How Ecuador's US-backed, coup-supporting 'ecosocialist' candidate aids the right-wing | The Grayzone
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Ecuador’s third-place presidential candidate Yaku Pérez and his US-backed party Pachakutik supported coups in Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. His supposedly “left-wing” environmentalist campaign is being promoted by right-wing corporate lobbyists. Ecuador’s historic February 7 election could bring a popular revolutionary movement back from the dead and help fuel a new wave of socialist governments in Latin America. The contrast between the two main presidential candidates could hardly be more stark: On one side is a conservative banker backed by […]

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  • garbology [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Voting systems that aren't clone-proof encourage 1. wrecker bad faith candidates, and 2. good faith candidates getting tarred as wreckers. Both results are bad and play into corporate interests.

      • garbology [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I think that's probably the best takeaway. I'm not about to start hating any Ecuadorian ecosocialists, he seems fine, but I'm not going to put any time or energy into a campaign that either started as or is being steered by outside money into becoming a spoiler. Hope the Ecuador left can pool together instead of being set against each other.