On Friday, February 12, Andrés Arauz, the candidate for the Presidency of the Republic for the Alliance for Hope, UNES, traveled to Mexico, where he currently resides. Mexico is not only the country where Arauz is studying for a master’s degree and lives, it is also the center of operations for correísmo. From there, entrenched […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

Guillermo Lasso thanked his voters and celebrated Sunday’s announcement of the results of the National Electoral Council (CNE), which officially gave him second place in the February 7th elections. “We are going to the second round with courage and optimism,” he wrote on his Twitter account. The CNE counts the CREO-PSC coalition at 19.74%, equivalent to 1’830,045 valid […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

As of Tuesday afternoon, it looks like Andrés Arauz, candidate of Unes, and Guillermo Lasso, of the Creo-Social Christian Party (PSC) alliance, will be competing in the Presidential runoff election on April 11th. However, there is still the objection and challenge stage before the start of the campaign. After the announcement of the results made […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

Tracking the spread and outcome of the coronavirus in Ecuador: Updated for Wednesday, February24, 2021 Last week we saw an increase in new cases and deaths that likely were a result of the close association of millions of citizens across the country congregating to vote in the country’s February 7th presidential election. This week, the […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

Uncertainty and caution. Spanish companies with interests in Ecuador are watching with some apprehension the possibility that ‘Correísmo’ will return to the presidency of Ecuador, after a period of economic openness and foreign investment and a framework of greater legal security promoted by the outgoing president, Lenín Moreno. And some fear that the clashes of […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

An interview with Andrés Arauz on his surprising journey to the verge of state power, what his ally Rafael Correa accomplished in Ecuador, and how he plans to win April’s election, rebuild his party, and deepen the Citizens’ Revolution. Last Tuesday, Ecuadorian presidential candidate Andrés Arauz (AA) talked with Jacobin’s Bhaskar Sunkara (BKS) about his worldview, […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.