[Peace-discuss] Latin America Correa Accuses CIA of Destabilization Efforts in Ecuador

[David Johnson]

Latin America Correa Accuses CIA of Destabilization Efforts in Ecuador

 

 

During his weekly presidential address Ecuadorean President discussed the
recent destablilization attempts by the right-wing opposition. Ecuadorean
President Rafael Correa has accused the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
of being involved in opposition protests in the country with the aim of
dragging it into chaos. "There is a CIA presence there [in Ecuador's
opposition] which has a goal of weakening the government," Correa said on
Saturday during his weekly presidential address. RELATED: How the US Funds
Dissent against Latin American Governments According to Ecuador's president,
the opposition in the country is trying to do everything possible to exhaust
the government ahead of the elections, knowing that Ecuadorean authorities
enjoy public support. Correa stated that the protest marches formed part of
the strategy of the "most conservative groups of the opposition", using
social movements to try and "wear down" his government. In Quito and seven
other cities, protesters rallied on Thursday against President Correa's
policies calling for changes to economic and labor policies. Violent
incidents by right-wing protesters were reported. During his televised
speech, Correa informed the public that he had been the victim of aggression
in the city of Riobamba on Thursday, following the inauguration of a local
health center. President Correa, who was "leading a caravan of supporters",
was violently approached by opposition protesters who tried to attack him
and injured two of those supporting him with bottles and stones. In his
presidential address, Correa also alluded to early signs that the opposition
is seeking to undermine his administration. Opposition mayors of the
country's major cities, Quito and Guayaquil, Mauricio Rodas and Jaime Nebot
respectively, recently met, in which they signed a manifesto calling on all
Ecuadoreans to join them in "restoring democracy." Despite the recent
destabilization efforts by the Ecuadorean opposition, a recent international
survey conducted by the Association of Political Communication found that
the president received 79 percent approval making him the world's second
most popular president of Ecuador. In 1963, the U.S. intelligence led a
military coup in Ecuador, against the leftist President Carlos Julio
Arosemena Monroy, after the leader criticized the U.S. government and showed
its support to Fidel Castro's revolution in Cuba. In 2013, the Ecuadoran
news agency ANDES, reported that the CIA was planning to murder Correa and
destabilize the country in retaliation for the removal of a U.S. military
base from the country in 2009, as well as his decision to grant asylum to
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. 

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