We publish an unofficial translation of a statement by the FDLP-EC from Ecuador.
The Front in Defence of the People's Struggles Ecuador rejects and condemns the arrest of the leader of Conaie, Leónidas Iza.
It is clear that the strategy of the government and its repressive apparatuses is to dismantle the leadership of the indigenous movement, in the absurd idea that it will be able to neutralise the growing popular protest.
Any repressive measure taken by the government will fuel the popular struggle. It is no longer enough to fight for the ten points listed in the AGENDA OF NATIONAL FIGHT, it is necessary to fight for the release of the banker and his murderous companions.
We demand the immediate release of Leonidas Iza and all the young men and women arrested on the first day of the struggle.
The reaction is dreaming like a dog if it thinks that in this way it can stop the course of this workers', peasants' and people's uprising, which is doomed to triumph because of the just nature of its struggle.
ONLY WITH STRUGGLE CAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS BE WON!
FREEDOM FOR IZA AND OTHER POLITICAL PRISONERS
