Ecuadorian Educators Condemn Daniel Noboa’s Criminal Policy
The Alliance of Human Rights Organizations denounced that the repression against the national strike has left three demonstrators killed and 377 human rights violations.
“We hold the dictatorial government of Daniel Noboa responsible for the consequences of its war policy in front of the people,” the UNE said. Photo: EFE
October 20, 2025 Hour: 1:07 pm
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The National Union of Educators (UNE) of Ecuador denounced, almost a month after the national strike, the criminal policy of the government of Daniel Noboa and its military deployment in the country to repress legitimate protests.
“We denounce to the country and the world the criminal policy of the Noboa government, which by all means has sought a military solution to an issue that can only be resolved politically and with true social dialogue,” the organization said.
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After three murders framed in the repression of the security forces against the national strike, the UNE pointed out that the president of Daniel Noboa never sought dialogue, while the statement of the Ministry of Government on Sunday, October 19, confirms his authoritarianism, government violence, lack of will and incapacity.
“We hold the dictator government of Daniel Noboa responsible for the consequences of his war policy against the people,” they remarked, while warning about the deployment on Monday of a massive operation by military and police on the roads of the north of the country.
On the other hand, they said that the government seeks to justify the repression that even left the community member Jaime S., of the Kitu Kara people, seriously injured and at risk of losing an eye, which is added, as the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) also specified, to the “pattern of systematic repression” that the government of Daniel Noboa deploys during the national strike.
Likewise, the UNE warned that “the Government will continue to use violence to suffocate the struggle of the peoples and that it has already failed due to the active resistance of the communities, which have significant support from the population.”
“Today more than ever, from UNE we call to strengthen the unity of all the peoples of Ecuador, indigenous movement, workers, students, women and social organizations,” said the collective.
The CONAIE also speaks out
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador said that the Government of Daniel Noboa closes any possibility of dialogue. Even so, the organization reaffirmed its political will for true dialogue and its willingness to cease confrontation, “but it will not accept empty talks conditioned by repression.”
“In the face of the government’s announcement released on the night of October 19, 2025, in which it breaks off any type of dialogue with indigenous and social organizations, CONAIE rejects this authoritarian decision and speaks out to the country.
The government of Daniel Noboa has closed any possibility of real dialogue, while complying with the demands of the International Monetary Fund at the cost of the suffering of the people and the increase in poverty,” they said.
Similarly, they pointed out that there are no conditions for dialogue while the repression continues. “The number of wounded, detainees and human rights violations are increasing; community media are closed, bank accounts of organizations are blocked, illegal raids are carried out and arbitrary investigations are opened,” they said.
To this, the Confederation added, “dozens of people continue to be illegally detained, including the 12 from Otavalo, while the Government imposes a narrative that falsely brands us as ‘terrorists’.
“These actions confirm a policy of persecution against those of us who exercise our legitimate right to resistance,” argued CONAIE, which reaffirmed that the way out of the crisis requires a national, public and transparent dialogue, with an agenda of clear demands and with representation of the entire organizational structure of the indigenous movement, and including different social organizations.
For its part, the Alliance of Human Rights Organizations stated that from October 13 to 19 (days 22 to 28 of the national strike), the monitoring confirms the continuity of a systematic pattern of state repression: illegitimate use of force, militarization, censorship and absence of institutional control.
So far in the strike, the entity specified that, as of October 18, 377 human rights violations have been reported
Author: HGV
Source: Telesur
