By Rodrigo Acuña
19 October 2019
With most of the world’s corporate media giving endless coverage to protestors in Hong Kong, a far more critical political crisis has just taken place in the South American country of Ecuador. Although the government of Lenin Moreno continues to be in power, it has only just survived after a series of major protests led by the country’s indigenous communities, transport unions and student groups.
By Rodrigo Acuña
14 June 2015
In early December 2014, when the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) established its headquarters in the city of Mitad del Mundo in Ecuador, the Obama administration remained largely silent. At the International Monetary Fund (IMF) though a different position was taken as its director Christine Lagarde said that the integration processes taking place in Latin America resembled a ‘spaghetti bowl’ and needed to be rejuvenated.
By Rodrigo Acuña
September-October 2013
Canadian Dimension
With the recent protests in Brazil over a number of social grievances leading up to 2014 FIFA World Cup, and the NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden possibly making his way to Ecuador or Venezuela so as to seek asylum, Latin America has recently captured global media attention. In Brazil, as protestors originally took to the streets over a 20-cent hike in public transport fares, reporting by some of the major corporate media has often been surprisingly sympathetic to protestors.
