Weekly Report - 24 July 2014 (WR-14-29)

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa reached two significant agreements last week with a politician he accused back in February of representing right-wingers intent on destabilising his government. Correa’s two-hour meeting with the new opposition mayor of Quito, Mauricio Rodas, who defeated the ruling Alianza País (AP) incumbent mayor Augusto Barrera in last February’s elections, resulted in transport accords related to the metro and trolleybus systems.