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Highlighting the Citizen Revolution project in Ecuador

Photo: EFE

September 6 |

The vice presidential candidate of Ecuador for the opposition party Revolución Ciudadana (RC), Andrés Arauz, explained this Tuesday in an interview with the program En Clave Política of the teleSUR platform the political program defended by his organization.

Arauz began by explaining how they have “regained presence in the Amazon, in Galapagos, in the Central Highlands. We have assembly members in almost all the provinces of the country. We are the first political force in Ecuador”.

“We increased the number of absolute votes in the presidential election, also in the Assembly list. While in the presidential election we won in 14, in the National Assembly list, that is, the parliamentary option, we won in 19 of the 24”, he added.

“We also have nine prefectures, the most populated in Ecuador. People are with the option of the Citizen Revolution. There are improvements to be made in terms of communicating our proposal, refreshing it, especially for young people,” Arauz indicated.

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Regarding his strategy for the second round of elections, to be held next October 15, the running mate of the presidential candidate for the CR, Luisa González, added: “We obviously have to improve our strategy, make our programmatic contents, proposals and government plan a little more visible”.

“We have full knowledge of each institution of the State, what we have to do to recover the economy of our country, security, welfare and that is why now we are going to deepen in the programmatic content in relation to public investment, productive credit, support programs for young people”, she said referring to her government plan.

Regarding the permanence of Guillermo Lasso in power until December, he said: “The country will be destroyed, but we have some very concrete proposals. We have ready the executive decrees to declare an emergency in four sectors, health, education, security and roads. We are going to generate an enormous public investment in our country and turn the resources towards development and generate opportunities in our country”.

The candidate assured regarding the economic policies he proposes: “We are ready to deploy the informatics power of the State and with political decision, to collect close to 2 billion dollars in the period of government that we will have to administer our country to be able to finance the urgencies and national development”.

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International

Two killed in shooting at restaurant near Frankfurt Airport

Two people were shot dead early Tuesday at a restaurant in Raunheim, near Frankfurt Airport, according to local police.

Preliminary findings indicate that an armed individual entered the establishment at around 03:45 local time (02:45 GMT) and opened fire on the victims, who died at the scene from their injuries.

The suspect fled and remains at large, while the motive behind the shooting is still unclear, German media reported. Authorities have launched a large-scale search operation.

International

U.S. counterterrorism chief resigns over opposition to war in Iran

Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced Tuesday that he has resigned from his post, citing his opposition to the ongoing war in Iran.

In a post on X, Kent said he could not, “in good conscience,” support the conflict, arguing that Iran did not pose an imminent threat to the United States. He also claimed that the war was driven by pressure from Israel and its lobbying influence in Washington.

In a resignation letter addressed to Donald Trump, Kent alleged that at the start of the current administration, senior Israeli officials and influential figures in U.S. media carried out a disinformation campaign that undermined the “America First” platform and fostered pro-war sentiment aimed at triggering a conflict with Iran.

Kent further stated that he could not support sending a new generation of Americans to “fight and die in a war that provides no benefit to the American people and does not justify the cost in American lives.”

Since the United States and Israel launched attacks against Iran on February 28, at least 13 U.S. service members have been killed, while 10 others have been seriously wounded and around 200 have sustained minor injuries, according to a report published by The Wall Street Journal.

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German president warns Iran war could spread and disrupt Strait of Hormuz

The president of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, warned Monday that the war involving Iran could expand and further disrupt shipping through the strategic Strait of Hormuz. He urged a swift end to hostilities between Iran, United States and Israel.

Speaking in Panama City during a joint appearance with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, Steinmeier said available information suggests Iran has significant capacity to disrupt maritime traffic through the key oil route.

“Iran has considerable potential to interfere with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz,” Steinmeier said through an interpreter. “We should therefore reach an end to the hostilities as soon as possible and call on all parties involved to make that happen.”

The remarks came during Steinmeier’s visit to Panama, the first by a German president to the Central American nation.

The German leader described the possibility of the conflict spreading as “very dangerous,” saying recent developments indicate that such a scenario cannot be ruled out.

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Over the weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump urged allied nations to help ensure safe passage for ships through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran moved to block the waterway in response to U.S. strikes. However, several allies—particularly in Europe—have shown little support for the proposal.

“Some are very enthusiastic, others are not, and some are countries we have helped for many years,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We have protected them from terrible external threats, and they’re not that enthusiastic. And the level of enthusiasm is important to me.”

Meanwhile, Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat, said the Strait of Hormuz falls “outside NATO’s scope” and stressed that “the war involving Iran is not Europe’s war.”