“We are also calling on other sectors, such as the indigenous movement, the peasant insurance, youth, housewives and all the Ecuadorian people,” the union’s president, José Villavicencio, told a press round.

In his words, a series of protests will be staged this week, namely in the city of Cuenca, the current venue for the Counter Summit of the Peoples in Resistance, to be held back-to-back with the 19th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government.

Some organizations, he added, will take to the streets next Friday, November 15, on the 102nd anniversary of the first workers’ strike in the country.

Citing the motifs behind the protests, Villavicencio mentioned the high level of insecurity gripping Ecuador, the electric power crisis and unemployment caused by the blackouts.

The leader of the Popular Front, Nelson Erazo, chastised the Ministry of Labor for failing to stand for the workers’ rights and instead “violating the Constitution and the Law,” referring to sanctions against Vice President Abad, who was suspended from office.

The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) called on other social organizations to meet tomorrow and define actions against the Government of Daniel Noboa, and the “triple crisis” affecting the country.

Ecuador has been suffering from 12-hour power outages every day for over a month and, according to the local Business Committee, this has caused losses of over four billion dollars, in addition to triggering unemployment.

On the other hand, Ecuador has fallen in the hands of violent crime , which so far has left nearly 6.000 homicides, according to official data.

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