By Chis Faure for The Saker Blog
Ecuador’s leftist candidate Andrés Arauz declared victory in yesterday’s election Early exit polls show his socialist Correista party beating right-wing US-backed banker Guillermo Lasso massively
We’re waiting for more conclusive results, but so far this looks like a historic victory and we cannot help but be reminded of the victory in Bolivia. Arauz will be the second left-wing economist to win the presidency in the region this past year (first being Luis Arce in Bolivia). If by some strange reason this election still goes into a runoff round, Lasso (the western backed banker) stated days ago that he would support Perez (the candidate tied to the banker), in case he goes to the second round with Andres Arauz. This is of course the choice of western media and western pundits who do not understand real socialism.
Ollie Vargas states: “The Ecuadorian left has a simple but powerful argument in it’s favor. Objectively, people had a higher standard of living under Correa than they do now under the IMF-led government. All the media spin in the world can’t change that. Bolivia’s MAS also had this in their favor.”
https://twitter.com/OVargas52/status/1358181380254007297
So while we wait for results to be formalized, let’s take a quick look at Arauz speaking to a million and accompanied by Morales
Ecuador’s Andrés Arauz speaking to a rally of 1 million people in Bolivia. He calls for Latin American integration, this is why the US detests him. Keeping the region divided is the only way to maintain foreign control of natural resources. pic.twitter.com/uI0nlY14R4
— Ollie Vargas (@OVargas52) February 8, 2021
The talk is that if Andrés Arauz wins in Ecuador, Latin America will build the strong post-neoliberal economies of the future. This is indeed something to pay attention to.
This past year of elections have proved: Left Peronism is the largest political force in Argentina, the MAS is the largest political force in Boliva and Correísmo as well as the massive movement of Citizens Revolution is the largest political force in Ecuador. For MAS in Bolivia and the Citizens Revolution in Ecuador the leaders were either jailed or had to go into exile. The neo-liberals tried to persecute the left so that it would fizzle out and die. In both Bolivia and now in Ecuador, these attempts failed and the citizens were out in the streets continuously.
Latin America may be changing in front of our very eyes and with continuous citizen action and their own hard work, shake off imperial shackles.
More background reports:
Ecuador’s historic election explained: Inside the Citizens’ Revolution
How Ecuador’s US-backed, coup-supporting ‘ecosocialist’ candidate Yaku Pérez aids the right-wing
Ecuador, the first assignment for Philip Agee, CIA. It was here that he began to formulate the ideas that ultimately made him the first case officer of the CIA to go to the other side, humanity.
His work in Ecuador, Uruguay and Mexico for eleven years turned him from inflicting hegemonic dogma to a truth-teller.
If you haven’t yet, read his book: “Inside the Company: CIA Diary”.
I met him once, in L.A. A diminutive man who stood very tall and was on the run from CIA liquidators for decades. He assisted the Iranians to expose the CIA machinations in Iran. His days ended in Cuba in 2008, age 73.
His second book, On The Run, is great material for a thriller movie. Read that one also.
inside-the-company-cia-diary-philip-agee.pdf (PDFy mirror)
https://ia802301.us.archive.org/16/items/pdfy-DAzR701tP2dL_DNu/inside-the-company-cia-diary-philip-agee.pdf
The first book Lm445 mentioned is available on archive. org for free, “on the run” you must register to read.
https://archive.org/details/onrun00agee
I hope other book nerds will enjoy the links.
Thnx for the tip LM445.
Yes, Yaku Perez is an ‘environmentalist’.
Supported by the anglo-american-zio empire.
It makes us recall practically ALL european ‘Greens’ and green parties. They never any socialist neither social democratic platform.
They are an extension of neolibs everywhere.
Or a franchise thereof.
“Environmentalist” and “anglo-american-zio” are in reality a contridiction. I suppose that is why there are quotes around the word environmentalist. Maybe we need to start calling these people “faux-environmentalists”.
” If by some strange reason this election still goes into a runoff round,”
It will not be by “some strange reason”.
To avoid a second round a winner must have either 50% + of the vote, or 40% with a 10% point advantage. Unfortunately Arauz just missed this.
Lasso will try to get the “greenie” Perez who wants mining abolished direct his followers to him. However, most of Lasso’s support comes from the highly Oligarch run and corrupt Port city of Guayaquil. I think Arauz is on good ground because his support is general, across Ecuador.
According to those who live here, anywhere.
In a perverse example borrowing from the US novel about fascism coming to America,
It can’t happen here. That is, as George Carlin famously put it, ‘they’ve got you by the balls’. Hopefully, that will change.
The tide is definitely turning in Latin America. Let’s see if Bidet responds by colour revolution attempts or outright invasion, though I doubt that the Amerikastani military is capable of it.
What I don’t doubt, the US, in all future self induced military engagements will employ private contractors for the heavy lifting while the US Regular Rainbow Army will be window dressing, with frilly panties included!
Cheers, M
Oops, problems. Ben Norton has just sent this out:
Ben Norton
@BenjaminNorton
Here comes a US-backed neoliberal alliance to defeat Ecuador’s popular socialist Correista movement.
Neoliberal presidential candidate Xavier Hervas proposed an anti-Correista coalition with right-wing banker Guillermo Lasso and fake “leftist” Yaku Pérez.
Lasso supports it