Indigenous and Feminist Struggles and Ecuador’s 2021 Elections, 4/22
INDIGENOUS AND FEMINIST STRUGGLES AND ECUADOR’S 2021 ELECTIONS
Thursday, April 22
6.00pm – 8.00pm EDT
*Interpretación al español disponible
Social mobilizations, the legacy of correismo, and the 2019 uprisings, together with the momentum gained through Perez’ 2021 candidacy, have contributed to debates about the future of the left, not only in Ecuador, but more broadly. Debates highlight the tension between statist and self-determination movement strategies for struggle, and particularly, how to center resistance to neo extractivism.
Featuring: Cecilia Velasque, Kichwa Panzalea indigenous leader. Fernando Garcia, anthropologist and researcher with the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales in Ecuador (FLACSO). Manuela Picq, Karl Loewenstein Fellow and Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College and professor of International Relations at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. Andrea Sempértegui, interdisciplinary researcher focused on struggles over territory and natural resource extraction, indigenous politics, popular feminist movements, and decolonial thought in Latin America.
Moderator: Charlie Uruchima, co-founder, co-host, and producer for Kichwa Hatari, the first indigenous Kichwa language radio aimed at reaching Kichwa speakers in the U.S.