Given the serious situation of social unrest and violation of the legitimate right to protest in Ecuador
Our CLACSO Working Groups, organized in the Inter GTs Network “New Frontiers of Critical Thinking and Struggles for Emancipation from Latin America”We urge all universities in the city of Quito to immediately open their doors to the people, so that the protesters, our Indigenous brothers and sisters, can find shelter from the cold, food, and care while exercising their legitimate democratic right to protest. We ask that they uphold their commitment to the communities with whom they work and from whose perspectives they develop their theories.
We vehemently urge the Ecuadorian State to annul the State of Emergency decree and cease the repression, persecution, and criminalization of the protests and demonstrations taking place in Ecuador as part of the 2022 National Strike. We call on the Ecuadorian Ministry of the Interior to withdraw from the Casa de las Culturas (CCE) so that Indigenous communities can hold their assemblies and discuss ways to resolve the social conflict.
We also reject the expressions of racism that are voiced daily in the mass media. Indigenous and peasant communities not only sustain the food supply for the entire country, but also bear the brunt of the economic and social crisis. In that sense, they have every right to express their discontent.
The demands outlined are essential prerequisites for initiating the dialogue process. The mobilized population cannot engage in dialogue if they lack space for reflection and are being repressed.
The strike called on the 13th by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador has been gathering support and participation from more than 300 organizations, a plurality of oppressed social sectors, hit by the economic and social crisis and/or demanding improvements in the conditions and quality of life of the social majorities in the Andean country.
The government, which initially responded by illegally imprisoning CONAIE's main leader, Leónidas Iza Salazar, continues to ignore the ten demands presented by this organization and has intensified its violent and repressive response in the nation's capital. It has declared a state of siege in five provinces—Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Pichincha, Imbabura, and Pastaza—violating university autonomy through interventions and repression of students in Quito and Cuenca, denying access and movement to the protests in Guayaquil, illegally seizing the House of Cultures in Quito, a traditional refuge for demonstrations due to its proximity to El Arbolito Park (the epicenter of the country's historic protests by social and indigenous organizations), and violently attacking protesters with clashes that have left hundreds injured. The government has also delivered the intolerable news recently reported by indigenous organizations that the repression has already... caused two deaths so far in the conflict.
The social and economic crisis, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has exposed the lack of social public policies under the Lasso administration, which has prioritized safeguarding the interests of large corporations and banks. The economic crisis is characterized by rampant inflation, resulting in constantly rising prices and the inability of 70% of the population to afford a basic food basket. Furthermore, only 30% of the population has adequate employment. Small-scale producers have been among the hardest hit by the increased prices of essential inputs. The shortage of medicines and the crisis in the health and education systems, the pressure of unpayable debts in various productive sectors, and the expansion of oil and mining frontiers that violate the collective rights of Indigenous peoples and nationalities are some of the elements included in the legitimate demands of this mobilization.
The government's repressive actions are exacerbating the protests, and given the lack of an institutional solution so far and the recurring violations of democratic institutions by the government of Mr. Guillermo Lasso, we view the current situation of the conflict in Ecuador with deep concern.
It is therefore more necessary than ever that the city's universities work for the good of the citizens, the attention, containment and care of the people in the streets.
June 23th, 2022
CLACSO Working Groups articulated in the Inter GTs Network New Frontiers of critical thought and struggles for emancipation from Latin America,
and organizers of the Forum “Territories, struggles and r-existences: Community horizons in the face of the reproduction of inequalities of capitalism in Latin America and the Caribbean”
Territorialities in dispute and r-existence
Political ecology(ies) from the South/Abya-Yala
Anti-capitalisms and emerging sociability
Indigenous peoples, autonomies and collective rights
Borders, regionalization and globalization
Latin American critical geographical thought
Critical studies of rural development
Endorsements of the statement from the international scientific, artistic, health and education communities:
- Facundo Rojas, National University of Cuyo, Professor-Researcher
- Sandra Rativa Gaona, ICSYH-BUAP, Mexico, Doctoral Candidate, Researcher
- Mariano Salomone, sociologist, Incichusa-Conicet
- Aida Luz López, Autonomous University of Mexico City, Research Professor
- Tatiana Roa Avendaño, Censat Agua Viva
- Melissa Moreano, UASB-Ecuador, Political Ecologies, Professor
- Lucia Linsalata, Professor-Researcher BUAP – Mexico
- Sofía Lanchimba, Professor/UNAM
- Eduardo Enrique Aguilar, University Professor / University of Monterrey
- Mauricio Sandoval Cordero, Broad Front – Costa Rica
- Clara Meyra Segura
- Haydeé García Bravo, CEIICH-UNAM
- Andrés F. Keiman, Intercollegiate Research Group in Political Ecology, UACM,
Academic / UACM San Lorenzo Tezonco - José Gandarilla Salgado, Researcher and Professor CEIICH-UNAM
- Mylai Burgos Matamoros, Autonomous University of Mexico City
- Maristella Svampa, Researcher, Conicet, Argentina
- Francisca Fernández Droguett, Movement for Water and Territories-MAT
- Breno Bringel, Professor and Researcher, Institute of Social and Political Studies, University
from the State of Rio de Janeiro - Flor Mercedes Rodríguez Zornoza, GIIEP/Autonomous University of Mexico City
- Gabriela Merlinsky, Environmental Studies Group, Gino Research Institute
Germani, UBA-CONICET Researcher - Gabriela Wyczykier, sociologist UNGS-CONICET
- Mónica Baltodano M, Popol Na / member of the Articulation of Social Movements,
Social scientist and historian - Juan Wahren, University of Buenos Aires / GT Critical Studies of Rural Development
CLACSO, Sociologist and researcher/CONICET - Liliana Buitrago, Political Ecology Observatory of Venezuela, Activist and researcher
- Elvira Concheiro, Treasurer of Mexico
- Marcos Filardi, Museum of Hunger
- Matias Cribb, Sonamos Latinoamérica, Teacher
- Enrique Viale, Argentine Association of Environmental Lawyers,
- Aleida Azamar Alonso, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Research Professor /
Autonomous Metropolitan University - Soledad Fernández Bouzo, CONICET UBA
- Gisela Hadad, Researcher/ UBA-CONICET
- Vicente Solano, University of Cuenca
- Natalia Santucci, Scientific Researcher (CONICET)
- Pablo Bergel, Self-Convened Group for the Suspension of Payments and Investigation of the Debt
External relations with the IMF - Pablo Bertinat, UTN
- Ivo Peruggino, Multisectoral Wetlands/ MundoAparte, Wildlife Rehabilitation
- Ramón Balcázar Morales, Plurinational Observatory of Andean Salt Flats (OPSAL), Activist and
Doctoral Researcher UAM-Xochimilco - Raquel Neyra, UNALM
- Lorena Bottaro, National University of General Sarmiento
- Laura Bergel, Professor at UNLa/ Researcher at CIC
- Pablo Díaz Estévez, UDELAR
- Gabriela Martinez Dougnac, CIEA University of Buenos Aires, Historian – CIEA-UBA
- Alejandro Medici, CiDerCrit FCJyS UNLP, Research Professor UNLP
- Irina Farrás, Multisectoral Wetlands of Rosario,
- Nelsy Lizarazo, Pressenza
- Deborah Pragier, Unsam
- Alina Herrera Fuentes, Legal Critique and Sociopolitical Conflicts Working Group, CLACSO, Researcher
INFP Mexico - Claudia Andrea Gotta, Permanent Assembly for Human Rights of Argentina/University
National University of Rosario, National Secretariat of Indigenous Peoples/Teacher and Researcher - Ezequiel Gatto, Lemon Ink
- Carolina Vilches Fuenzalida, MODATIMA
- Natacha Scherbovsky, CONICET Doctoral Fellow
- Gilberto López y Rivas, National Institute of Anthropology and History
- Mikaela Gallegos Gauding, Consultant and Environmental Geographer. Health in Motion Collective.
Local Environmental Action Corporation - Beatriz Ana Victoria Piedrabuena, Advisory Board of the College of Psychologists, San delegation
Lorenzo, Argentina - Jorge Chemes, Ecological Workshop
- Guillermo Folguera, UBA-CONICET
- Lena Lavinas, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Aleida Hernández, Unam
- Diana Isabel Molina Rodríguez, University of Nariño
- Monserrat Candia Rocha, Collective for Action Research Estuarine Imaginaries
- Erika Liliana López López, GT Legal Critique and Sociopolitical Conflicts in Latin America, Head of
Teaching/CEIICH, UNAM - Anabel Rieiro, Fcs Udelar, Professor - Department of Sociology, Uruguay
- Alain Geffrouais Social Educator Emancipa
- Paula Vidal Molina, Department of Social Work, University of Chile
- Victor Giusto, Teacher/Artist UNAFolkore
- Rodrigo Guzman, Jaina Study Community,
- Victor Hugo Pacheco, UNAM
- Daniel Yarmolinski, AFyL. Argentina
- Virginia liponezky, La Verdecita Association
- Ignacio López Moreno, Department of Social Processes, Autonomous University
Metropolitan - Fernanda Poblete, Chile Without Ecocide
- Lilians López, IPFreire Rosario Argentina, present in this legitimate claim!
- Ivette Vallejo Real, Collective of Women Anthropologists of Ecuador, Flacso Ecuador
- Martin Leonard, ATE-Conicet (Argentina), Professor, researcher / National University of Rosario –
Conicet (Argentina) - Perla Valero, GT Legacies and Perspectives of Marxism
- Alejandra Ciriza, Professor, National University of Cuyo – Mendoza, Argentina
- Elizabeth Peredo Beltran, OBCCD (Bolivian Climate Change Observatory)
- Lucrecia Wagner, CONICET Researcher, Argentina
- Marcelo Coelho, journalist
- Leandro Rodríguez, Marabunta, an Argentine social and political movement, Professor at UBA
- Noelia Figueroa, CIFEG UNR
- Bila Sorj, Professor/ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Juan Antonio Acacio, National University of La Plata/CONICET/GECIPE, Argentina
- Ricardo Robles Zamarripa, Doctoral Candidate, Center for Social Studies, U. Coimbra,
Portugal - FLORENCIA ROVETTO, UNR
- María Eugenia Garfi, National University of Rosario
- Florencia Catelani, Mala Junta- Argentina, National University of Rosario
- Luciano Fabbri, Mascs UNR Institute
- Marcelo Andrés Maisonnave, National University of Rosario. Argentina
- Sebastian Alejandro García Caicedo, Colombia Humana, University of Nariño
- Gina Chavez, Professor
- Miguel Prieto, Bachelor of Physical Education
- Aymará Barés, IIDyPCa, Conicet Postdoctoral Fellow
- Mariángeles Camusso, Secretary of Gender and Sexualities, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, UNR
- Martin Vizgarra, Radio ATE Argentina, Psychologist, Ministry of Social Development
- Victor Romero, UNAM
- Blanca S. Fernández, Teacher (Unpaz, Unlam, Uba)
- Lucía Rivera Ferreiro, Professor at UPN in Mexico
- Marcelino Guerra Mendoza, University Professor. UPN
- Noelia Gutiérrez, Sociologist
- Nadia Scaliter, Psychologist
- Alejandro Mantilla, La Creciente, National University of Colombia
- Ana Pohlenz de Tavira, UNAM-Mexico
- Rocío Moltoni, Cifeg, National University of Rosario, Argentina
- Oscar Soto, GT-CLACSO Critical Studies of Rural Development
- Clarisa Leonard, Political Scientist - National University of Rosario
- Eduardo Piccione, Visual Arts, Visual Artist
- Lucía Figueroa, Cifeg, Teacher
- Fernando Bejarano, RAPAM,
- Susana Roitman, Professor, National University of Villa María, Argentina
- Gilca García de Oliveira, Geographer/UFBA, Professor
- Maria Laura Filippini
- Mauro Benente, University of Buenos Aires/ National University of José C. Paz
- Santiago Bastos, Researcher CIESAS Southeast, Mexico
- Alejandro L. Soriano Miranda, In my personal capacity, Attorney
- Elizabeth Parisi, Argentine Ecofeminist, Social Psychologist, Inap Coordinator, Ministry
Public works in Argentina - Jorge Falcone, Free People's Organizations – Resist and Fight, Documentarian and writer
- Floresmilo Simbaña, Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador CONAIE,
Teacher - Jesús Antonio Machuca Ramírez, Seminar on Borders, Chicanos, and National Issues,
Research Professor at the National Institute of Anthropology and History - Mónica Montalvo, The Digital Watermelon, Coordinator of Land and Territory
- Lisandro Citta, Forum for the Recovery of the Paraná River, Teacher
- María Celeste Romero, Center for Cannabis Culture Studies, Medical psychiatrist
- Marilyn Machado-Mosquera, Kuagro ri Changaina, Colombian woman
- Elida Márquez, CODESO, Professor/UNVM
- Geraldine Sulkin, Anthill, Political Scientist
- Maritza Damann Gormaz, Women for Good Living Puchuncavi Quintero, Founder
- Silvia Molina, Protecting Our Trees Rosario, President
- Marta Sahores, Esquel Assembly,
- Horacio Machado Aráoz, Political Ecology Collective of the South, Researcher at the Regional Institute
of Sociocultural Studies, IRES, CONICET-UNCA, Argentina - Fernando Stratta, Popular Communication Collective Contrahegemoniaweb,
Lecturer/Researcher, National University of Lanús (Argentina) - Ana Lucía Ferraz, University of São Paulo, Professor
- Adriana Rodriguez, Uasb, Teacher
- Luciana Fernández, Ancasti Assembly, Teacher/Anthropologist
- Osvaldo Aly Junior, Brazilian Agricultural Reform Association ABRA, Teacher and researcher
- Marta S. Candela, Worker in the movement area
- Elsa Guzman, Professor
- Monica Cox de Britto Pereira, ufpe geography neppag, Profa Universitária
- Libertad Mascarini, Professor/Faculty of Agronomy, UBA
- Francisca Perea, Fiambalá Awakens Assembly – Pucara, Retired
- Susana Pariani, National University of Lujan, Agricultural Engineer
- Viviano Borra, Independent, Self-employed worker
- Marisol Dominguez, Gender and Territory Ayacucho, Teacher
- Sonia Boueiri, Latin American Foundation for Human Rights and Social Development
(Fundalatin), Advisor - Ayelen Perrotta, Aware, Mental Health
- John Ackerman, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Researcher and Professor
- Sebastian Levalle, Clacso, CONICET
- Mauricio Stirnemann, Retired Teacher
- Nathalia Hernández Vidal, Researcher
- Laura Álvarez, Professor
- Ana María de Veintimilla, Political Ecology Working Group of the Latin American Council
CLACSO Social Sciences Institute of Third World Ecological Studies Ecuador - Marta Aravena Schiaffino, Women for Good Living, Member
- Aideé Tassinari Azcuaga, Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM),
Professor – Researcher - Laura Gutiérrez Escobar, Javeriana University – Bogotá
- Emiliano Teran Mantovani, Central University of Venezuela, Ecology Observatory
Venezuelan politics, - Mario Sosa, Researcher and Professor at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala
- Miriam Lang, Southern Ecosocial Pact, professor
- Ligia Z. Peláez, UIMQROO, Professor-Researcher
- Ana Caren Alvarado González, RED-MAES, Student specializing in sovereignty
food - Domingo Meneses M, Intercultural University of Chiapas, Professor
- Carlos Chablé Mendoza, Chronicler of Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Fidencio Briceño Chel, Peninsular Maya People, Human Rights Activist
- Lorena Navarro Trujillo, Autonomous University of Puebla, Research Professor
- Iréri Ceja National Museum/UFRJ
- Álvaro Alvarez, CIG (FCH – UNCPBA) IGHCS (Conicet- UNCPBA), Professor – Researcher
- José Luis Moctezuma Zamarrón, Group for the Support of Endangered Languages (GALA),
Researcher. INAH Sonora Center. Mexico - Margara Millán. Network of decolonial feminisms, University Professor
- ROLAND TERBORG, PROFESSOR AT UNAM
- José Antonio Flores Farfán, Linguapax, Linguist
- Carlos A. Silva, GT CLACSO, Lawyer and Professor
- Pablo Uc, GT Bodies, Territories and Resistances, Researcher. Cesmeca. Ciesas
- Andrea Pagano, Regenera tu Huella, Founder and General Coordinator.
- Jacobo Vargas Foronda, Jurist and Sociologist
- Roberto Cittadini, University of Mar del Plata, Argentina, Research Professor
- Bruno, University of Geneva, Master student
- Jhonny Coa Huanca, Csutcb, Community Member
- Luisa Paz Jimenez, UNED, Anthropologist – Educator
- Fernando Cabrera Christiansen, Southern Petroleum Observatory, Abya Yala, Working Group
Critical Studies of Rural Development, CLACSO - Carlos Salamanca, Spaces, Politics, Societies Program, Center for Studies
Interdisciplinary, National University of Rosario, Researcher - Jacqueline Pitanguy, CEPIA, CEPIA Director
- Ana Radusky, Anti-extractivist feminists from the South, Singer and weaver
- Tito Medina, Tzijolaj Guatemala-Canada, Singer-Songwriter – Mayan-Mestizo Grandfather
- Betiana Tajomisski, Employee
- Diego Fidalgo, Rosario Association of Documentary Filmmakers, Audiovisual Producer
- Pillar Esposito, Social Communicator
- Mariela Rubinzal, Teacher
- Cecilia Carrizo, Faculty of Social Sciences, National University of Cordoba, Professor
- Victor Villanueva, Independent Research
- Heriberta Fernández Liriano, Montalvo Center, Local Development Coordinator
- Paty Couturier Bañuelos, CLACSO, UAM
- Mayco Macias, CEIL-CONICET, Researcher in training and environmental advocate
- Cecilia Mc Donnell, Rosario Feminist Philosophy Assembly, CONICET-UNGS-UNR
- Ana Siufi, Growing with Hope Project, Sister of Mercy of the Americas
- Victor Radusky Retired
- María Belén Machado Aráoz, CEBs, Teacher
- María Maneiro, CONICET/Faculty of Social Sciences-IIGG-UBA
- Luis Alvarenga, UCA, El Salvador, Writer and teacher
- Melisa Argento, Group for Studies in Geopolitics and Common Goods, CONICET UBA/ IEALC and
A R - Flor Canché, –, Research Professor/ Freelance Work
- CLACSO Working Group: Legacies and Perspectives of Marxism
This statement expresses the position of the aforementioned Working Groups and not necessarily that of the centers and institutions that make up the CLACSO international network, its Steering Committee or its Executive Secretariat.
