17FEB25 "Leonidas Iza: “We have to choose between González, who is not left-wing, and the right-wing bordering on Noboa’s fascism”
The indigenous candidate has the option of adding his support to the current president or to the progressive candidate. His decision could be key to winning the elections in Ecuador.
The last two major indigenous protests in Ecuador in 2019 and 2022, succeeded in getting the governments in power to back down on their decision to eliminate the fuel subsidy ,
which for them meant an increase in the costs of agricultural production, further aggravating the vulnerability of rural populations.
However, the protest was also a response to the systematic failure to comply with agreements and promises, a reminder of the structural abandonment that has marked the State's relationship with indigenous peoples.
In this scenario, the figure of Leonidas Iza emerged as the face of resistance. Iza, son of José María Iza, one of the historical leaders of the indigenous movement in Cotopaxi, has been a controversial figure. Known for his extreme leftist positions,
he has won the sympathy of those who see him as a firm opponent of capitalism and neoliberalism. Although in an Ecuador where the ideological spectrum seems diffuse and ambiguous, his proposals often spark debates about their clarity and scope.
He is not bothered by being labeled a radical, because he assures that his position is in line with what the Constitution dictates.
Iza's emergence on the political scene has generated deep polarization. For his detractors, he is seen as an agent of chaos, willing to do anything, even resort to violence, to impose his vision. However, for his followers, Iza represents much more than a radical leader.
He is perceived as a legitimate defender of social rights, especially of indigenous peoples, a population that has historically been marginalized and silenced in the country's spheres of power.
In 2023, after Guillermo Lasso signed the death-cross decree, the political arm of the indigenous peoples, Pachakutik, chose not to participate in the electoral contest.
Daniel Noboa won the elections , and Iza, although he maintained an opposition profile, lowered his tone, after triggering a serious security crisis in January 2024
and then an energy crisis that left the country in darkness for up to 14 hours a day. In the middle of that same year, Noboa also decided to eliminate the fuel subsidy, but on that occasion the indigenous movement did not call for protests.
In the new presidential election, Pachakutik unanimously chose Leonidas Iza as its candidate. Despite the controversy generated by his figure, Iza obtained 5.3% of the votes, placing him in third place in an extensive ballot in which 16 candidates participated, of which 12 did not exceed 1%.
The 536,000 voters who supported his candidacy could be decisive in the runoff on April 13, an election that will decide who will be the next president of the country."
🤠iffin you gonna move down or remain in Ecuador on into 2025, get prepared for whats a coming down the pike🥷🏼its not and has not been just a Coastal & #GYE thang, its also a Sierra & Metro #Quito Thanggy as well👮🏻♂️💰
My 2025 NewYears Resolution is more time out on the La G range, zz style, 🎸🥁🎸 cuzz (imho) we gonna dang sure be a needin it🥷🏼if anybody wants to no longer be an outlaw? Call me to join our Qtowne Quito gun club and get legal to tote with a 55hr CCW Course,
now a days The CCW is pretty much streamlined down to this:
plan on about $300 for to join the gun club,about $200 or up to $300 for the CCW course,about $300 for psyche, psycho and toxico exams,
a 9mm Taurus for say $1200.
a 9mm CZ for say $1500.
aprox $80 to $100 for a box of 50rds 9mm FMJ
i see peeps now a days getting legally armed in about a 3-4 months time frame, kinda like a tuff assed visa process!
'Always be prepared' - BSA & SA,
"When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" - Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) Western novelist of ...
23SEP26 #Ecuador 🇪🇨 "An analysis published by CNN en Español examines several Latin American presidents who maintain political ties with Donald Trump and who, after winning elections with radical rhetoric, face social, economic, or governance challenges.
Among the cases examined are Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa , along with Javier Milei in Argentina; José Antonio Kast in Chile; Rodrigo Paz in Bolivia; and Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. CNN also analyzes recently inaugurated presidents in Honduras, Peru, and Colombia.
The publication argues that these leaders capitalized on public discontent with traditional governments and parties by proposing economic adjustments, security measures, and confrontation with their adversaries. However, it posits that this electoral strategy faces limitations when it must translate into effective governance.
Ecuador: security under question
In the Ecuadorian case, CNN focuses part of its analysis on the security strategy promoted by Noboa.
The president declared the internal armed conflict in ...
16SEP26💯%Choneros🚀"On Sept. 16, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM)
forces successfully interdicted a floating refueling station supporting illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations in the Eastern Pacific.
Intelligence confirmed the vessel's involvement with the Los Choneros violent narco-terrorist organization.
Individuals removed from the vessel have been transferred to Ecuadorian authorities. After clearing the vessel and disembarking the crew, U.S. forces sank it.
JTF-WHEM continues to conduct precise and professional operations to dismantle the logistical networks fueling narco-trafficking in the Western Hemisphere.
"Alongside our Ecuadorian partners, we are relentlessly pursuing narco-terrorists who prey on our citizens,
undermine hemispheric security, and leave death and suffering in their wake. This deliberate, lawful, and precise operation saves lives and makes our citizens—from Ecuador to the United States—safer." -
SOUTHCOM ...
"It is an absurdity, it is laughable, to speak of such a
pending disaster as "The End of the World."
We are discussing the end of Humanity, or we are discussing the
end of Civilization, or we are perhaps even discussing
the end of some this or that Empire that we mistakenly
believe to identify with.
The end of the world will come when the sun
expands and engulfs it.
Now, is it truly a surprise that our discourse relates
economic tragedy with an ecological one?
That we actually behave as though a marked downturn in
the Market can somehow be compared to the death of Nature?
We are so enamored with our vastness and resource that we have forgotten the lark and the sparrow.
So I say, come armageddon. Come, you horsemen.
Let us speak these things no more."
— Takici Kaneko, 1934 - 'SteamPunk Magazine' 3-A4
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