Ecuador
Indigenous-led protests force Ecuador to reverse fuel subsidy cuts ordered by IMF
October 15, 2019Under pressure from the IMF, Moreno had previously claimed the $1.3 billion subsidies were no longer affordable.
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Max Berrú, founder of the Chilean group Inti Illimani, dies
May 15, 2018Max Berrú Carrión was born in Cariamanga, Ecuador, June 5, 1942. He died May 1 at the age of 74 in Santiago de Chile.
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Goodbye Lenin: Ecuador’s Moreno sacked from ruling party, retains presidency
November 3, 2017The move leaves Moreno in office but without the support of the left-wing PAIS Alliance majority in the National Assembly.
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Lenín wins in Ecuador
April 4, 2017Left-wing candidate Lenín Moreno bucked Latin America’s regional trend to the right in Sunday’s election for Ecuador’s presidency, winning 51 to 49.
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Socialist presidential candidate Lenín Moreno leads in Ecuador
February 21, 2017Socialist candidate Lenín Moreno is about to win Ecuador’s presidency. Like the famous Russian he’s named after, Moreno promises a revolution - in the rights of people with disabilities.
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