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Socialism on the cards in Ecuador
LEE BROWN looks at how, despite widespread political persecution in recent years, Ecuador’s left looks set to win the presidency
THE PEOPLE ARE ON THE MOVE: Supporters of Andres Arauz, presidential candidate for the alliance "United for hope" dance during a rally in Quito, Ecuador last Tuesday
NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
A 35-YEAR-OLD left-wing economist, Andres Arauz, looks set to become the next president of Ecuador in elections this Sunday.
This would be the latest comeback for the socialist left in Latin America. But only if the elections are allowed to go ahead.
No region has had such an influence on the Western left in recent years as the “pink tide” of progressive Latin American governments elected since the turn of the century.
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