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For eight days Indigenous Peoples have been in the streets of Ecuador leading protests against the neoliberal government of Lenin Moreno. While protests have been largely peaceful, protesters have clashed with riot police in the largest civic mobilization since 2005 as thousands call for repeal of austerity measures. President Moreno left Quito on Monday, October 7, moving his government to the port city of Guayaquil.
7 de octubre, 2019—Puyo, Pastaza
A la opinión pública y al Pueblo Ecuatoriano.
Cities and towns across Massachusetts are joining a national movement to start celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October. Cultural Survival has joined a coalition of groups led by Indigenous Peoples Day MA to successfully lobby for a name changes across Massachusetts.
Several organizations in Guatemala have condemned the anti-democratic policies of President Jimmy Morales after the Public Prosecutor’s Office raided community radio station Radio Xyaab ’Tzuultaq’a, of El Estor, Izabal on September 26, 2019.
THE UNDERSIGNED ORGANIZATIONS condemn the raid on the facilities of Community Radio Xyaab ’Tz’ultaqa in Estor, Izabal, Guatemala, on September 26, 2019, by the Public Ministry and the National Civil Police, taking advantage of the state of siege.
LAS ORGANIZACIONES FIRMANTES repudiamos el allanamiento a las instalaciones de Radio Comunitaria Xyaab’ Tz’ultaqa, del Estor Izabal, por parte del Ministerio Publico y la Policía Nacional Civil, aprovechándose del estado de sitio.
“The classmates are excited! During the internship, it was noted that they were already on the air,” said Elena Brito, a representative of Women’s Association Q'imb'al and one of 16 participants of the speech and radio formats workshop that took place on September 17 and 18, 2019, in the organization's facilities, in Nebaj, Quiche, Guatemala. Women’s Association Q'imb'al is a Cultural Survival Community Media Grant Program partner.
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