The Nine Fatalities of the 2022 National Strike
The nine fatalities of the 2022 National Strike by journalist, Adrián Tarín Sanz (translated & edited by Andy Taylor) 28th of September 2022 In 2022, the Indigenous Movement of Ecuador called the longest general strike in recent history. Nine people died, six in clashes with security forces. Who were they? How did they die? Who killed them? This extensive investigation attempts to answer the unknowns behind the systematic repression that surrounds the indigenous and popular uprising. In October 2019, Ecuador came to a standstill in response to the decision of Lenin Moreno, then president, to liberalize fuel prices. For an agrarian country like this, gasoline is an essential means of production for farmers. So, hundreds of thousands of farmers, transporters and other urban workers paralyzed the country for a week and a half. Three years later, with a change of government, the situation had not improved: the price of gaso...