Ecuador

[Strontium]

8 hours ago, Jose Jones said:

Seems a strange line to take that people aren't allowed to demonstrate against their government just because it was elected.

Surely that is one of the standing pillars of democracy?

 

Yes, I quite agree. You appear to have missed my point. Fortunately SasaS was here to elucidate.

[SasaS]

Just now, moof said:

I would love you to expand on that thought

Do you have any specific guidelines regarding direction of the expansion?

[moof]

1 minute ago, SasaS said:

Do you have any specific guidelines regarding direction of the expansion?

No

[moof]

2 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Yes, I quite agree. You appear to have missed my point. Fortunately SasaS was here to elucidate.

Your point was really that asinine? I’m absolutely shocked 

[Strontium]

For what it's worth, I won't hold my breath waiting for a detailed rebuttal from you either.

[moof]

I mean, there usually has to be something for me to rebut first

[SasaS]

Now that the protestors have won, I'd just like to add that it was a bit rich from Lenin Moreno (who I also thought must be a lefty with a first name like that and with Ecuador helping Assange and all) to accuse Venezuela of meddling into Ecuadorian affairs.

[Anubis]

3 hours ago, SasaS said:

Now that the protestors have won, I'd just like to add that it was a bit rich from Lenin Moreno (who I also thought must be a lefty with a first name like that and with Ecuador helping Assange and all) to accuse Venezuela of meddling into Ecuadorian affairs.

 

 

Pretty sure names are not an indication of politics, and isn’t Moreno the one who gave Assange up. And he’s a shit left back.

[SasaS]

14 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Pretty sure names are not an indication of politics, and isn’t Moreno the one who gave Assange up. And he’s a shit left back.

You have obviously never met Ilich Ramirez Sanchez.

Moreno is apparently shit as a left winger too, so he tried to switch sides.  
 

[mattyq]

Lovely country, lots of volcanoes, decent beaches, nice people

 

[TheHowieLama]

9 minutes ago, mattyq said:

Lovely country, lots of volcanoes, decent beaches, nice people

 

Cheap real estate.

[Jose Jones]

6 hours ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Yes, I quite agree. You appear to have missed my point. Fortunately SasaS was here to elucidate.

Ok, I did miss your point.

Presumably Maduro being the “corrupt scumbag” that moof thought it outrageous to protest against?

Or did you have someone else in mind?

[moof]

14 minutes ago, Jose Jones said:

Ok, I did miss your point.

Presumably Maduro being the “corrupt scumbag” that moof thought it outrageous to protest against?

Or did you have someone else in mind?

Would be incredibly thick, if so.

 

Say it ain’t, stronty?

[Stickman]

14 hours ago, mattyq said:

Lovely country, lots of volcanoes, decent beaches, nice people

 

 

 

And this....

 

 

Kind of puts deep fried mars bars to shame

[Spy Bee]

15 hours ago, mattyq said:

Lovely country, lots of volcanoes, decent beaches, nice people

 

I've been to Quito. It was rough as fuck & I thought I was going to be killed.

 

Galapagos was nice though.

[mattyq]

6 hours ago, Spy Bee said:

I've been to Quito. It was rough as fuck & I thought I was going to be killed.

 

Galapagos was nice though.

Like every big city it's got it's good & bad, I guess

The old town is lovely during the day... you have to be a little careful at night.

The new town is mainly affluent 

Avoid the Favelas on the outskirts

[TheHowieLama]

One for the Old School thread here:

 

[TheHowieLama]

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has declared an “internal armed conflict” in the country, ordering security forces to “neutralize” several criminal groups accused of spreading extreme violence in the Latin American nation.

The decree came shortly after hooded and armed men interrupted a live television broadcast – one of several violent incidents playing out across the country on Tuesday.

Ecuadorians were stunned as they watched the takeover of TC Television’s live broadcast from the coastal city of Guayaquil. Social media video showed the assailants forcing staff of the state-owned network onto the floor of the studio as shots and yelling were heard in the background.

The situation has struck fear among many Ecuadorians. One woman, who lives outside Guayaquil and was told to go home early by her boss, described the chaotic traffic on her drive home. “Cars were going the wrong way; everyone was just trying to get through,” she said.

“The scariest part was seeing the desperation, seeing businesses shutting down, desperate people, including children and women, running frantically in avenues only meant for cars.”

The country has been rocked by explosions, police kidnappings, and prison disturbances since Noboa on Monday declared a nationwide state of emergency after high-profile gang leader Adolfo "Fito" Macias escaped from a prison in Guayaquil.

 

Ecuador is “living a real nightmare,” former President Rafael Correa said in a video shared on X Tuesday. The situation was “the result of the systematic destruction of the rule of law, of the errors of hatred accumulated over the last seven years,” he claimed.

[SasaS]

Is Ecuador where some reach kid is now the president?

[Section_31]

In fairness Britain ain't that bad.

[VladimirIlyich]

On 13/01/2024 at 12:12, Section_31 said:

In fairness Britain ain't that bad.

They just know how to do it more sophisticatedly over here. It's not as if the elites haven't had enough practice of course.