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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  • EcoSoco [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I know the Max Blumenthals of the world don't like him and think he's a CIA stooge. I don't know much about him but he's probably better than Lasso or Lenin Moreno.

    • late90smullbowl [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Genuine question: What do you mean by "the Max Blumenthals of the world"?

      I've been listening to him for years and the journalism he's associated with has come across as extremely legit.

      Those antipathethic to his reporting have not.

      I'm coming back to this post because apparently there's something about the Greyzone that people don't want to talk about, just allude to, so I did a search.

      • EcoSoco [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I just find him a bit over the top at times but it's a personal preference

        • late90smullbowl [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          hmm, I find the affect entirely appropriate given the powers that his reporting pisses off, but I can see how it might grate I suppose.

          Sorry for messaging you over a 7 day old post - I'm kind of in disbelief at whats happening in Ecuador, trying to get an understanding of it, and was on one yesterday.