Freelance journalist Denis Rogatyuk on the Ecuadorian protests


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The previous Ecuadorian government under Rafael Carreo was broadly seen as a progressive one, part of the so-called pink tide of left wing governments in Latin America. Among many other things Carreo famously offered political asylum to Julian Assange, and rejected the economic diktats of the International Monetary Fund. Lenin Moreno then took office as President in May 2017. Alex Whisson began his conversation with Buenos Aires-based freelance journalist Denis Rogatyuk by asking what changed under the new administration.

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