Enough Network organized a demonstration in support of the actions outside the Ecuadoran embassy in Washington, and then participated in a meeting with the Ambassador. On February 7, the leading indigenous organizations, after long negotiations, arrived at an agreement with the government for a roll-back of some of the most damaging components of the IMF program. Below is a statement from those groups and others active in the struggle in Ecuador to progressive activists around the world. Those events culminated in an agreement signed by the Government of Ecuador and the peasant and indigenous peoples organizations that had led a popular uprising. We wish to express our profound gratitude to all organizations and persons that became interested in and closely followed the events that took place in Ecuador after the government imposed a series of economic measures at the beginning of the year.
International solidarity is the expression of the highest qualities of human conscience.
Precisely because we are aware of your solidarity, we would like to request your strong support so that, with the weight of international public opinion, the Government of Ecuador is obliged to comply with the agreement it signed on 7 February with peasant and indigenous peoples organizations. Similarly, it is important to ensure full respect for human rights in Ecuador, which also makes it imperative that the government know that it is being watched by the international community. We would also like to draw your attention to the problematic relationship between Ecuador and the International Monetary Fund. In determining policies, they focus only on the macro economy, designing adjustment measures that, while satisfying the interests of speculative capital, leave aside such basic issues as economic and social development. Even worse, this relationship is carried out under conditions that undermine Ecuador s sovereignty.