Michael Otto

Part 3: Ecuador’s people speak out

Ibarra, Ecuador Parts 1 and 2 are available on workers.org. Workers World spoke with Pedro de la Cruz, an Indigenous…

May 27, 2020

Ecuador regime wages ‘war against workers’

Ibarra, Ecuador Part 1, “Ecuador’s pandemic: Rightist regime fails to confront crisis,” is available here. In a “war against workers,”…

May 18, 2020

Ecuador’s pandemic:
Rightist regime fails to confront crisis 

Ibarra, Ecuador May 9 — During March and April, U.S. and European media spewed out shocking images from Guayaquil, the…

May 15, 2020

Venezuela needs solidarity now more than ever

Ibarra, Ecuador Worldwide demands for an immediate end to the criminal sanctions and economic blockades that impact Cuba, Iran, Venezuela…

March 28, 2020

Ecuadorians review lessons of mass uprising

Nov. 2 -- The 12-day national strike in Ecuador forced the Lenín Moreno government to retreat on the one issue…

November 6, 2019

Un reporte interno del levantamiento indígena en Ecuador

Octubre 16-- El 7 de octubre, 4000 indígenas de pueblos de los alrededores del mismo cantón marcharon durante cuatro horas…

October 23, 2019

An inside account of the Indigenous uprising in Ecuador

Oct. 16 -- On Oct. 7, 4000 Indigenous people from towns in and around the same canton marched for four…

October 18, 2019

Ecuador strike pushes back austerity

Oct. 14 -- Eleven days of massive protest, especially by Indigenous communities marching all over Ecuador, forced President Lenín Moreno…

October 15, 2019

Indigenous peoples take lead in Ecuador’s general strike

Oct. 11 − Today, after nine days of the people’s uprising here, Ibarra was again without buses or taxis, and…

October 14, 2019

A massive people’s strike explodes in Ecuador

Oct. 10 -- The great people’s strike has exploded in Ecuador. Today is the eighth day that road traffic in…

October 11, 2019