After 9 days of protests, with a balance of 5 dead, hundreds injured and detained, and the resulting economic paralysis of the country, President Lenín Moreno sat down with representatives of the indigenous population to negotiate Decree 883, which abolished fuel subsidies. There were eleven days of terror, violence, attacks and vandalism, which began on October 1, 2019, leaving damage and losses, according to the Central Bank of Ecuador, of 821.68 million dollars.

Guillermo Churuchumbi arrives at the new internal elections in Pachakutik with the shadow of accusations of the crime of concussion

President Moreno, as if a gun was pressed against his temple, pressured by vandals and the intransigence of indigenous leaders, had to bow his head and agree to the wrong demands, which also required the departure of the IMF, the two governments. ministers and the president himself. A bad precedent, of course.

There are people who believe, as the popular saying goes, that bottles are made by blowing. They ignore what it means to rule…

We must also not forget the damaging effects of national shutdowns in June 2022, which amounted to $1,115.4 million. In both cases, the manufacturing sector is the most affected.

It seems that we are again taking up the rifle to put it to the forehead of those who have not yet taken Carondelet. A few days ago, one of the so-called indigenous leaders appeared and put 15 demands on the table on behalf of Conaie, threatening the elected president Noboa that he will “confront any neoliberal package or unpopular economic measures that are imposed.” “.

Conaie’s demands to Daniel Noboa have divided the parties: some see it as a threat, others say it’s what Ecuador expects

To begin with, we wonder what percentage of Ecuador’s population is represented by these people who ignore that there are more or less 17 million Ecuadorians and that minorities, no matter how respectable they are, cannot allow themselves to subjugate the others. Furthermore, they must take into account that there are many of them in their communities who voted in favor of the candidate Nobo and that therefore they should not speak on behalf of those voters.

On the other hand, we are already tired of the violence, terrorism, insecurity and consequent losses that this belligerent climate brings to the country. We will not tolerate, in any way, that they take to the streets again, attack, injure, kill, rob and commit more acts of vandalism in the name of those who make up one of the most forgotten populations in Ecuador, because while those who claim to be their leaders Travel in the highest vehicles, the rest travel on foot or, at best, on the backs of mules, and the condition of the native population in general is very uncertain.

Inexplicable positions in politics

Demanding, for example, that free trade agreements be suspended is sheer folly. No idea what this means for everyone, since the negotiations have been going on for several years, they allow us to export our products and place them on international markets at good prices and import with advantages what we do not produce.

There are people who believe, as the popular saying goes, that bottles are made by blowing. They ignore what it means to rule a diverse conglomerate, with extreme needs and atavistic problems of all kinds, exacerbated by terrorism and drug trafficking.

We are not ready to tolerate these threats. (OR)