We stand with the people of Ecuador fighting for better futureshttps://t.co/BF1uPkSgYr — CODEPINK (@codepink) October 8, 2019 Jaime Vargas, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nations in Ecuador (CONAIE), an umbrella organization for local Indigenous groups, said Monday that 20,000 protesters marching toward Quito would be in the capital for the strike.
¡Con alegría y entusiasmo!, así recibe la gente de Quito a la marcha del Movimiento Indígena que avanza a Quito desde el sur del Ecuador, vamos a lucha con respeto y unidad con los sectores que se suman a la lucha por los derechos de todos los ecuatorianos#SomosConaie pic.twitter.com/1oVyzjw1ek — CONAIE (@CONAIE_Ecuador) October 7, 2019 Reuters noted Monday that “Indigenous-led protests brought down three presidents” before Moreno’s predecessor and one-time mentor, Rafael Correa, who now lives in self-imposed exile in Belgium.