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New
Anti-FTA Protests Jar Ecuador
Amid a stagnation of the Free
Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with
the US, the Ecuadorian
government is facing Monday new
protests against that deal.
Campesino and indigenous groups
are moving to Quito to nix the
FTA and defend the national
sovereignty.
These actions precede a
nationwide indigenous uprising
slated for mid-April, agreed at
the Confederation of Indigenous
Nationalities of Ecuador´s
Assembly on Friday.
Hundreds of natives from
Guayaqui, Guayas province, and
farmers from El Coca and
Rumichaca regions have departed
for this capital to repeat their
opposition against the agreement
on Wednesday.
For these movements, only a
referendum on the FTA plus the
suspension of its talks in
Washington can stop popular
mobilizations in Ecuador.
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