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EP 48 - The Ecuador Report
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Apr 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Ecuador has just elected right-wing former banker, Guillermo Lasso as president.Clare and Mick were in Ecuador observing the elections.In this episode they report back, giving us the lowdown on the political reality in Ecuador, the electoral process and the outlook for the country going forward.
Released:
Apr 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Things you didn't know you didn't know: We all heard of Jacinda Ardern's electoral win in New Zealand, but not a peep from the media about the landslide win in the Bolivian elections. Clare, Mick and Damien discuss the democracy in action which brought about the monumental win of MAS (Movement Towards Socialism party) in Bolivia, and the rejection of last year's right-wing coup. We've all read about the protests in Belarus, but who has said anything about the protests in Bulgaria? Clare is back from her trip around Bulgaria, where she is becoming a household name for taking on the corrupt Bulgarian Government and violent neo-nazis operating in the country. We're all braced for the worst when it comes to finding Funghi, but we're not all braced for the worst when it comes to CAP - a catastrophe for biodiversity. The European Parliament just voted for a destructive CAP (Common Agricultural Policy), which will bring about massive biodiversity loss and fund emitters with public money (30 by I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace