Ecuador’s presidential front-runner says the country is facing a «double crisis» of COVID-19 and austerity. «We need a renewal in our politics,» Andrés Arauz tells Democracy Now! The left-wing economist secured nearly 33% of the vote in the first round of Ecuador’s presidential election on February 7 but fell short of the 40% needed to win outright. He will face right-wing banker Guillermo Lasso or Indigenous candidate Yaku Pérez in a runoff election on April 11, depending on the results of a recount after both candidates secured just over 19% of the vote. Arauz has pledged to end austerity measures imposed by Ecuador’s outgoing right-wing President Lenín Moreno and is close to former President Rafael Correa, who led the country from 2007 to 2017 and has been credited with lifting over a million Ecuadorians out of poverty. Arauz served in Correa’s administration as director of the Central Bank and later as a minister. Arauz says he would seek to work with the Biden administration, if elected, and rejects attempts to interfere in Latin American affairs. «We need to talk about peace, democracy, development as the key issues in Latin America,» says Arauz. «We do not want foreign interference in our region. … We hope the Biden administration will stay away from trying to create division within the region.»
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So happy that Donkey lost
This channel is called democracy now but it promotes Arauz who is Correa’s puppet… the hypocrisy.
Andre's you're full of s..t! You know what Correa did to Yasuní you know the strings attached you got with Maduro and the strong relationship your party has with the colombian cartels, so please make yourself a favor and leave us alone, Andres mientes y mientes y siempre mientes otra vez
And…. u lost
Una pena que nunca se mostró tal y como es durante gran parte en la campaña y por eso fue apodado de "Títere", ¿Mal asesorado?, ¿Lo trataron de moldear a imagen y semejanza de Correa?, pienso que el único momento que se mando un buen discurso fue pasado de las 17h00 del 11 de Abril es decir, ya fuera de campaña y con la derrota. Si piensa en moldear su futuro para un posible candidatura, lo primero debe ser con gente nueva, una verdadera renovación, de que sirve que aparezca personas como Arauz si al final quienes están detrás de él son los mismos de siempre que ya cumplieron tales como los Alvarado, Virgilio Hernández, Ricardo Patiño, Gabriela Rivadeneira, entre otros hasta llegar a Rafael Correa.
Soft questions to a social progressive thief. If elected, ex president Correa will not pay for his crimes. Thieves helping thieves.
Este tipo es del grupo de ladrones que hay en ecuador….This running group are criminals …
Peace does not fix the Chaos in Venezuela Mr. ARAUZ you are avoiding the subject •
This Guy supports Socialists in South America • He is useless ●
Arauz supports Venezuela's Socialist government •
Arauz supports Cuba's Socialist Government
Arauz is Maduro's LITTLE COUSIN politically speaking
Arauz is the WORST that could happen to Ecuador
Arauz is nothing but a Fraudulent candidate
All Ecuadorian politicians are crooks no matter what political system they run on.
The IQ of the people that vote for this:
Arauz: 0% 🤥🤡
Lasso: 1.000.000% 😎✨
Nulo: 0.1% 🥴🤪
During Rafael Correa's presidency, he was appointed as the Director of Ecuador's Central Bank at just 21, making him the youngest Director ever. I wonder how a young kid, with no previous experience, could lead such an institution. It is definitely one of the many Correa's mysterious ways! So sad to see that young politicians are just being used by older mafias that have one interest only. The same socialist views just a different younger puppet. The most successful way to make money in Ecuador is to become a politician, and even more profitable if the politician belongs to Alianza Pais, Correa's Party.
Please NAME ONE SOCIALIST COUNTRY in which its population has not migrated, asking for asylum, and has a decent GDP, (except China).
1. Cubans, migrated to the U.S.A, South America, and Europe.
2. Venezuelans, migrated to the U.S.A, South America, and Europe.
3. Vietnamese, migrated to the U.S.A.
Sad but true.
Arauz presidente
Be careful. ANDRES ARAUZ will be a future Dictator. Please save Ecuador.
ARAUZ 1
ANDRES ARAUZ PRESIDENTE DEL
ECUADOR Y CARLOS RABASCAL SALAZAR VICEPRESIDENTE HASTA LA VICTORIA SIEMPRE
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