The problem of indigenous people in Ecuador(1990~2002)

• Main Authors: Fei-Fan Chen, 陳非凡
• Other Authors: Susana N. Vittadini Andrés
• Format: Others
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93568935552137627415

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 拉丁美洲研究所碩士班 === 93 === In Latin America exist many native indigenous groups and they had their particular way of life without any other intromission meanwhile they created their own cultures.Nevertheless, after the colonial rule, the natives lost little by little their things and their importance within Latin America society has been diminished, at the same time, their role has been undressed, despised and disorganized, and such state of things still continues at present. In Ecuador, the aborigines constitute one third of the total population, but they pass their life with poverty, in addition, their benefit has always been ignored and sacrificed by their government who is concentrated in the hand of the minorities. According to this, the problems of the natives became serious and without been yet solved. The end of twentieth century is the most important period for all the Ecuadorian indigenous since the foundation of CONAIE and Pachakutik as they bring hope for them. CONAIE is integrated by the three oldest indigenous organizations within the three different zones therefore the main function of CONAIE is to rearrange the force of the natives and also to attend to their necessities and try to solve the problems that they have. The indigenous movements reached their highest point from 1990 to 2002, under the control of their organization CONAIE to show their dissatisfaction and necessities to the government. During each indigenous movement, they propose their main demands and hope that the government can make the possible transformation. In fact, the economy of the natives is their most important issue and if the government does not improve their economic situation, they use the manifestation to request the destitution of the president, for that reason by the end of the last century the politics in Ecuador has been shaken and unstable. The natives have the power to influence politics, as it was the case of 2002 presidential election, when they supported to the candidate Lucio Gutiérrez and hoped that he could solve their problems and bring a good future for them.