Participación del Movimiento indígena de Cotopaxi en las protestas y movilizaciones sociales del Ecuador, octubre 2019. Lecciones y desafíos.

Abstract

As in many other Latin American countries, the indigenous population of Ecuador is marginalized, despite being marginalized, the indigenous movement in Ecuador mobilizes to improve their living conditions, exercising the right to resistance as part of the social struggle calling attention to bad governments. The present systematization work aims to demonstrate the historical journey of the social struggle, in the same way, the investigative axis focuses on the participation of the indigenous movement of Cotopaxi in the protests and social mobilizations of Ecuador, October 2019, where the indigenous people of Cotopaxi they managed to organize to consolidate a movement, which made it possible to make visible and star in public spaces. In the province of Cotopaxi, Pujilí canton, an analysis of the problems and social events of October 2019 was carried out, where Ecuador was considered as the center of international attention when a movement of millions of protesters closed the streets of the capital with protests against the termination of fuel subsidies. In the research process, documentary sources, interviews with leaders, leaders and focus groups have been used. Despite their victory in the October 2019 protests, the research identified that the indigenous peoples of Ecuador struggle with poverty and inequality, which shows great obstacles to achieving equality. However, the indigenous activists of CONAIE have real power to defend and advance the rights of indigenous Ecuadorians.