Leonidas Iza, the president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, heads a march to the Constitutional Court in Quito on March 28, 2023.Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images
Ready to run. Leonidas Iza, the head of a powerful Ecuadorian Indigenous organization called the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, announced on Sunday that he will seek the country’s presidency next year on the ticket of Indigenous party Pachakutik. Divisions between Ecuador’s Indigenous groups and the leftist Correísmo movement have delivered center-right victories in the country’s past two presidential elections, but prominent figures in both groups—including Iza himself—have publicly called for a unified ticket in recent months.
Pachakutik’s support of Iza positions him as a key negotiator should that party and the Correísmo movement stitch together a progressive alliance. Center-right Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, meanwhile, aims to seek reelection on his record of hard-line security policy.
Mapping music. The Caribbean Progress Studies Institute think tank dedicated a recent podcast episode to tracing how singer Rihanna’s music reflects the Caribbean’s sociopolitical landscape, from “Pon de Replay” to “Work.” Rihanna is from Barbados. “Pon de Replay,” her first big hit, was released in 2005 and takes its title from local Barbadian dialect Bajan, translating to “play it again.”
Other songs reflect Caribbean culture in their subject matter, the presenters said. That includes portrayals of strong women, as heard in “Man Down.” Today, those depictions are quickly categorized as feminist, although in the Caribbean, “growing up, that was never a concept we used, though we saw it every day,” host Rasheed Griffith said.
Meanwhile, “Work” draws on a rhythm from Jamaican dancehall music, a strain that is sometimes generalized as falling under the umbrella of house music. That is an oversimplification, however: Dancehall is distinct and is also one of the roots of reggaeton.
In what year was Rihanna named an official national hero of Barbados?
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2022
Rihanna received the honor in a ceremony that marked Barbados’s new status as a republic after it severed formal ties to the British monarchy.
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and opposition leader María Corina Machado hold posters during a campaign rally in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on July 23.
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and opposition leader María Corina Machado hold posters during a campaign rally in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on July 23.Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images
Venezuela is hurtling toward a high-stakes presidential election this Sunday. Ahead of the vote, polls continue to predict an opposition victory, although President Nicolás Maduro may try to prevent that outcome through undemocratic means via his influence over the country’s judiciary, security services, and electoral authority.
Opposition and civil society groups have coordinated observation networks at voting locations across the country. Electoral experts from the Carter Center and the United Nations will also be present.
Meanwhile, opposition figures—such as presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and his close ally María Corina Machado—have voiced openness to a negotiated presidential transition after the election. If Maduro loses, he could theoretically be persuaded to leave power if he knew he would not be investigated for certain actions that he took while in office.
Maduro and his allies have sent conflicting signals in recent days over how they plan to respond to the election results. Last week, Maduro said there would be a “bloodbath” if he lost the vote; in an interview published in El País on Wednesday, however, Maduro’s son said that if the opposition wins, his United Socialist Party would leave power. He went on to say that he had never seen polls that cited the opposition as ahead.
Venezuelans who had been formerly depoliticized have come out to opposition rallies ahead of the vote, Tony Frangie-Mawad reported for Foreign Policy last week. “Against all odds,” he wrote, “the opposition is gaining momentum.”
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