On behalf of Ecuador’s influential indigenous tribal lobby, called the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador (CONAIE), several thousand people marched to Quito on Monday night to seek financial concessions from the country’s federal government. to the sky The magazine reported this on Tuesday.
According to a Colombian magazine, the week-long march in the national capital sparked violent unrest in six Ecuadorian states and prompted the government to declare a state of emergency across the country.
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declared a nightly curfew in Quito on June 20, and a caravan of local lobbyists arrived in the country’s capital. The Conservative leader extended the state of emergency to “Pichincha (Capital of Quito), Cotopaxi and Imbabura, Andean Chimborazo and Tungurahua, and Amazon Pastaza provinces” from 18 June. to the sky It was reported on 21 June.
“This decision protects the welfare of the people from violence. At the same time, the rights of those who organize peaceful demonstrations are protected.”
Demonstrators shut down part of Ruta Viva highway to Mariscal Sucre Airport as part of domestic protests against high fuel prices and high living costs in Quito, June 17, 2022. (Photo: CRISTINA VEGA RHOR/AFP, via Getty Images)
We cannot allow some violent people to interfere with the work of millions of Ecuadorians. We will not allow people to fight people. I am here to protect Quito, every family in the capital and in the country,” President Lasso said in a speech on national television Monday night, as quoted by Buenos Aires-based news agency Infobae.
Lasso went on a nationwide indefinite strike on June 12, organized by CONAIE, which appears to be demanding a series of financial concessions from the federal government of Ecuador, “including setting the price of one gallon of diesel fuel in US$1.50 and regular fuel in US$”. referred to. 2.10”. dollars, according to Infobae.
CONAIE’s order included a demand that several thousand, mostly indigenous, march to Quito. Infobae said on Monday that the mass march has caused violent turmoil in at least six provinces in the past eight days, and at least 80 highways have been blocked by protesters.
An Argentine news agency described caravans of indigenous protesters marching towards the country’s capital near Cutuglagua, an area 18 miles south of Quito, on June 20, as “weapons, including sticks and shields”.
“This Monday, Ecuador celebrates a week since the start of the strike, and it has already caused millions of dollars in losses in the manufacturing and tourism sectors, mainly affected by road closures,” Infobae reported on June 20.
“Barricades blocked trucks carrying vegetables and fruit from the Sierra [mountain range] From roaming on the Ecuadorian coast. The consequences of closing the seven-day route are beginning to be felt in the supermarkets of Guayaquil, where the shelves of these products are empty.
The CONAIE caravan intensified its demands Monday night, calling for President Lasso’s resignation despite efforts by a strong lobby group to meet their demands. According to Agence France-Presse, the organization’s 10-point ultimatum includes calls for “food price control and a promise to renegotiate personal bank loans for nearly four million families”, in addition to calls for lower fuel prices.
“Strong Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador (Konaye) – [is] He is credited for helping to overthrow three presidents between 1997 and 2005,” he said.
CONAIE’s influence on Ecuadorian politics seems enormous, as indigenous peoples are a minority (one million) of the country’s 17.7 million population.
Source: Breitbart
