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CONAIE
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador () or, more commonly, CONAIE, is Ecuador's largest indigenous rights organization. The Ecuadorian Indian movement under the leadership of CONAIE is often cited as the best-organized and most influential Indigenous movement in Latin America. Formed in 1986, CONAIE firmly established itself as a powerful national force in May and June 1990 when it played a role in organising a rural uprising on a national scale. Thousands of people blocked roads, paralyzed the transport system, and shut down the country for a week while making demands for bilingual education, agrarian reform, and recognition of the plurinational state of Ecuador. This was the largest uprising in Ecuador's history and established a new form of contention that would serve as a blueprint for a string of later uprisings. CONAIE-led uprisings had a role in the fall of president Abdalá Bucaram and subsequent drafting of a new constitution in 1998. CONAIE leade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country
The Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country () is a political party in Ecuador that's described as Indigenist and left-wing. It was founded primarily as a way to advance the interests of a wide variety of Indigenous peoples' organizations throughout Ecuador. History In the context of Ecuador's Indigenous movement, Pachakutik emerged in 1995 after civil society mobilizations by large Indigenous organizations such as CONAIE and CONFENAIE. These movements had previously espoused an abstentionist position in relation to electoral politics, but came together to form Coordinadora de Movimientos Sociales (Social Movement Cooperation, CMS) and then Pachakutik to serve as an alternative to the traditional cluster of political parties that had ruled Ecuadorian politics. However, the party is not formally affiliated with CONAIE. Pachakutik is a term taken from the Quechua ''pacha'', meaning "time and space" or "the world"; and ''kuti, meaning "upheaval" or "revolution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonidas Iza
Segundo Leonidas Iza Salazar (born 1982) is an Ecuadorian activist and indigenous leader of Kichwa language, Kichwa-Panzaleo people, Panzaleo ancestry who is serving as the president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) since June 27, 2021. Alongside Jaime Vargas Vargas, Jaime Vargas, Iza led the demonstrations held in Ecuador in 2019 Ecuadorian protests, October 2019 by the CONAIE against the economic measures taken by the then-government of Lenín Moreno. He ran for President of Ecuador in the 2025 Ecuadorian general election, 2025 general election. Biography He was born to José María Iza Viracocha and Rosa Elvira Salazar; the former was a historical indigenous leader. Additionally, he is the cousin of Leonidas Iza Quinatoa, a former congressman and participant in the first indigenous uprising. He studied Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Cotopaxi. He also claims to have read writings of leftist thinkers, highlighting, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Macas
Luis Macas Ambuludí (born 1951) is a Kichwa politician and intellectual from Saraguro, Ecuador. Macas has honorary university degrees in anthropology, linguistics and jurisprudence. He was one of the founders of the CONAIE and of the Pachakutik Movement, and was member of the National Congress of Ecuador. In 2003 he joined Lucio Gutiérrez's government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ... as Minister of Agriculture, quit because of disagreements with his neoliberal policies. Macas was vice-president of the CONAIE (''Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de Ecuador'') from 1988 to 1991, and CONAIE president from 1991 to 1996 and from 2004–2008. On May 24, 2006 Macas was proclaimed by the Pachakutik Movement as presidential candidate for the October 15, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Ecuadorian Coup D'état
The 2000 Ecuadorian coup d'état took place on 21 January 2000 and resulted in President Jamil Mahuad being deposed, and replaced by Vice President Gustavo Noboa.Barracca, Steven 'Military coups in the post-cold war era: Pakistan, Ecuador and Venezuela', Third World Quarterly, 28:1, 137 - 154 The coup coalition brought together a short-lived junta composed by the country's most powerful indigenous group, Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), and a group of junior military officers led by Lieutenant Colonel Lucio Gutiérrez. Amidst a severe economic crisis, the coup coalition sought to emulate the populist democracy and economy of Hugo Chávez's Venezuela. The coup ultimately failed, with senior military officers opposed to the programme installing the elected Vice President of Ecuador, Vice President as President of Ecuador, President, and imprisoning coup leaders.Zamosc, Leon (2007),The Indian Movement and Political Democracy in Ecuador, ''Latin American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONFENIAE
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon () or CONFENIAE is the regional organization of indigenous peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon or Oriente region. Nine indigenous peoples present in the region — Quichua, Shuar, Achuar, Huaorani, Siona, Secoya, Shiwiar, Záparo and Cofán — are represented politically by the Confederation. CONFENIAE is one of three major regional groupings that constitute the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE). It is also part of the Amazon Basin indigenous organization, COICA. The group's president (as of 2005) is Luis Vargas Canelo, an Achuar; and its vice president is Nelson Calapucha, a Kichwa. Past leaders form an advisory council (Consejo de Sabios) for the Confederation. In 2013 the politician Mónica Chuji Mónica Chuji Gualinga (born October 30, 1973) is an indigenous Ecuadorian politician who has served in the National Assembly (Ecuador), National Assembly. She is a deputy direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sápara
The Sápara, also known as Zápara or Záparo, are an indigenous people native to the Amazon rainforest along the border of Ecuador and Peru. They once occupied some 12,000 mi2 between the Napo River and the Pastaza. Early in the 20th century, there were some 200,000 Zapara. From the year 2009 on the Ecuadorian Zápara call themselves ''Sápara''. The official name is Nación Sápara del Ecuador (NASE). It means Sápara Nation of Ecuador. The president of this nation is Klever Ruiz. The Sápara Nation was officially registered by CONDENPE – the Council of Development of the nationalities and peoples of Ecuador – on September 16, 2009. The current name of the organisation is the result of a unification process of upriver and downriver communities. There was a conflict between these different groups about their authentic ethnic identity in the last years of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. With this unification this conflict seems to be solved. CONDE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ECUARUNARI
ECUARUNARI (in Kichwa: ', "Movement of the indigenous people of Ecuador"), also known as Confederation of Peoples of Kichwa Nationality ('','' in Spanish ') is the organization of indigenous peoples of Kichwa nationality in the Ecuadorian central mountain region, founded in 1972. Twelve ethnic groups of the region— Natabuela, Otavalos, Karanki ''(Caranqui)'', Kayampi ''(Cayambi)'', Kitu Kara ''(Quitu)'', Panzaleo, Salasaca, Chibuleo, Puruhá, Guranga, Kañari and Saraguros—are represented politically by the Confederation. ECUARUNARI is one of three major regional groupings that constitute the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE). It is also member of the Andean The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long and wide (widest between 18°S ... indigenous organization, Coor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quichua
Kichwa (, , also Spanish ) is a Quechuan language that includes all Quechua varieties of Ecuador and Colombia ('' Inga''), as well as extensions into Peru. It has an estimated half million speakers. Classification Kichwa belongs to the Northern Quechua group of Quechua II, according to linguist Alfredo Torero. History The earliest grammatical description of Kichwa was written in the 17th century by Jesuit priest Hernando de Alcocer. First efforts for language standardization and bilingual education A standardized language, with a unified orthography (, ), has been developed. It is similar to Chimborazo but lacks some of the phonological peculiarities of that dialect. According to linguist Arturo Muyulema, the first steps to teach Kichwa in public schools dates to the 1940s, when Dolores Cacuango founded several indigenous schools in Cayambe. Later, indigenous organizations initiated self-governed schools to provide education in Kichwa in the 1970s and 1980s (Muyulema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manta People
Manta or mantas may refer to: * Manta ray, large fish belonging to the genus ''Mobula'' Arts and entertainment App & Website * Manta (platform), a Korean digital comics provider Fictional entities * Manta (comics), a character in American Marvel Comics publications * Manta (''Uridium''), a spaceship in the British computer game ''Uridium'' * Manta Oyamada, a character in the Japanese manga series ''Shaman King'' * Manta and Moray, amphibious superheroes from the 1970s TV series ''Tarzan and the Super 7'' Film * '' Manta, Manta'', a 1991 German-language action comedy film People * Manta (surname) (includes a list of people with that name) * Mantas, Lithuanian given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Manta people, nomadic ethnic group in Bangladesh Places * Manta, Benin a town and ''arrondissement'' in Atakora department, Benin * Manta, Cundinamarca, a municipality and town Almeidas province, Colombia * Manta, Ecuador, a city in Manabí Province, Ecuador ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awa-Kwaiker People
The Awá, also known as the Kwaiker or Awa-Kwaiker, are an ancient indigenous people of Ecuador and Colombia. They primarily inhabit the provinces of Carchi and Sucumbios in northern Ecuador and southern Colombia, particularly the departments of Nariño and Putumayo. Their population is around 32,555. They speak a language called Awa Pit. Reserve The Awa Reserve was established in northwestern Ecuador in 1987. The reserve combines indigenous and forestry legislature, so that the Awa people could manage the forest and their own lands. This reserve is in the Choco Forest within the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena region, one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, however logging and mining interests are illegally active in the reserve. Subsistence The Awa traditionally hunt, gather, fish, and cultivate plants. Today, they also farm livestock, such as chickens, ducks, guinea pigs, and pigs.Chernela 177 They practice a form of agriculture called "slash and mulch," which involves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
