In response to state violence in Ecuador

From the CLACSO Working Group "The State as Contradiction," we denounce and strongly condemn the serious escalation of state violence by the Daniel Noboa government against social mobilizations. This alarming repression includes the militarization of Indigenous territories and entire cities, the disproportionate use of force against peaceful protesters, Indigenous people, farmers, and students, arbitrary arrests, the criminalization of leaders, and extrajudicial executions , such as that of community leader Efraín Fuerez.

The widespread crisis and the Executive's economic measures , such as the elimination of the diesel subsidy, exacerbated the discontent in the poorest and most vulnerable sectors of the country, generating the protests that have been ongoing since September 21.

We join to the pronouncement of the international human rights community, academic networks, social movements and multilateral organizations in their statement that These actions constitute serious violations of human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples. and remember that their rights, the right to protest and to resist It is protected by multiple instruments
international.

We also demand the following from the Ecuadorian Government:

• Immediate withdrawal of military and police forces from mobilized areas, indigenous territories, and cessation of repression.
•Protection for persecuted human rights defenders, journalists and social leaders.
• Independent investigation of all human rights violations.
• Release of people detained for exercising their right to protest.
• Restoration of violated rights.
• Protection for persecuted human rights defenders, journalists and social leaders.

Peaceful protest is a fundamental right. Militarization, a state control strategy unleashed throughout Latin America, cannot be the response of a democratic state. Today, more than ever, Ecuador needs justice, dignity, and dialogue.

The Ecuadorian people are not alone! Ecuador resists! Ecuador does not surrender!

15th October 2025
CLACSO Working Group The State as a contradiction

This text expresses the position of the aforementioned Working Group and not necessarily that of the centers and institutions that make up the CLACSO international network, its Steering Committee or its Executive Secretariat.