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                  border-box;">Lessons From The 2022 National Strike In
                  Ecuador </span></strong></span></span><span
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                webinar in English and Spanish on the Indigenous-led
                protests in Ecuador this past June. The webinar will be
                Thursday, </span></span></span><span style="color:
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                Time U.S.). This webinar comes at a crucial time as a
                deadline is looming to conclude negotiations between
                Indigenous leaders and the government regarding
                agreements which ended the national strike of this past
                June. If no agreement is reached in the negotiations,
                there could be another national strike.</span></span></span></span></span>
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      <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; line-height: 1;"><span style="color:
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                  border-box;">For 18 days in June, the people of
                  Ecuador, led by the Indigenous and poorest, fought
                  austerity to a halt. Tens of thousands barricaded
                  highways, paralyzed the capital and much of the
                  nation. Eight people were killed and hundreds injured
                  by police. </span></span></span></span></span><span
          style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Led by the
          Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE),
          poor and working people won major economic and political
          concessions, and other demands which are currently being
          negotiated.</span></p>
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      <p style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0.1rem 0px; line-height:
        1;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family:
            Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span
                style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat:
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                padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">This webinar
                will present the voices of Indigenous leaders and
                grassroots activists that participated in these historic
                protests. </span></span></span></span></p>
      <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; line-height: 1;"><span
          style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
            style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span
                style="text-decoration: none;"><strong><span
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                    background-clip: border-box;">Floresmilo Simbaña</span></strong></span></span><span
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                  border-box;">of Conaie Comunicacion will present an
                  overall analysis of the protests, what happened, what
                  was achieved, and what comes next. Simbaña is a top
                  leader of CONAIE and is a well known and respected
                  analyst and author. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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              style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:
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                    background-clip: border-box;">Kasha Rojas</span></strong></span></span></span><span
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                    background-clip: border-box;">Toa Tituaña</span></strong></span></span></span><span
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            style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
                style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong><span
                    style="background-position: 0% 0%;
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                    background-clip: border-box;">Miguel Guaichico </span></strong></span></span></span><span
            style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
                style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span
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                  border-box;">are local leaders. </span></span></span></span><span
            style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
                style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span
                  style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat:
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                  border-box;">They will speak about the basic
                  practicalities of organizing support, turnout, and
                  logistics for the national strike (known in Ecuador as
                  El Paro), marching to Quito, protesting within Quito,
                  and facing violent government repression. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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                none; background-size: auto; background-origin:
                padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">The webinar
                will also feature dramatic images from the protests. </span></span></span></span></p>
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        1;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family:
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                  style="font-size: 12pt;">This webinar is jointly
                  organized by the DSA International Committee and Code
                  Pink</span>. It is co-sponsored by the Task Force on
                the Americas and Chicago ALBA Solidarity.</span></span></span></span></p>
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      <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; line-height: 1;"><span style="color:
          #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
              style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
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                    background-clip: border-box;">To register:</span></strong></span></span></span></span><a
href="https://act.dsausa.org/signup/2022-national-protest-in-ecuador/"
          moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://act.dsausa.org/signup/2022-national-protest-in-ecuador/</a></p>
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        ***</p>
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              style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
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                    background-clip: border-box;">Lecciones del paro
                    nacional de 2022 en Ecuador</span></strong></span></span></span></span><span
          style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
              style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
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                  border-box;"> será un seminario web público en inglés
                  y español sobre las protestas lideradas por los
                  indígenas en Ecuador el pasado mes de junio. El
                  seminario web será el jueves </span></span></span></span></span><span
          style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
              style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
                style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span
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                    background-clip: border-box;">6 de octubre a las
                    20:00 horas (hora del este de EE.UU.)</span></strong></span></span></span></span><span
          style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
              style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
                style="font-size: 12pt;"><span
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                  background-origin: padding-box; background-clip:
                  border-box;">. Este seminario web llega en un momento
                  crucial, ya que se acerca la fecha límite para
                  concluir las negociaciones entre los líderes indígenas
                  y el gobierno en relación con los acuerdos que
                  pusieron fin a la huelga nacional del pasado mes de
                  junio. Si no se llega a un acuerdo en las
                  negociaciones, podría haber otra huelga nacional.<br>
                  <br>
                  Durante 18 días en junio, el pueblo de Ecuador,
                  liderado por los indígenas y los más pobres, se
                  enfrentó a la austeridad hasta el final. Decenas de
                  miles de personas levantaron barricadas en las
                  carreteras y paralizaron la capital y gran parte del
                  país. Ocho personas murieron y cientos resultaron
                  heridas por la policía. Liderados por la Confederación
                  de Nacionalidades Indígenas de Ecuador (CONAIE), los
                  pobres y los trabajadores obtuvieron importantes
                  concesiones económicas y políticas, y otras demandas
                  están en negociación.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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                Este seminario web presentará las voces de los líderes
                indígenas y los activistas de base que participaron en
                estas históricas protestas.</span></span></span></span></p>
      <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; line-height: 1;"><span style="color:
          #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
              style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
                style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span
                    style="background-position: 0% 0%;
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                    background-clip: border-box;">Floresmilo Simbaña</span></strong></span></span></span></span><span
          style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
              style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
                style="font-size: 12pt;"><span
                  style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat:
                  repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
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                  background-origin: padding-box; background-clip:
                  border-box;">, de Conaie Comunicación, presentará un
                  análisis general de las protestas, lo que sucedió, lo
                  que se logró y lo que viene. Simbaña es uno de los
                  principales dirigentes de la CONAIE y es un conocido y
                  respetado analista y autor. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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      <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; line-height: 1;"><span style="color:
          #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
              style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
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                    style="background-position: 0% 0%;
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                    background-clip: border-box;">Kasha Rojas</span></strong></span></span></span></span><span
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                  style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat:
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                  border-box;">, </span></span></span></span></span><span
          style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
              style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
                style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span
                    style="background-position: 0% 0%;
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                    auto; background-origin: padding-box;
                    background-clip: border-box;">Toa Tituaña</span></strong></span></span></span></span><span
          style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
              style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
                style="font-size: 12pt;"><span
                  style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat:
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                  border-box;"> y </span></span></span></span></span><span
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              style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
                style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span
                    style="background-position: 0% 0%;
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                    background-clip: border-box;">Miguel Guaichico</span></strong></span></span></span></span><span
          style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
              style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
                style="font-size: 12pt;"><span
                  style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat:
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                  border-box;"> son líderes locales. Hablarán sobre los
                  aspectos prácticos básicos de la organización del
                  apoyo, la participación y la logística de la huelga
                  nacional (conocida en Ecuador como El Paro), la marcha
                  a Quito, la protesta dentro de Quito y la violenta
                  represión del gobierno. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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          #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span
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                  repeat; background-attachment: scroll;
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                  El seminario web también presentará imágenes
                  dramáticas de las protestas. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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                padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Este
                seminario web está organizado conjuntamente por el
                Comité Internacional de la DSA y Code Pink. Está
                copatrocinado por el Grupo de Trabajo sobre las Américas
                y Chicago ALBA Solidarity.</span></span></span></span></p>
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                    background-clip: border-box;">Para inscribirse:</span></strong></span></span></span></span><a
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