Killing people for Oil.

international | worker & community struggles and protests | news report Saturday August 20, 2005 15:58 by iosaf

international versus national obligations.

People are about to be killed in two provinces of Ecuador to protect the "rights" of an Oil corporation.

Ecuador's government (not an exemplary one) has asked for Venezuala's assistance to continue its exports of crude Oil. Venezuala is "loaning" the oil, which is then being "put through the global books" as Ecuadorian, so that they continue to "meet their international obligations".

They have been unable to "meet their international obligations" recently because the people of Sucumbios and Orellana provinces have been protesting because they believe their government are failing to "meet their national obligations".

***********The situation is critical**************

The government which declared a state of emergency in the Amazonian provinces on wednesday last have arrested the leader of the protesters Guillermo Munoz who held the provincial post of "prefect" (akin to a secretary of state) and was replaced yesterday in his "duties" (to protect national and international obligations) by a retired general Osvaldo Jarrin who is now the minister of defence.

Osvaldo Jarrin has said that troops will fire on protesters on Monday.

(with real bullets)
bang -bang -dead sort of stuff.

But he put it this way :
"If strategic installations are being attacked or there is an attempt to destroy or sabotage them, maximum force will be applied, depending on the situation. They can even open fire in self-defense"

The last time Ecuador appeared on your indymedia ireland screen was when prisoners crucified themselves in the yard to attract attention to conditions which had worsened despite "popular" protests.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70435

Ecuador is the 2nd supplier of south american Oil to the USA after Venezuala.

THe usual reports tell me/us/everyone that the mayors of the amazonian province towns are locked up, the protesters are beaten to pulp, the prison which were overflowing before are now even more crammed,
the bishops are praying for peace, the poor want a share of the profits of the oil for infrastructure, schools, hospitals, medicines the usual stuff.

there are hourly udpates on ecuador indymedia, and there will naturally be a list of dead published on monday.

http://www.ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/08/10874.shtml
http://www.ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/08/10872.shtml
http://www.ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/08/10871.shtml
http://www.ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/08/10869.shtml

http://www.ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/08/10843.shtml
http://www.ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/08/10854.shtml
http://www.ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/08/10853.shtml
http://www.ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/08/10851.shtml