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Article: ECUADOR: PRESIDENT LUCIO GUTIERREZ HIT BY MORE STRIKES, DISSENTION WITHIN COALITION GOVERNMENT.
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- NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs
- Article date:
- June 20, 2003
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Ecuadoran President Lucio Gutierrez is facing growing dissention from those whose support brought him to power five months ago, especially the labor unions and indigenous groups.
On June 17, the Confederacion de Nacionalidades Indigenas del Ecuador (CONAIE) gave the president a list of 82 changes they said needed to be made for their group to continue supporting the administration. Complaints have been growing within CONAIE against Gutierrez's social and economic policies. In May, CONAIE made public its decision to be politically independent from the government, but they are now saying they will move to the opposition if changes are not forthcoming.
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