Great article by former Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa.
by Rafael Correa
teleSUR | February 22, 2018
Latin American Presidents. From left to right: Evo Morales (Bolivia), José Mujica (Uruguay), Dilma Rousseff (Brazil), Cristina Fernandez (Argentina), Rafael Correa (Ecuador) in 2014. | Photo: Reuters
Mass-Media has become the main opposition to the progressive governments of the region.
After the long and sad neoliberal night of the 1990s – which broke entire nations like Ecuador – and since Hugo Chávez won the Presidency of the Republic of Venezuela at the end of 1998, the rightist governments of the continent began to be overthrown like houses of cards, bringing Popular governments and aligned with ‘Socialism of Good Living’ across our America.
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The Most Revolutionary Act 
Recent developments in Brazil – the deployment of the military in the State of Rio de Janeiro to supposedly contain the violence – are disturbing.
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It is definitely disturbing. They appeared to have declared martial law to quell popular unrest against the recent right wing coup.
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Thanks for passing that on. I hope Venezuela can hang in there. I was pleased to see Maduro turn up for the summit of Islamic leaders in Istanbul last December. Countries with common interests are starting to get together at last!
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From what I’ve read, Alan, the problems in Venezuela are greatly exaggerated by the western media (and the Venezuelan media). The opposition (with CIA help) has essentially declared economic war on Venezuela. I see the fact that Maduro has called a presidential election as a very good sign – I was also pleased to see the big uptake of his new oil backed cryptocurrency the Petro. Too many Venezuelans have experienced a vast improvement in their living conditions since Chavez – I cannot see that they can be contained by a right wing government. Things have come too far.
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