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CONAIE President Jaime Vargas: It’s Time to Unite

May 29, 2021May 29, 2021 Editor2 Andres Arauz, Bolivia, CONAIE, Ecuador, Evo Morales, indigenous movement, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Jaime Vargas, Pachakutik, Peru 2021 elections, Plurinational America, Runasur

President of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), Jaime Vargas, spoke to Radio Kawsachun Coca/Kawsachun News during his

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How the US Gov’t Cultivated Environmental and Indigenous Groups to Defeat Ecuador’s Leftist Correísta Movement

May 7, 2021 Ben Norton Andres Arauz, CIA, citizens revolution, CONAIE, Correismo, Ecuador, ELN, Enviromentalism, farc, Guillermo Lasso, Jaime Vargas, Leonidas Izan, NED, Pachakutik, Rafael Correa, USAID, Yaku Perez

By Ben Norton – May 4, 2021 When socialist Rafael Correa became Ecuador’s president, CIA cutouts poured money into environmental

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April Elections in Latin America: Background and Possibilities

April 10, 2021 Saheli Chowdhury Andres Arauz, Ecuador 2021 elections, Fernando Tuesta, fujimorismo, Guillermo Lasso, Joe Emersberger, Pachakutik, Peru, Veronika Mendoza, Yaku Perez, Yohny Lescano

By Saheli Chowdhury – Apr 8, 2021 For Latin America, the 2021 calendar is filled with elections of all kinds—presidential,

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What’s Happening in Ecuador?

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Editor2 Andres Arauz, Anti-IMF protests in Ecuador, CONAIE, COVID-19 in Ecuador, Ecuador 2021 elections, Guillermo Lasso, Jaime Vargas, Pachakutik

Five days out from the second round of elections in Ecuador, Peoples Dispatch brings you a report on some of

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Ecuador: Indigenous People Back Andres Arauz’s Candidacy

April 5, 2021 Editor2 Andres Arauz, CONAIE, Ecuador, Ecuador 2021 elections, Guillermo Lasso, Jaime Vargas, Pachakutik, Social Christian Party, UNES, Yaku Perez

The Union for Hope candidate is contesting the presidential election runoff to take place on April 11. Confederation of Indigenous

Featured image: UNASUR headquarters in Ecuador with the statue of Nestor Kirchner. File photo.

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An Arauz Presidency in Ecuador Would Revive UNASUR, Weaken Lima Group – Chavista Chronicles from Caracas Interview with Joe Emersberger

April 4, 2021April 5, 2021 orinocotribune Andres Arauz, April 11, CELAC, Chavista Chronicles from Caracas, complex parliament, Ecuador, elections, Guillermo Lasso, Interview, Pachakutik, pink tide, presidential Race, Rafael Correa, Unasur, Yaku Perez

Caracas, April 03, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com).- In this new episode of Chavista Chronicles from Caracas we had the pleasure to interview

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Ecuador’s Pseudo-Left Candidate Yaku Pérez Echoes Call for Military Takeover, Nullifying Election, Prosecuting top Candidate

March 12, 2021 Ben Norton coup, Ecuador, Pachakutik, Yaku Perez

By Ben Norton – Mar 10, 2021 An Ecuadorian presidential candidate from a US-backed party, Yaku Pérez, has requested a

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Ecuador’s Recent Presidential Election Edges Closer to Resolution

February 28, 2021March 1, 2021 Editor2 Andres Arauz, Ecuador 2021 elections, Guillermo Lasso, Lenin Moreno, Pachakutik, Yaku Perez

By Michael Fox – Feb 22, 2021 Over the weekend, the country’s electoral council announced the top two candidates who

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Ecuador’s Democracy Should not be Derailed by False Claims of Election Fraud

February 27, 2021 Mark Weisbrot Andres Arauz, Ecuador 2021 elections, Ecuador's CNE, Guillermo Lasso, Pachakutik, Yaku Perez

By Mark Weisbrot – Feb 26, 2021 Like Trump, the loser in Ecuador’s presidential election saw his early lead vanish

Featured image: Guillermo Lasso also came second in the 2013 presidential elections. Photo by Reuters.

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Ecuador’s CNE: Lasso Will Be Arauz’s Rival in Second Round

February 20, 2021 orinocotribune Andres Arauz, delays, Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, legal resource, Pachakutik, presidential Race, second round set, Yaku Perez

After 12 days of waiting, the National Electoral Council of Ecuador confirmed that Andrés Arauz and Guillermo Lasso will face

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How Ecuador’s US-backed, Coup-Supporting ‘Ecosocialist’ Candidate Aids the Right-Wing

February 7, 2021 Ben Norton Ben Norton, ecosocialism for regime change, Ecuador, elections, fake left, Michael J. Fitzpatrick, ngo for regime change and imperialism, Pachakutik, presidential Race, Rafael Correa, Yaku Perez

By Ben Norton – Feb 6, 2021 Ecuador’s third-place presidential candidate Yaku Pérez and his US-backed party Pachakutik supported

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Final Decisive Days in Ecuador’s Bitterly Disputed Presidential Race

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 orinocotribune Andres Arauz, COVID-19, CREO, Ecuador, electiones, Guillermo Lasso, IMF, Irene Leon, lawfare, Lenin Moreno, Luis Almagro, Pachakutik, postponement, presidential Race, Rafael Correa, UNES, Washington, Yaku Perez

Less than a week before the presidential elections in Ecuador there are still threats regarding Andrés Arauz’s candidacy and the