Coffee Hour: Rising Hope in Ecuador
Saturday, April 8, 10:00-11:30 AM
4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Join us in person at 4200 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN. If you’re able to come to the coffee hour in person, coffee, bagels and donuts will be served.
If you can’t make it in person, join us on this Facebook page or on Zoom:https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZwudeCupz4uG9xkYUTl3…
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In order to help us understand more about Ecuador, SCOTA is honored to be joined by two speakers from Ecuador who will share their perspectives:
Jonathan Nack is the contact for Ecuador’s solidarity work for the Democratic Socialists of America’s International Committee. He has resided in Ecuador for the past 4.5 years and has followed Ecuador’s politics closely for about 25 years. Joining with Jonathon will be Blair Goodman, also from Ecuador.
This is a time of change in Ecuador and there is a rising hope for a more progressive government. The current President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso is right wing. The party of former President Rafael Correa, who was progressive and brought positive change to Ecuador, has been a leader with other opposition parties for the impeachment of Lasso.
In recent elections, Correa’s party won major municipal and regional victories including mayors of large cities. Lasso’s eight constitutional amendments were also defeated in this election. Lasso is opposed by indigenous movements because of his oil drilling and other policies opposed by these movements.
Organizer: Solidarity Committee on the Americas (SCOTA)
A committee of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM)
A committee of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM)
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Bio of Jonathan Nack:
He is the contact for Ecuador’s solidarity work for the Democratic Socialists of America’s International Committee. He is the second-generation socialist with 40 years of activist experience. He has substantial experience in solidarity work regarding Latin America, going back to solidarity involving Cuba, Nicaragua, and El Salvador in the late 1970s, and Venezuela since 1999. His activism covered a broad range of issues before he retired and moved to Ecuador. He has resided in Ecuador for the past 4.5 years and has followed Ecuador’s politics closely for about 25 years. Before joining DSA in 2016, he was a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism in 1993. While living in Oakland, CA, he was a leader of the Oakland/Berkeley chapter for many years. He has also sporadically done left journalism for several left publications over the years.
He is the contact for Ecuador’s solidarity work for the Democratic Socialists of America’s International Committee. He is the second-generation socialist with 40 years of activist experience. He has substantial experience in solidarity work regarding Latin America, going back to solidarity involving Cuba, Nicaragua, and El Salvador in the late 1970s, and Venezuela since 1999. His activism covered a broad range of issues before he retired and moved to Ecuador. He has resided in Ecuador for the past 4.5 years and has followed Ecuador’s politics closely for about 25 years. Before joining DSA in 2016, he was a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism in 1993. While living in Oakland, CA, he was a leader of the Oakland/Berkeley chapter for many years. He has also sporadically done left journalism for several left publications over the years.
