>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Ecuador's president flees attempted coup > > > Military unit joined thousands of highland Indians > occupying Ecuador's congressional building Friday, > January 21, 2000. > > > >http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/01/21/ecuador000121 > > CBC (Candian Broadcasting Corporation) > > CBC Front Page Attempted coup forces Ecuador's > president to flee palace > > News WebPosted Fri Jan 21 18:31:27 2000 > > Indepth » QUITO, ECUADOR - Ecuadorean president > Viewpoint » Jamil Mahuad, facing an attempted coup, > Programs » has left the government palace in an > Live » ambulance guarded by four security > vehicles. It's not known where he is > Zone française headed. > > The armed forces chief has asked him to > Sports resign, after a military unit joined > thousands of highland Indians occupying > Weather Ecuador's congressional building Friday > in an attempt to bring down the > government. > > "We are conscious that we must maintain > Kids order and discipline in the country," > explained defence minister Gen. Carlos > Mendoza. > > Mahuad has forcefully rejected the > Local Features demand. > > "I will not accept insinuations I should > Interactive resign. If this is a military coup which > wants to take power by force, gentlemen, > Program take power by force," Mahuad said in a > Websites national speech. "I will fulfill my > duties until the last moment." > On-Air Guide An hour after taking over the congress > building, hundreds of Indians pushed > Inside CBC their way into the Supreme Court > building across the street. > Millennium Military sharpshooters took up positions > on rooftops looking down on the two > government buildings, but the coup > Search News: attempt has been peaceful so far. > > The protesters are members of the > Confederation of Indigenous > Radio-Canada Nationalities of Ecuador, which claims > to represent Ecuador's four million > Privacy Policy Indians. > > Thousands of them arrived in the capital > Copyright © Quito earlier this week demanding a > 2000 CBC "popular government" be established. > > Reserved They say they've suffered under the > government's corruption and economic > mismanagement. They believe a plan by > Mahuad to adopt the U.S. dollar as the > country's currency will only impoverish > them even more. > > The country's worst economic crisis has > sparked this political one. Last year, > inflation was over 60 per cent, the > highest in Latin America, while > unemployment soared even higher -- with > only one out of every three workers > holding jobs. > > Brazil joined U.S. in condemning the > attempt to force Mahuad's resignation. > > * Latest Newscast from CBC Radio > > > Bob Olsen adds that the uprising is led by CONAIE > > Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador (CONAIE) > > http://conaie.nativeweb.org/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Comprehensive and up-to-date reports on the rebellion > in Equador in English, German and French, see > > http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~pietsch/stop-war/ > > > > > > ............................................. > Bob Olsen, Toronto [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ............................................. > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
