Ecuador's Correa Faces Opposition From The Left And Right.

THE ECONOMIST/
"After almost three years in office, Mr Correa’s relations with Ecuador’s indigenous leaders are worse still. A socialist who likes to wear Andean Indian waistcoats and who recently announced the setting up of Cuban-style “Committees for the Defence of the Revolution”, Mr Correa has long been distrusted by business groups and conservatives. But now he faces a new challenge from the left. A strike by teachers and students, whose leaders claim to be Maoists, is now in its third week. And indigenous groups, some linked to Pachakutik, this week launched what they called a “national uprising”, complete with roadblocks. At least one protester was killed in clashes with police."