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Anti-FTA
Protest in Ecuador
Workers unions, social,
political and student movements
are concluding this Tuesday
preparations for national strike
against the Free Trade Agreement
(FTA) with the United States.
The strike, to be held on
Wednesday, is to repudiate the
signing of the FTA with
Washington, support closing a
contract with US oil company Oxy
and rejecting President Alfredo
Palacio"s government, leaders
from several groups stated.
Carlos Medina, coordinator of
the National Teachers Union,
said that strikers will block
several streets in Guayaquil to
demand a $30 increase of minimum
wage, deliver budgets to schools
and grant student cards.
The Unitary Workers Federation
will also join the protest
against the government of
Palacio, who they say since his
inauguration on April 20 has not
done anything for the working
class.
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