00:00Ecuador reaches 29 days of national strike.
00:02Indigenous movements insist on rejecting the elimination of the thesis subsidy,
00:07among other demands, against the government of Daniel Novoa.
00:10After the suspension of negotiations between the government and indigenous organizations,
00:15indigenous peoples and trade unions continue their resistance on the roads
00:18with the partial closure of several avenues in Babura, Pichincha, Cotopaxi and Loja
00:24are blocked by protesters demanding that their demands be met.
00:28The protesters are calling for a reduction in back to 12%,
00:32investment in social programs and guarantees for the country's agricultural production.
00:45Insecurity in the country has worsened.
00:48We are in the most violent year in our history, with one death every 56 minutes.
00:52Where did that 3% bet go?
00:54It went into the hands of the International Monetary Fund.
00:57It went into the hands of the big monopolies, but not to the great needs of the Ecuadorian people.
01:02That is why we students will remain in the streets to protest against anti-popular measures
01:07and also to defend public universities.
01:09Well, first of all, I would like to tell the president that today, more than ever,
01:20we are calling on the student body to unite in order to combat these anti-popular neoliberal measures
01:25that affect all Ecuadorians, measures that we can see such as the increase in VAT,
01:30which was intended for security, but we continue to be one of the most dangerous countries in Latin America,
01:35and we see a homicide rate that is growing more and more so these measures make it clear to us
01:41that the only thing this government wants is to make life precarious.
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