LatinNews Daily - 21 October 2024

Ecuador: On 10 October Ecuador’s former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017) criticised the “system of sanctions imposed by the US” as “arbitrary and anti-juridical” in a statement posed on social media. He was responding to the previous day’s decision by the US State Department to designate him and former Vice President Jorge Glas (2013-2017) as “generally ineligible for entry into the US” citing “involvement in significant corruption during their time in public office”. According to the State Department, Correa and Glas “abused their positions as former president of Ecuador and former vice president of Ecuador, respectively, by accepting bribes, including through political contributions, in exchange for granting favourable government contracts”. Correa’s criticism of the sanctions was echoed by Luisa González, the presidential candidate for Correa’s left-wing party Revolución Ciudadana (RC), ahead of Ecuador’s general election, the first round of which will take place on 9 February. González, who wrote on social media that the State Department’s decision was a “brazen attempt at meddling in the country’s domestic affairs”, also highlighted the timing of the decision, months ahead of the election.

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