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Weekly Report - 4 April 2006
ECUADOR: Conaie to radicalise anti-FTA campaign
As we had anticipated last week, the tactical lull in the protest campaign by Conaie, the confederation of indigenous organisations, came to an end last week after the group held an assembly in defiance of the government's state of emergency. On 1 April Conaie announced that it would radicalise the protests and only call them off if and when the government agrees to a set of demands.
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