Indian Country Today (Lakota Times), May 14th, 2003
Weinberg, Bill Indian Country Today (Lakota Times) 05-14-2003 Nowhere have indigenous movements made their power felt in national politics as in Ecuador. Indians are in the lead of a revolutionary movement in Ecuador that has brought down one government and been instrumental in the rise of the country's current populist president. In January 2000, an unprecedented alliance between Ecuador's indigenous peoples, labor and elements of the military seized the nation's capital, Quito, and brought down President Jamil Mahuad. The last-minute intervention of the military chief prevented an Indian-le...
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