 15, 2015 Interview with Carey Shenkman Sharmini Peries in The Real News Network, www.facebook.com Educate! Ecuador, Julian Assange, Law

Interview with Carey Shenkman by Sharmini Peries in The Real News Network - Today's development does not mean that Assange can leave the embassy. The next step is that the whole case in Sweden needs to go away once and for all. It's completely outrageous at this point, because the Swedish courts have already said that this is a closed case. Nearly nine months ago the Swedish court of appeals criticized the prosecutor for failing to move the case forward. In May the Supreme Court, in a split decision, urged the prosecutor to advance the case. And here we are months later, and the prosecutor has still not come to London to question Assange. This is absolutely unacceptable, because back then, months ago, there were four allegations. Now there's just one. It's a very different case now.

Ecuador Just Set The World Record For Reforestation!

July 22, 2015 Amanda Froelich, www.trueactivist.com Create! Ecuador, Environment, Forestation

By Amanda Froelich in True Activist - You often hear saddening statistics about the rate of deforestation from ecologically-minded friends and the news, but how often do you hear about the good that is being carried out to reverse environmental damage? Not as often, that’s for sure. Therefore relish this news story, which features more than 45,000 people coming together to set the Guinness World Record for single-day reforestation efforts. As stated by Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, “Ecuador broke a world record for reforestation Saturday, as thousands of people pitched in to plant 647,250 trees of more than 200 species.” On May 16, 2015, thousands of people gathered to volunteer and reforest the Earth. They planted 220 different species of flora on almost 5,000 acres of land, setting a new Guinness World Record. As Ecuador has set a national target to conserve and restore more land than what is deforested between 2008 and 2017, such a project will no doubt help the country maintain its vision.

China: Don’t Drill The Amazon!

June 13, 2015 Jennifer Baker, www.revolution-news.com Resist! Amazon, China, Ecuador, Oil & Gas

By Jennifer Baker in Revolution News - Support the Sápara and protect the Amazon. Recently indigenous leaders from the Ecuadorian Amazon urged Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang to cancel plans for Chinese state oil company Andes Petroleum to drill for oil in their territory. Li has promised to use an “iron fist” to punish companies that destroy the environment. Ask him to live up to his promise and to cancel China’s plans to drill the Amazon. Controversial Chinese investment in Ecuador and oil-backed loans are creating an unprecedented new oil boom in the country’s Amazon region. The region is home to ten different indigenous nationalities and some of the world’s most pristine and biodiverse forest. Chinese state-owned oil company Andes Petroleum is hoping to operate in the rainforest homes of the Sápara and the Kichwa of Sarayaku.

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