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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">General Strike Continues in Ecuador as Indigenous Organizations Denounce Police Repression</h1>
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<p>With more repression, raids and mobilizations throughout the country,
Ecuador reaches its ninth consecutive day of protests with new
statements by the Minister of Defense, Luis Lara, accusing indigenous
organizations of putting “democracy at risk”.<span id="gmail-more-20624"></span></p>
<p>As part of the National Strike, thousands of peasants began to arrive
Monday night in Quito in support of the movement called by the
Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) against the economic
management of President Guillermo Lasso.</p>
<p>Conaie itself denounced a violent attack, with at least one death,
carried out by police forces against demonstrators who have been
conducting a national strike against the Government for a week.</p>
<p>“The Confederation of the Kayambi People, denounces and rejects the
brutal repression of the @PoliciaEcuador in the north of the country,”
denounced that organization, which is part of the Conaie on its Twitter
account.</p>
<p>The president of Conaie, Leonidas Iza, assured that they will remain
in struggle and resistance, but also stressed that they remain open to
dialogue and will be open to this mechanism until the end.</p>
<p>Likewise, the indigenous peoples and nationalities called on the National Government to stop state violence.</p>
<p>Iza emphasized that military force cannot be adopted as a mechanism
of repression, but that Conaie’s position will be to remain open to
dialogue and to exhaust all political procedures: “dialogue, proposals
and the right to resistance”.</p>
<p>The Conaie, which called for an indefinite social mobilization on
June 13, has presented a list of demands with ten demands which include
the freezing and reduction of fuel prices, price control, prevention of
privatizations and avoidance of labor flexibilization, among others.</p>
<p>This Tuesday, Minister Lara warned that “Ecuador’s democracy is at
serious risk”, at a time when social protests are intensifying around
the country.</p>
<p>“Ecuador’s democracy is at serious risk before the concerted action
of some people who prevent the free movement of the majority of
Ecuadorians,” he said in a statement to the press.</p>
<p>Lara said from the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense, in Quito,
that “the Armed Forces will not allow any attempt to break the
constitutional order or any action against democracy and the laws of the
Republic”.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.telesurtv.net/news/ecuador-movimiento-indigena-paro-represion-20220621-0015.html">Telesur,</a> translation Resumen Latinoamericano – English</p>
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