Guillermo Lasso

VIDEO: Ecuador’s gov’t buckles under indigenous strike pressure

In part 3 of our documentary series on the indigenous-led rebellion against the neoliberal policies of Ecuador’s billionaire president, Guillermo Lasso, we examine the government’s agreement with the strikers and the tactics that overcame Quito’s harsh repression.
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VIDEO: Ecuador’s uprising escalates despite violent gov’t repression

The Grayzone interviews leaders of Ecuador’s indigenous-led revolt against the neoliberal policies of billionaire banker and President Guillermo Lasso, documenting how his security forces have escalated violent repression against demonstrators, and treated them as enemy combatants while protest ranks fill with society’s most desperate members.
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VIDEO: Ecuador’s indigenous revolt against their neoliberal president

The Grayzone spoke with leaders of Ecuador’s indigenous movements, now engaged in ferocious street protests against the privatization policies of President Guillermo Lasso, a billionaire banker. The activists defended their demands and detailed the brutal repression they have witnessed as their rebellion spreads across one of the last right-wing controlled countries on the South American continent.  

Cómo EEUU cultivó a grupos indígenas y ambientalistas en Ecuador para derrotar el correísmo

Cuando el socialista Rafael Correa se convirtió en el presidente de Ecuador, frentes de la CIA inyectaron dinero a grupos indígenas y ambientalistas, mientras que la embajada de los Estados Unidos cultivaba a líderes oportunistas para socavar su base electoral. Estas fuerzas ayudaron a asegurar la victoria del banquero derechista Guillermo Lasso en 2021. Por Benjamin Norton Traducido por Diego Sequera (You can read this article in English here.) El pueblo de Ecuador quedó impactado por la sorpresa en las […]

How the US gov’t cultivated environmental and Indigenous groups to defeat Ecuador’s leftist Correísta movement

When socialist Rafael Correa became Ecuador’s president, CIA cutouts poured money into environmental and Indigenous groups, while the US embassy cultivated opportunistic leaders to undermine his constituency. These forces helped secure victory for right-wing banker Guillermo Lasso in 2021. (Aquí puedes leer este artículo en español.) The people of Ecuador were hit by a surprise in the April 2021 presidential election: Hard-right banker Guillermo Lasso, one of the richest and most corrupt oligarchs in the country, who had unsuccessfully run […]

The Dirty Campaign Underlying Ecuador’s “Free and Fair” Election

A spoiled ballot in Ecuador’s elections. Photo by @AlinaDuarte Ecuador’s April 11 election that led to a 5-point victory by conservative banker Guillermo Lasso over progressive candidate Andrés Arauz was not what it appeared to be.  On the surface, it was a surprisingly clean and professional election, as our CODEPINK official observer delegation witnessed. But […]