[StJacques]

Well, Rafael Correa, Ecuador's newly-elected Chavista President is following the template of his idols and predecessors Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales and is turning to street violence as a means of intimidating the Ecuadoran Congress into calling a Constituent Assembly into session. Chavez did so and successfully rewrote the Venezuelan Constitution to suit himself and Evo Morales has been trying -- though with less than full success -- to do the same in Bolivia.

It may be interesting to discover if Ecuadorans are watching what is happening in Venezuela and find their spine as a result now that the mask of Chavismo is off and the truth is out in the open for everyone to see. Those legislators do not look like a happy bunch to me.

[StJacques]

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[BenLurkin]

Typical.

They'd do it here if they had half a chance.

They're never happy until someone gets killed.

[Dallas59]

A constituent assembly is a body elected with the purpose of drafting, and in some cases, adopting a constitution.

[Kitten Festival]

Thanks for putting together this valuable report and all the excellent pictures. The thuggery of Correa knows no bounds. He needs the boot. Or the meathook, whichever can be accomplished first.

[norton]

I'm confused here:
the protesters are supporting the elected president & trying to force an elected assembly to reconsider their constitution so that it more closely resembles Venezuela's one man/all the votes rule by decree?

Or not?

[SquirrelKing]

This is what the bed-wetting Left in our country fantasizes about being able to do at their patheic "Patriotic Terrorist" rallies.

Losers..

[tanuki]

Enough with the prelim drama, have the bloody coup already!

[Malesherbes]

Thanks for the post. I've been following events in Bolivia and am less informed about Ecuador. I know Bolivia uses the U.S. dollar as its official currency. Is Correa going to try to change this?

[Army Air Corps]

Gads, parts of South America are beginning to resemble the Weimar Republic during its decline into fascist rule.

How long before the Chavistas battle against one another for the mantle of leadership of their movement? The pattern of dictators within a movement is that, eventually, they battle among themsleves for primacy in and control over that movement.

[piasa]

Well, Rafael Correa, Ecuador's newly-elected Chavista President is following the template of his idols and predecessors Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales and is turning to street violence as a means of intimidating the Ecuadoran Congress into calling a Constituent Assembly into session. Chavez did so and successfully rewrote the Venezuelan Constitution to suit himself and Evo Morales has been trying -- though with less than full success -- to do the same in Bolivia....

Now we can add Honduras to that