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	ISN Security Watch - Ecuador's 'divided state' is pulled toward the left
		Conaie held firm to its position, threatening to mount a broad "uprising" in conjunction with other labor and peasant groups if the government did not hold public consultations on the pact followed by a referendum.
		When Conaie's demands and the government's responses to them are viewed as a whole, it seems evident that the direct-action campaign provided an impetus, in conjunction with convergent interests of the government, to pull Ecuador's fractured politics leftward toward the populist pattern of Venezuela and Bolivia, and away from Washington's sphere of influence.
		Conaie's leadership was aware that it would meet determined resistance to its maximum demands, but calculated - as proved to be the case - that a wave of direct action would reveal vulnerabilities in its adversaries.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=15437 (2674 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Chronology for Indigenous Highland Peoples in Ecuador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		CONAIE organized an electoral boycott, which meant a boycott of over two million Ecuadorian voters of the six million total.
		The demands made by CONAIE are attributed to the discrimination and repressive policies of the state upon indigenous communities.
		President Luis Macas of CONAIE argues that the "breakup of communal lands will mean the dissolution of indigenous communities by destroying their geographical and political integrity" (Van Cott 1994 The Journal of Commerce).
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=13002 (2858 words)

	ECUADOR: PROTESTS PARALYZE COUNTRY \| World War 4 Report
		CONAIE reported that in a meeting that morning with Governance under-secretary Felipe Vega, its leaders had protested the violation of human rights and questioned the government's lack of transparency and democracy in the TLC negotiations, and delays in the cancellation of the Oxy contract.
		CONAIE leaders told Vega that the mobilization would continue until the TLC negotiations are suspended, the government publishes everything it has negotiated up to now, the Oxy contract is cancelled as requested by the state prosecutor's office, and a Constituent Assembly is convened.
		CONAIE was to meet March 31 in the Andean city of Riobamba to "redefine actions" in the continuing struggle against the TLC, and for the cancellation of the government's contract with Oxy.
	www.ww4report.com /node/1804 (1655 words)

	Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
		Luis Macas, the president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), was elected in late May as the presidential candidate of the Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement.
		CONAIE, which emerged from grassroots and community organisations, was founded by representatives of all of Ecuador's indigenous groups.
		Its main aims were to promote the creation of a "plurinational state", defend the ancestral lands of indigenous communities, strengthen native languages and cultures, and set forth policy proposals aimed at ensuring sustainable development in the long-term.
	www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=33615 (954 words)

	I. Wallerstein,
		The three-person junta was comprised of a populist colonel, the head of CONAIE, and a former Justice of the Supreme Court (representing presumably middle-class urban professionals).
		The head of CONAIE emerged from hiding briefly to announce that the army had betrayed CONAIE by breaking their solemn promises, that he would seek to negotiate with the new President, but that if, within 3-6 months, there were no changes, the situation might well deteriorate into civil war.
		CONAIE had been able, over the past decade, to build a fairly strong organization with strength in all three zones, even if their greatest strength was in the Altiplano.
	fbc.binghamton.edu /33en.htm (1172 words)

	Ecuadorian Studies, September 2001, No. 1
		Brushing aside invitations to be a vice-presidential candidate, CONAIE president Luis Macas announced in the fall of 1995 that he was a leader of the country's indígenas, not a politician (Becker 1996).
		While both the leaderships of CONAIE and Pachakutik have always insisted that Pachakutik is not simply the "electoral arm" of indigenous confederations, rank-and-file indigenous folk constitute a sizeable block of the electorate to whom Pachakutik appeals.
		A 1992 CONAIE document explicitly says that "The central goal articulated by the indigenous movement is the fight for land: having a material base such as land is fundamental for living a dignified life" (CONAIE 1992).
	www.yachana.org /ecuatorianistas/journal/1/beck/beck.htm (8286 words)

	Ecuador's Gutierrez's Future in Doubt after Break with Indigenous Ally
		Even when CONAIE was officially allied with the government, the organization, along with Pachakutik and several other indigenous and peasant groups, repeatedly criticized the current administration for neglecting the country's poor.
		CONAIE, which represents the majority of indigenous Ecuadorians, led a number of massive protests against former governments and then moved squarely into the political arena with the founding of Pachakutik in 1996.
		CONAIE mobilizations played a major role in the downfall of two recent presidents, Jamil Mahuad and Abdala Bucaram, and the indigenous organization still maintains its grassroots support and the power of mobilization capable of seriously challenging the current president’s authority.
	www.coha.org /NEW_PRESS_RELEASES/New_Press_Releases_2003/03.54_Ecuador_President's_Plight.htm (2061 words)

	CONAIE and contributions to culture. CONAIE highlights. Andes culture and attractions
		CONAIE is most well known for its organization of popular uprisings ("levantamientos populares") that often include blockading of commercial arteries and the takeover of government buildings.
		In August 1997 CONAIE led two straight days of protest against the lack of constitutional reform and held the government accountable, as the process was thereafter soon underway with the appointing of the Assembly of Constitutional Reform.
		In August 2005 CONAIE called for action among indigenous peoples in the Sucumbios and Orellana provinces to protest political repression, Petrobras' attempt to expand their petroleum extracting activities to the Yasuni National Park, and the general activities of Occidental Petroleum in the Amazon.
	www.mundoandino.com /Ecuador/CONAIE (1915 words)

	Terraviva EUROPE
		CONAIE president Luis Macas told IPS that the new government is one of transition towards the "structural changes" that are needed to transform the country's democratic institutions.
		But the CONAIE activists decided to return to their communities after officials invited them to march alongside Moncayo and GonzÃ¡lez, promising to cover the costs of their food, said Silvia Farinango, an indigenous woman from the community of Cayambe, in Pichincha.
		According to Pablo DÃ¡valos, a CONAIE adviser and the current deputy minister of Economy, the GutiÃ©rrez administration followed a systematic policy aimed at destroying the indigenous movement by "coopting" its leaders and using the distribution of social funds and political positions to "divide and conquer".
	www.ipsterraviva.net /Europe/article.aspx?id=1705 (1709 words)

	Transcript: A Popular Uprising: A Look at Ecuador's Coup
		CONAIE and other organizations said the plan would, "dollarize poverty and privatize wealth." That day, upwards of 20,000 indigenous protestors crowded into Quito and some 500 military personnel and a group of rouge colonels allowed the protestors to occupy the Congress building.
		CONAIE has developed an economic and political plan that calls for the creation of a multi-nation state that recognizes the autonomy and rights of the twelve indigenous nations.
		CONAIE has pursued a strategy of participatory democracy, implementing what are called 'popular parliaments.' These are forms for indigenous nation members to submit proposals to solve specific community problems.
	www.radioproject.org /transcript/2000/0020.html (3911 words)

	Indigenous Confederation Demands Occidental Leave Ecuador \| Project Underground (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		After delivering their demands to Occidental, the demonstrators--led by Blanca Chancoso of CONAIE and including representatives of the international Oilwatch network--presented a letter from the Confederation to the Colombian Embassy calling for the suspension of Occidental's drilling plans and the release of protesters detained over the weekend.
		CONAIE has a long history of effective mobilizations against the oil industry and for political change in Ecuador.
		In January, CONAIE organized uprisings that brought Ecuadorian life to a halt and toppled the government of President Jamil Mahuad.
	www.moles.org /ProjectUnderground/pr_archive/pr000628uwa.html (559 words)

	Latin American Countries and Issues - HEALTH
		The Conaie is a representation of all of these distinct tribes at national level.
		CONAIE pushes for self identification, so indigenous groups will be recognized not as "Indians," but as individual groups.
		CONAIE defines terms such as nationality, peoples, campesinos, Indians, indigenous, and discusses the significance of land versus territory.
	www.lasc.ie /issues/conaie.html (2271 words)

	Campaign Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		CONAIE was formed in 1986 to provide broad representation for the indigenous communities of Ecuador.
		Composed of regional indigenous organizations throughout Ecuador, CONAIE works to recover ownership of indigenous lands and to rescue indigenous language and culture.
		CONAIE has played a key role in the organizing of many peaceful mass "uprisings," notably in 1990, and at the beginning of 2000 and 2001.
	www.advocacynet.org /cpage_view/amazonoil_conaie_17_70.html (271 words)

	The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador
		CONAIE is the representative body that guarantees indigenous people the political voice that has too long been denied them, and that expresses their needs and goals within a rapidly changing world.
		CONAIE is an autonomous indigenous organization, independent of political parties, or any state, foreign or religious institution.
		CONAIE is part of the historic struggle for the rights of indigenous peoples and to build a plurinational state.
	conaie.nativeweb.org /brochure.html (646 words)

	WEBLINK CONAIE
		CONAIE, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, was founded in 1980.
		CONAIE meets every three years to evaluate the organization and to select new members to the leadership positions.
		CONAIE has already, in the short amount of time it has been active, brought indigenous organizations together to fight for unification, and already their voice has been heard not only on a national level, but also an international level.
	www2.truman.edu /~marc/webpages/nativesp99/grito/weblinkCONAIE.html (375 words)

	Department of Citizen Alice: "Ecuador's 'Divided State' is Pulled Toward the Left"
		Public opinion polls showed 50 percent of Ecuador's citizens against the F.T.A. and 35 percent in favor of it, with support for the pact concentrated in the urban areas and the business sector, and 81 percent of the public saying that Ecuador was not ready to enter the agreement.
		The campaign is best understood not as an attempt to make a revolution or even to oust Palacio -- although Conaie would not have been averse to either of those results -- but as a test of strength and an opportunity to mobilize a broader base of support around popular issues.
		Conaie's leadership was aware that it would meet determined resistance to its maximum demands, but calculated -- as proved to be the case -- that a wave of direct action would reveal vulnerabilities in its adversaries.
	pscelebrities.com /alice/2006/04/ecuadors-divided-state-is-pulled.html (2542 words)

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		MACAS: CONAIE was formed in November 1986 to carry on the struggles of the indigenous peoples' movement in Ecuador, including the fight to recoup our lands and to rescue our language and culture.
		CONAIE fights for the rights of human beings and for the life of the natural world, and works for a future of justice, equality, respect, liberty, peace and solidarity.
		It is the position of CONAIE and other organizations representing indigenous peoples of the Amazon that the Seventh Licensing Round should be postponed and a moratorium on oil development be put into effect until there are measures to protect the people of the Amazon.
	www.cwis.org /fwdp/Americas/macas.txt (2694 words)

	South America - Indigenous Movements: Between Neoliberalism and Leftist Governments - Worldpress.org
		Montoya concluded, "While in Ecuador they were creating the CONAIE and organizing the indigenous world from the bottom up, in Peru there was a situation where if the Shining Path beheaded 10 people, the army would behead 20." Three quarters of the 70,000 killed in the war were indigenous.
		During the December 2004 Congress of the CONAIE, where the veteran leader and ex-president Luis Macas was once again elected, Macas began a reconstruction process both on an organizational level and by formulating a project geared toward the long term.
		The current debate at the CONAIE is centered on the possibility of creating "another policy." Inspired by the Zapatista's "Other Campaign" in Mexico, the indigenous movement is set to debate the attitude it will adopt toward the elections in October.
	www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=2478&dont=yes (2325 words)

	globalinfo.org - Jun 14, ECUADOR (#44396)
		CONAIE, which emerged from grassroots and community organizations, was founded by representatives of all of Ecuador's indigenous groups.
		Leftist groups that had backed the retired colonel as well as CONAIE and other indigenous organizations also played a key role in bringing down the government of Gutiérrez, the third Ecuadorian president ousted since 1996.
		The grooming of young leaders is precisely the aim of a joint program -- the Antonio Ante School of Government -- implemented by CONAIE and the Esquel foundation, a local non-governmental organization that forms part of CIVICUS, an international alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.
	www.globalinfo.org /eng/reader.asp?ArticleId=44396 (985 words)

	CONAIE - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most recently, CONAIE was a primary force behind the ousting of President Lucio Gutiérrez, who was widely perceived as corrupt and beholden to neoliberal influence.
		Six months after the elect of Gutiérrez, CONAIE proclaimed its official break with the government in response to what CONAIE termed a betrayal of "the mandate given to it by the Ecuadorian people in the last elections." Among other things, Gutiérrez's signing of a Letter of Intent with the International Monetary Fund sparked outrage.
		In August 2005 CONAIE called for action among indigenous peoples in the Sucumbios and Orellana provinces to protest political repression, Petrobras' attempt to expand their petroleum extracting activities to the Yasuní National Park, and the general activities of Occidental Petroleum in the Amazon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CONAIE (1865 words)

	americas.org - Indigenous Ditch Government? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The CONAIE assembly—the group’s top decision-making body—met on May 27 in the city of Pujilí and decided to ratify its independence and autonomy from the Gutiérrez administration.
		CONAIE supported Gutiérrez during his presidential campaign, and its affiliated political organization, Pachacutik, has four members in the cabinet: Foreign Minister Nina Pacari, Agriculture Minister Luis Macas, deputy secretary of social welfare Lourdes Tibán and deputy secretary of government Virgilio Hernández.
		CONAIE President Leónidas Iza explained that the recent decision means CONAIE is no longer responsible for decisions made by Gutierrez.
	www.americas.org /item_8380 (242 words)

	granma.cu - Indigenous movement proposes to assume its own power
		For that reason, Luis Macas, CONAIE’s maximum leader, is not recognizing the leader of the present governor and is calling on Ecuadorians to decide their own future.
		The CONAIE vice president ratified that they no longer need a response from the head of state, who, he emphasized, "is not going to sign that treaty, we are sure of that, because he recognizes the fragility of his government and the instability reigning in that territory.
		He added that the CONAIE is continuing its work in defense of the population and has the backing of the popular, social, labor and student movements.
	www.granma.cu /ingles/2006/marzo/vier24/ecuador.html (383 words)

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