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OPPOSITION groups in Ecuador launched a general strike yesterday in the latest attempt at regime change.
The Workers Unitary Front (FUT) trade union began setting up roadblocks across the country at midnight as part of a campaign aimed at bringing down the left-wing Pais Alliance of President Rafael Correa.
FUT president Pablo Serrano threatened to block every major road and bring the country to a standstill.
The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
LEE BROWN highlights the latest attempts to undo progressive reforms instated during the presidency of Rafael Correa