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Weekly Report - 20 April 2004
Lucio Gutiérrez cornered between impeachment and alliance with the right
Ecuador's President Lucio Gutiérrez is fighting for his survival. Ranged against him are his old allies of the indigenous movement plus most left-of-centre parties and the `social organisations.' His only apparent lifeline is the rightwing Partido Social Cristiano (PSC), but its leaders are unwilling to commit themselves wholly if there is a chance that investigations under way reveal misdeeds of impeachment proportions. Even the military, greatly favoured by Gutiérrez, have become cagey when expressing their support.
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