president rafael correa has been concentrating power around his government after being reelected to ard term. now correa's leadership and popularity is threatened by grassroots and indian movements that oppose his drive to make mining a main source of revenue for ecuador. >> [speaking spanish] >> ecuador faces a tough dilemma. should its natural resources be exploited on a large industrial scale? or should they be preserved for the sake of the environmental protection? according to this analyst, mineral riches are the only means to finance health, education, andublic works, so necessary for the development of the country. >> [speaking spanish] >> [speaking spanish] pppxxxx■]■x 10/24/22 10/24/22 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> when it comes to diplomacy and the war, it depends entirely on whether russia gets to a place where it is actually trusted in stopping aggreion that it started. we have seen no evidence of that in this moment. amy: as the war in ukraine enters its ninth month, we look at the biden administration's