The government of Ecuador wants to evict the country’s largest Indigenous organization from its historical headquarters. President Rafael Correa accused the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) of using the building for ‘political’ purposes.
CONAIE, the umbrella organization for all Ecuador’s Indigenous peoples and nationalities, has been a key political actor since the 1990 uprising, when mass occupations, blockades and shut-downs forced the government to invite Indigenous movements to the negotiating table.
