Backing Ecuadorean Trump, Breitbart Spreads Fake News [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Backing ‘Ecuadorean Trump,’ Breitbart Spreads Fake News




Ex-banker and current Ecuadorean presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso. | Photo: Reuters

Published 24 February 2017


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Breitbart, a media organization that touts itself as an “alternative” to establishment news, has joined the mainstream media smear campaign against Ecuador’s democratic socialist Alianza PAIS party.

The far-right site, echoing “rival” publications owned by liberal Wall Street elites, showed blatant support for opposition presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso, who has been dubbed the “Ecuadorean Trump” on Twitter. The site referred to the millionaire banker as Ecuador’s “pro-freedom” candidate, comparing his business accolades to Argentina’s right-wing President Mauricio Macri.

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Breitbart, reporting that Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa is threatening to “dissolve the government” if Lasso wins the election, decontextualized his comments made at a press conference. The race will head to a second round on April 2 since Alianza PAIS’ candidate Lenin Moreno came less than one percentage point away from getting the 40 percent needed to win a first-round victory.

Speaking out against alleged election irregularities that hurt Alianza PAIS candidate Lenin Moreno, Correa described as “suspect” that in six provinces where his party has historically won, 100 percent of the vote counting has not yet been completed.

Alianza PAIS also confirmed that completed ballots differed from those uploaded via scanner and sent to the National Electoral Council, CNE.

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