Recent PhD graduate Thea Riofrancos wrote an article for Dissent Magazine entitled "Beyond the Petrostate: Ecuador's Left Dilemma."
"The conflict over resource extraction in Ecuador attests to the diverging currents—both on the side of leaders and policies, and of resistance to them—that constitute the left in South America."
Read the article here (link). For more information about Thea, please visit his website (link).