Anyone hear whats up in Equidor?

[splat@14]

Not sure I understand what effects the overthrow of the president is taking down there. Is it driven by public unrest or are there other players involved?
ThX!

[MADem]

1. Try google, but spell it ECUADOR... n/t

[splat@14]

3. Oops & Thanks!

[leftchick]

5. you still have time to edit ;)

and there was a very good thread in LBN about it yesterday. It was very informative to me.

[AlamoDemoc]

2. I am not sure, but i suspect

the ‘usual suspects’ may simply be the ones keen enough to get involved

[RedCloud]

4. Democracy Now! ran a few pieces on it.

Maybe they still have that over in their archives...

[splat@14]

6. Thanks to all

Found some good info thx to you folks. Amnesty International also had some history.
Gracias,
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/petition/Index.asp?id=29

[demodewd]

7. a move to the left

• In a special session on Wednesday, Ecuador’s congress voted unanimously to remove President Lucio Gutiérrez from office, passing the leadership baton to Vice President Alfredo Palacio, who conceivably will have the proper vision to get the job done.

• Ecuador could become the next member of the new left movement that is sweeping across South America if the local indigenous communities are allowed to help fill the country’s new political vacuum. Such a move could spill over to Mexico in next year’s presidential election, further isolating Washington and forcing it to increasingly rely on its Central American Banana Republic servitors.

• Ecuador represents one more defeat for Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega’s Latin America policy

Ecuador’s Future: Left, Right or What?
With no clear successor, Gutiérrez’s ouster has left a gaping hole which his estranged vice president, Alfredo Palacio, will have to fill at least for now. While it is difficult to predict the future political course for the country, more social reforms may be imminent, with Palacio being prepared to move to the left to consolidate his leadership. Clearly the population is tired of watching the business of government being run as usual. In an interview with COHA, South American specialist at Pomona College in California, Dr. Heather Williams, highlighted that the country’s economy is basically fueled by foreign direct investment which does not generate the necessary new jobs, and “while the outside world sees steady economic growth, average Ecuadorians have not seen any improvement in their lives.” From almost the very beginning of his vice presidency, Palacio criticized Gutiérrez for being too beholden to the IMF and the “Washington Consensus,” and attacked him for ignoring issues of social justice that were of vital concern for the 65 percent of the population who live at or below the poverty line.

more... http://www.coha.org/NEW_PRESS_RELEASES/New_Press_Releases_2005/05.45%20Ecuadorian%20Presidential%20Ouster%20the%20one.htm