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>dear all,
>these are the English translations of some of the last press releases from
>Saturday 22.1.
>Spanish originals are at www.ainfos.ca and at www.amarc.org/pulsar
>L.
>
>
>Saturday 22, 2000, 1300hrs.
>
>Ecuador: The indigenous people decide to end the uprising and return to
>their respective provinces.
>By Marlon Carrión C.
>
>QUITO, Ecuador: The thousands of indigenous people and farm workers ended
>their protest and are preparing to return to their provinces.
>
>The indigenous people enacted along with the medium ranks of the Armed
>Forces of Ecuador a revolt against the government of Jamil Mahuad. The
>fall of the mandatary was obtained, but the revolt was betrayed by General
>Carlos Mendoza, who will be part of the Civic-Military Junta in place of
>Colonel Lucio Gutiérrez.
>
>The indigenous people did not leave Quito empty handed. They were able to
>obtain part of their demands even though the popular government they were
>after slipped away from their grasp.
>
>It is not known what will happen with the Popular Parliaments established
>in each of the country's provinces. What is clear is that the National
>Parliament of the Peoples of Ecuador was dissolved.
>
>None the less, the indigenous people said that they would remain attentive
>to the new government of  Gustavo Noboa, vice president of Jamil Mahuad,
>whom after taking power promised to continue the economic policies of his
>predecessor.
>
>The popular sectors stated that the situation will not change, poverty
>will still be rampant, as well as unemployment and the escalade of prices
>on ageneral level. Leaders stated that the revolt against Jamil wasn't  a
>heat of the moment thing, but  more a normal process of the rejection of
>people amidst hunger and the injustices imposed by those who hold power.
>
>Surely the conditions prior to the civic and military uprising and revolt
>have not changed. "Dollarization" continues and wages have not risen, the
>lack of work positions is accentuated, the banks in bankruptcy continue
>with the help of the government with the money of Ecuadorians and the
>savings accounts of hundred-thousands of people, impoverished women,
>elderly and retirees, which continue frozen.(Ec/QR/Pi/Cs-Pp/mc)
>
>
>Saturday 22, 2000, 12h05m
>
>Ecuador: General Carlos Mendoza denounced Jamil Mahuad for intending to
>declare himself dictator.
>
>EQUITO, Ecuador.-General Carlos Mendoza, ex-member of the National
>Salvation Junta, denounced that defeated president, Jamil Mahuad, had
>planned to take all of the State's powers. Mendoza said that in order for
>this to happen Mahuad solicited the support of the Armed Forces.
>
>Mendoza stated that the Armed Forces denied any support to, what he also
>classified as, the ["buffoonery"] of Jamil Mahuad. He affirmed that in a
>recent reunion of Mahuad's cabinet, there was talks of having an anarchist
>regime ready. A proposal which was refused by Mendoza who immediately
>asked for his removal.
>
>Also, Gen. Mendoza clarified his refusal of heading the triumvirate which
>took power this Friday. He said that his refusal obeyed the pledge to
>attempt to avoid a civil war in the country.
>
>After hearing the thoughts of Antonio Vargas, leader of the indigenous
>people, who said that Mendoza had betrayed them, the general stated that
>this was only Vargas' opinion.
>
>Carlos Mendoza said that he is not detained, but if they summon him in
>front of the justice tribunals to respond for the occurrences of this
>Friday, he assume his responsibility. (Ec/QR/Mt/Pp/ap)
>
>
>Saturday 22, 2000, 03h10min
>Ecuador: Military falls back and accepts presidential succession.
>By Marlon Carrión C.
>
>QUITO, Ecuador: The High Command of the Armed Forces of Ecuador, with
>the support of whom would assume the leadership of the National Salvation
>Junta, general Carlos Mendoza, decided to give way to the presidential
>succession in favor of vice-president Gustavo Noboa Bejarano.
>
>When Mendoza renounced the Government Junta, the other two members of
>this junta exited the Palace of Government. The indigenous leader Antonio
>Vargas went to the National Parliament with his companions and the
>whereabouts of ex-president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Carlos
>Solórzano are unknown.
>
>Gustavo Noboa assumed the presidency at the offices of the Ministry of
>Defense. He ratified all of the Armed Forces' high command, and promised
>strong sanctions against the insurrectionists and said that the State of
>National Emergency continues, and thus the constitutional guarantees still
>continue to be suspended.
>
>On another report, the present Ecuadorian mandate said that the
>"dollarization", the bank bailout and modernization, prompted by the
>deposed Jamil Mahuad, would continue without any impediments.
>(Ec/QR/Au/Pp/mc)
>
>
>Saturday, 22 January 2000
>
>Ecuador:  Mahuad gone, the economic model continues
>By Andres Canizalez
>
>This Saturday Ecuador awoke with a new President. The presidential
>succession occurred after a day of protest and the aborted installation of
>the Junta de Salvacion Nacional (Junta of National Salvation). Jamil
>Mahuad stepped down from the presidency but the economic model that
>generated his unpopularity still stands.
>
>Early this Saturday morning, Vice President Gustavo Noboa became thenew
>Chief of State of Ecuador. He was named to this position in the Ministry
>of Defense with the backing of the high military command, who refused to
>acknowledge the Junta de Salvacion Nacional, which includes indigenous
>leaders and mid-level military commanders.
>
>In his first words, the now President Naboa emphasized that he will, for
>the most part, continue the economic policies of the deposed Mahuad.
>Specifically, dollarization continues, as well as financial assistance to
>banks that are insolvent and a 10-year plan to return their funds to
>people who had their savings in the financial institutions now in crisis.
>Naboa assured that the policy of "modernization" of the country has a
>social emphasis as well. The indigenous uprising that began two weeks ago
>and which served as a catalyst for the removal of Mahuad demands a radical
>change in economic policy.
>
>Ecuador, with a population of 12,000,000, is living through its worst
>crisis of the last century. In just a matter of months, poverty increased
>to an even higher level, inflation shot up and the local money, the sucre,
>lost its value.
>
>This dramatic picture of the Andean country, along with the announcement
>that the indigenous protests and popular movements will continue, place
>the new President in a difficult position. (Ec/Qr/Au-Mt/Pp-Pe/ac)
>
>                       ********
>               The A-Infos News Service
>      News about and of interest to anarchists
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