Morning Star.png Ecuador: Alliance Leaders Condemn Coup-in-the-Making The Morning Star, London, 3 August 2015 Regional leaders of the Bolivarian Alliance for Our Peoples of Latin America (ALBA) spoke out at the weekend against what they called a brewing coup attempt in Ecuador. ALBA denounced recent street violence, urging supporters of President Rafael Correa to remain vigilant in the face of a possible coup. It warned that, as in Venezuela, Ecuador's opposition is plotting to prepare the groundwork for a soft coup in the lead-up to the 2017 elections. Hard-line anti-government groups are demanding that Mr Correa resign immediately instead of serving out his term. Resignation demands arose initially in response to the government's proposed charges to inheritance and capital gains taxes, which would have increased taxation for the top 2 per cent as part of a range of social policies to tackle inequality. Mr Correa has since shelved the proposals but violent anti-government protests have continued in the face of ALBA calls for the opposition to respect democracy. From: <http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-b479-Ecuador-Alliance-leaders-condemn- coup-in-the-making#.Vb7v5_mqqko> http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-b479-Ecuador-Alliance-leaders-condemn-c oup-in-the-making#.Vb7v5_mqqko -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
