Ecuador, Indigenous protests reach 29 days as government ignores demands

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Ecuador has reached 29 days of a national strike, with indigenous movements continuing to reject the elimination of the diesel subsidy and other government policies under President Daniel Noboa. teleSUR

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00:00Ecuador reaches 29 days of national strike.

00:02Indigenous movements insist on rejecting the elimination of the diesel subsidy

00:06among other demands against the government of Daniel Novoa.

00:09After the suspension of negotiations between the government and indigenous organizations,

00:13indigenous peoples and trade unions continue their resistance on the roads

00:17with the partial closure of several avenues.

00:20Imbabura, Pinchincha, Cotopaxi and Loja are blocked by protesters demanding that their demands be met.

00:26The protesters are calling for a reduction in the value-added tax to 12 percent,

00:30investment in social programs and guarantees for the country's agricultural production.

00:51Insecurity in the country has worsened.

00:53We are in the most violent year in our history, with one death every 56 minutes.

00:58Where did that 3 percent bet go?

01:00It went into the hands of the International Monetary Fund.

01:03It went into the hands of the big monopolies.

01:05But not to the great needs of the Ecuadorian people.

01:08That is why we students will remain in the streets to protest against anti-popular measures,

01:13and also to defend public universities.

01:15Well, first of all, I would like to tell the president that today, more than ever,

01:26we are calling on the student body to unite in order to combat these anti-popular neoliberal

01:30measures that affect all Ecuadorians measures that we can see such as the increase in VAT,

01:35which was intended for security, but we continue to be one of the most dangerous countries in Latin America,

01:40and we see a homicide rate that is growing more and more so these measures make it clear to us

01:46that the only thing this government wants is to make life precarious.

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