Ecuador: The Lasso Government Post-National Strike

Episode: Ecuador-The Lasso Government
Post-National Strike


Which is a follow-up to our June 22 episode “Ecuador Erupts
against Neoliberalism with guest Camila Escalante of Kawsachun
News.  


Guest: author and journalist Joe
Emersberger. You can find his work published at FAIR
(Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) and be sure to read his book
Extraordinary Threat: The US Empire, the Media and Twenty
Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela


BACKGROUND:


Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso survived an impeachment vote on
Tuesday, June 28 after a left opposition party failed to rally
other smaller groups in congress to oust him as his government
moved to make concessions to defuse the political crisis. 


With only 80 of 137 lawmakers voting to remove Lasso, the
impeachment attempt failed to clear the 92-vote hurdle needed to
remove the president from office. Another 48 lawmakers rejected
the motion, with nine abstaining after a session that lasted
about 12 hours and included three voting attempts.


A week later on Tuesday, July 5, Lasso appointed Pablo Arosemena,
governor of Ecuador's Guayas province, as the Andean country's
new minister of economy and finances, following the resignation
of Simon Cueva, while also naming new ministers for transport,
and urban development and housing.


The appointments came hours after Lasso accepted Cueva's
resignation, as well as those of former Health Minister Ximena
Garzon and former Transport Minister Marcelo Cabrera.


The changes follow a deal signed between the government and
indigenous leaders to end demonstrations across the country last
week. read more


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The National Strike in Ecuador: A Socialist Reading





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