In Ecuador, the US risks being on the wrong side of history | Opinions
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 11, 2023
In the nearly two years since Guillermo Lasso, a millionaire and conservative banker, won the presidency in Ecuador, the region has changed considerably. Left-wing leaders have won election after election, including in neighbouring Colombia, which had been the United States’s primary strategic ally in the hemisphere for decades. This far-reaching geopolitical shift to the left has made the US-Ecuador relationship of utmost importance to Washington – as well as to Quito.
Multiple high-level US officials have travelled to Ecuador and Lasso himself was given a warm welcome at the White House in December . . .
