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."
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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,
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01JUL25 - SOUTHCOM’s TMPI: Towards Integrated Deterrence in the Americas by Building Maintenance Capacity- #ECUADOR - "Analyzing Ecuador’s foreign policy trajectory over the past two decades is pertinent to illuminating the region’s evolving political and security landscape. During President Rafael Correa’s administration between 2007 and 2017, Ecuador pivoted by severing its military relations with the US.
This comprehensive shift included ordering the closure of the security cooperation office in the US Embassy and honoring but not renewing the lease term for the Manta Air Base, causing the withdrawal of approximately 300 US military personnel stationed there.
However, this period of strained relations was followed by the re-establishment of the Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) in 2018, signaling a potential shift that ultimately materialized with new military cooperation agreements signed with the US in 2023 under President Lasso and ratified in 2024 by President Daniel Noboa. ...
25JUN25 "Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced this Thursday the capture of Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias "Fito ," considered the leader of the Los Choneros organized crime group.
"For those who opposed and doubted the need for the Solidarity and Intelligence laws : thanks to those laws, Fito was captured today and is in the hands of the Security Bloc," the president posted on the social network X.
"We have done our part to proceed with Fito's extradition to the United States , and we await your response. Have a good afternoon, Ecuador," Noboa added.
The criminal leader had been on the run for over a year and a half , after escaping from the Guayaquil Regional Prison and hiding his tracks while the country was engulfed in a spiral of violence, culminating in the brief takeover of a television station.
'Fito,' who was serving a 34-year sentence for organized crime, drug trafficking, and murder , escaped on January 7, 2024, as he was about to be transferred to La Roca, a ...
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