Mass protests ‘won something for all Ecuadorians’

Vol. 86/No. 26 - July 18, 2022

Indigenous groups in Ecuador announced June 30 gains made after two-and-a-half weeks of daily protests and highway blockades, fighting for measures to protect workers and farmers from the ravages of inflation and other effects of today’s capitalist economic and social…


Ecuador protests demand lower prices, halt foreclosures

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

After two weeks of sizable daily protests by Indigenous groups, the government of Ecuador has given in to some of their demands and is negotiating with them on others. The protests by thousands of workers and peasants provoked by the…


Workers, peasants in Ecuador push back gov’t attacks

Vol. 83/No. 39 - October 28, 2019

After nearly two weeks of protest and a general strike by thousands of workers, students and indigenous peoples from the countryside, Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno was forced  to reverse his Oct. 1 decree that increased fuel prices in the country.…