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Ecuador: Historic urban vote against large scale mining in referendum

8 February by Miriam Lang Ecuador’s third largest city Cuenca, of more than 600.000 inhabitants, has voted clearly against large-scale mining on February 7 th, 2021. According to estimates published on Sunday night, 80% of voters have expressed themselves for water and life, and against mining and extractivism. This referendum has been approved by the Constitutional Court in September 2020, what makes its results binding. While the results of the simultaneous presidential election were still being counted, pointing at a second round in April, the referendum organizers made clear on election night that any new president will have to respect the will of the people of Cuenca. It is the first time in Latin American history that a binding referendum against large-scale mining is won in a big city, and not in a directly affected rural community, according to Argentinian sociologist Maristella Svampa.

Ecuador s Upcoming Elections | Center for Strategic and International Studies

February 3, 2021 On February 7, 2021, over 13 million Ecuadorian voters across the country’s 24 provinces will cast their ballots for president and vice president, the 137-seat National Assembly, provincial legislatures in all 24 provinces, and members of the Andean Parliament the governing and deliberative body of the Andean community, which encompasses Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Whomever wins the upcoming elections will have to address the country’s main problems, which, according to public opinion polls, Ecuadorians perceive to be an economic crisis, poverty, and debt; unemployment and underemployment; corruption and justice; the Covid-19 pandemic; insecurity and violence; and education. The Presidential Elections

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