Consortium News this month is paying tribute to the life and work of John Pilger, an all-time great journalist who died on Dec. 30. Today we republish an essay he wrote in April 2019 just after the arrest of Julian Assange.
Real journalism is being criminalized by thugs in plain sight, says John
Ecuadorians go to the polls to choose a new President
Ecuador s Catholic Bishops call for a day of fasting and prayer as the people of Ecuador go to the polls in search of a way out of deep rooted crises. The presidential candidates are a political youngster and a veteran thirty years his senior.
By James Blears
Rising unemployment, corruption scandals and the scourge of Covid 19, which has infected more than quarter of a million and killed more than ten thousand Ecuadorians, is the bleak challenge, scenario and landscape, which faces the next President of the country.
According to pollsters, no one will gain the necessary forty percent of the vote and ten percent lead in round one, so it`s on to the second round on April 11th, involving alliances, defections and political deals.