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Ecuadorian General Strike Highlights Fight Against Neoliberalism by IMC Tuesday August 28, 2001 at 12:42 PM |
On August 8 and 9, Ecuadorian activists converged on key cities like the capital Quito, the port city of Guayaquil, and Esmeraldas in the West, using a diversity of tactics such as blockading roads and marching in front of government buildings in order to voice their opposition to several of the Noboa regime's policies.
| ECUADOR: GENERAL STRIKE | Aug 12 2001 |
Ecuadorian General Strike Highlights Fight Against NeoliberalismTHE IMC-PRINT TEAM'S SPECIAL EDITION PDF ON ECUADOR On August 8 and 9, Ecuadorian activists converged on key cities like the capital Quito, the port city of Guayaquil, and Esmeraldas in the West, using a diversity of tactics such as blockading roads and marching in front of government buildings in order to voice their opposition to several of the Noboa regime's policies. Activists expressed opposition to the government's IMF-backed structural adjustment, its bailout of the corrupt banking sector, privatization of the electrical sector, "restructuring" of the social security system, the decision to allow the building of a new oil pipeline despite the opposition of local communities and environmentalists, impoverishment of the population, the government’s cooperation with the US-backed "Plan Colombia", the dollarisation of the Ecuadorian economy, neglect of native peoples, and the US military presence in Manta. This mass-mobilization follows weeks of civil disobedience actions, protest marches, and work stoppages across this small Andean country of 13-million people that has seen doctors, teachers, farmers, natives, environmentalists, leftists, labour unions, students, women, the retired, the poor and the oppressed sectors of the country march to press their various demands against the government. On July 28, as police attempted to disperse a doctors march, the security forces fired tear-gas near a maternity ward claiming the lives of 2 infants. Last February four unarmed native protesters were gunned down while staging a roadblock during a previous nation-wide mobilization aimed at bringing down prices for fuel and transportation. These actions will culminate in the convening of a National People’s Assembly of Ecuador on August 18, 2001 in Quito. Special Coverage from Indymedia
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| ECUADOR: GENERAL STRIKE | Aug 12 2001 |
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Ecuadorian General Strike Highlights Fight Against Neoliberalism THE IMC-PRINT TEAM'S SPECIAL EDITION PDF ON ECUADOR On August 8 and 9, Ecuadorian activists converged on key cities like the capital Quito, the port city of Guayaquil, and Esmeraldas in the West, using a diversity of tactics such as blockading roads and marching in front of government buildings in order to voice their opposition to several of the Noboa regime's policies. Activists expressed opposition to the government's IMF-backed structural adjustment, its bailout of the corrupt banking sector, privatization of the electrical sector, "restructuring" of the social security system, the decision to allow the building of a new oil pipeline despite the opposition of local communities and environmentalists, impoverishment of the population, the government’s cooperation with the US-backed "Plan Colombia", the dollarisation of the Ecuadorian economy, neglect of native peoples, and the US military presence in Manta. This mass-mobilization follows weeks of civil disobedience actions, protest marches, and work stoppages across this small Andean country of 13-million people that has seen doctors, teachers, farmers, natives, environmentalists, leftists, labour unions, students, women, the retired, the poor and the oppressed sectors of the country march to press their various demands against the government. On July 28, as police attempted to disperse a doctors march, the security forces fired tear-gas near a maternity ward claiming the lives of 2 infants. Last February four unarmed native protesters were gunned down while staging a roadblock during a previous nation-wide mobilization aimed at bringing down prices for fuel and transportation. These actions will culminate in the convening of a National People’s Assembly of Ecuador on August 18, 2001 in Quito. Special Coverage from Indymedia
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