A Snapshot of the Global War Against African People: Reflections From Ecuador

A Snapshot of the Global War Against African People: Reflections From Ecuador

By Ajamu Baraka, Claudia O’Brien Moscoso and Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright – Apr 16,  2025 Defying Ecuador’s attempt to bar international monitors, election observers documented how Daniel Noboa’s contested victory, secured amid militarized polling stations and state violence, escalates the assault on Afro-Ecuadorian communities. Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), in coordination with the North South Project For People’s Centered Human Rights (NSPPC…

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The government of Nicaragua denounced Thursday "fraud" and "political violence" after what happened in the Sunday elections in Ecuador, in which President Daniel Noboa won the victory over the correista Luisa González. Nicaragua's entry denounces fraud and political violence in Ecuador and the label "servile dictatorship" was first published in the Digital Process.

The Nicaraguan government criticized the development of the presidential elections in Ecuador, which, according to the electoral authorities, were won by the current president, Daniel Noboa, who will remain in power until 2029.

Eloy Osvaldo Proaño The presidents of Mexico and Colombia, Claudia Sheinbaum and Gustavo Petro, did not recognize the vicious victory of the ultra-rightist Daniel Noboa in Ecuador's recent presidential elections. Also, the electoral mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) pointed to the misuse of public resources and the state apparatus for proselytizing purposes in Sunday's presidential ballot, while the European Union delegation c…