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Ecuador, Final Battle against
FTA
The Ecuadorian Popular Movement
was preparing Friday for the
"final battle" against the free
trade agreement the government
intends to sign with the US,
announced Paulina Munoz, popular
activist and coordinator of the
campaign "Ecuador Decides".
Munoz denied speculations of
alleged exhaustion after last
weeks' great marches and said
demonstrators have now deployed
throughout their provinces to
celebrate assemblies and prepare
new protests.
The fight against the
US-sponsored FTA, still under
negotiation, is closer to its
final stage and has been
centered on social
demonstrations and appeals to
institutional entities.
The campaign "Ecuador Decides"
is aimed at a definitive
referendum on the FTA, a treaty
only supported by a minority
sector of businesspeople and the
government.
The indigenous movement against
the polemic agreement demands
that Ecuadorian President
Alfredo Palacios remain true to
his position of rejection of
this treaty, which before
reaching the presidency, he
considered a fetter for the
people, Munoz summarized.
The FTA is unsupportable because
it favors the US and negatively
affects Ecuadorians in
investments, health, agriculture
and services.
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