Ecuador Rages over FTA
Quito
Ecuador enters Monday another week of indigenous rallies against the likely signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US, with nationwide marches and roadblocks.
Despite violent police crackdowns, indigenous movements warned President Alfredo Palacio there will be a popular uprising if he persists in signing the FTA.
This Monday, it is expected that the march which left Puyo, capital of Amazonian Pastaza province, a week ago arrive in Quito.
That chain of protestors has been frequently repressed and ambushed by the police and military officers, resulting in at least 25 people arrested.
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador held the Executive responsible for the detainees´ fate and repeated that bullying will not frighten natives, who are intensifying roadblocks across mountains and the Amazonian region .
Meanwhile, high school students will stage a supporting rally for the indigenous groups and their complaints on the destructive FTA and in favor of the expiration of the contract with Oxy US oil company.
Likewise, worker´s unions are meeting this week to discuss the events while growing protests of the pharmaceutical, livestock and farmer sectors as well as university and technical schools are expected.
Ecuador enters Monday another week of indigenous rallies against the likely signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US, with nationwide marches and roadblocks.
Despite violent police crackdowns, indigenous movements warned President Alfredo Palacio there will be a popular uprising if he persists in signing the FTA.
This Monday, it is expected that the march which left Puyo, capital of Amazonian Pastaza province, a week ago arrive in Quito.
That chain of protestors has been frequently repressed and ambushed by the police and military officers, resulting in at least 25 people arrested.
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador held the Executive responsible for the detainees´ fate and repeated that bullying will not frighten natives, who are intensifying roadblocks across mountains and the Amazonian region .
Meanwhile, high school students will stage a supporting rally for the indigenous groups and their complaints on the destructive FTA and in favor of the expiration of the contract with Oxy US oil company.
Likewise, worker´s unions are meeting this week to discuss the events while growing protests of the pharmaceutical, livestock and farmer sectors as well as university and technical schools are expected.
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Monday, March 20, 2006
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