A Sense of Possibility: Ecuador’s Indigenous Movement Takes Center Stage
At about 9:45 on the morning of January 21, a thousand protesters, mostly indigenous people from the Ecuadorian highlands, burst ...
Unity, Dignity, Autonomy: A Profile of CONAIE President Antonio Vargas
At age 41, Antonio Vargas, an Amazonian Quichua, is a 20-year veteran of the indigenous movement. President of the Confederation ...
Ecuador: Taking On the Neoliberal Agenda
By linking the demands of Ecuador's indigenous population and non-indigenous popular sectors, the indigenous movement has moved to the forefront ...
Ecuador’s Pan-Indian Uprising
ON MAY 27, 1990, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY Indians occupied Santo Domingo Cathedral in the heart of the old city ...
CONAIE’S Agrarian Law Proposal
The "Integral Agrarian Law," presented by ONAIE, consists of five main points: * Existing demands for land should be processed ...
Ecuador: The Unraveling of a Presidency
When Ecuador's Congress voted to impeach Presi- dent Abdalh Bucaram on the evening of February 6 by declar- ing him ...
Interview with CONAIE’s Luis Macas: “We want a total transformation”
The powerful Ecuadorian indigenous movement faces one of its biggest challenges yet in the October 15th presidential elections for ...
