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Weekly Report - 30 March 2017 (WR-17-12)
ECUADOR: Between Scylla and Charybdis
Ecuador is split into three parts ahead of the second round of presidential elections on 2 April. Coastal provinces support Lenín Moreno, the presidential candidate for the ruling left-wing Alianza País (AP); the Amazonian provinces support Guillermo Lasso, his rival from the centre-right opposition Movimiento Creo; and the highland provinces are torn between the two. The country’s principal indigenous organisation, Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (Conaie), composed of three regional federations, provides an accurate reflection of this in microcosm. Its coastal federation supports Moreno; its Amazonian federation Lasso; and its highland federation has instructed members to vote for neither option.
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