We continue with the analysis of Sunday's election day in Ecuador, now we are joined by social researcher and activist, María Fernanda Andrade.
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00:00We continue with the analysis of Sunday's Electoral Day in Ecuador and now we are joined
00:04by social researcher and activist Maria Fernanda Andrade. Hello Maria Fernanda,
00:09welcome once more to From the South.
00:14Hello, thank you for having me here. Good afternoon.
00:21With Correism achieving an important victory in the first round but losing the runoff,
00:26what does this mean for Ecuador's left?
00:30Well, we think we're leaving, there is a general confusion about the results but also a big question
00:38about what are the reasons why the electorate has chosen an option that according to critical
00:44analysis of social sciences represents inequality and social chaos since there is a significant
00:51difference between Gonzales and Novoa's preferences as recorded before the election through polls,
00:57there is a right to request a recount and social movement, we are supporting that decision.
01:03Rosa Gonzalez has to ask for, to demand of a recount of votes.
01:09I think people are currently thinking about how to resist a government agenda that will surely
01:17deepen poverty, forced immigration and violence.
01:21Rosa Gonzalez has to ask for, to demand for the election.
01:24It is an important question.
01:26Maria Fernanda, if Citizens Revolution Party rejects the results indefinitely how might this
01:30affect Ecuador's governance especially amid ongoing crisis like crime and also economic instability?
01:37Yes, I think that maybe crime rates will surely, I think surely for sure, crime rates will increase child labor and drug trafficking.
01:41networks will grow on indicators of suicide and collective psychological suffering will also become more acute.
01:57According to UNICEF, Ecuador has seen a 600 percent increase in child suicides in the last four years regarding human rights.
02:07human rights, the situation will worsen. We have now 27 missing persons in the four deaths of children at the hands of the military so far.
02:17So social activists will surely as well continue to be persecuted.
02:23Ecuador is currently the most violent country in Latin America and will unfortunately see worse days in terms of its disintegration as a nation.
02:33Thank you, Maria Fernanda, for all the information and your time here from the South.
02:43Thank you so much, June.
02:57Thank you, everyone.
03:01Thank you, everyone.
03:03I appreciate you, everyone.