Including against his insistence in running indefinitely,
Ecuador Native Groups, Opponents Strike Against President CorreaThousands march to Quito, block roadways throughout the nationOpponents of President Rafael Correa’s policies, many of them from indigenous groups, protested against government policies on Thursday, including one that would permit the populist leader to run for office indefinitely.
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Thousands of members of the powerful native group, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, or Conaie, have marched to Quito to back a grab bag of demands, including a rollback in the government’s proposed changes to the constitution, a halt to mining concessions, and an end to negotiations for a free trade with the European Union. The native groups joined other opponents to protest government policies in Thursday’s national strike.
Indigenous groups have organized protests in the past, including this one in 2011,
S&P lowered its sovereign credit ratings on Ecuador to B from B+ on Wednesday.
No matter what, Correa, like his Venezuelan counterpart Maduro, is not going to cede power willingly.
