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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 02 June 2017

ECUADOR: Key cabinet pick inflames indigenous tension

The future role of Ecuador’s once-powerful indigenous movement is coming under close scrutiny. The decision by President Lenín Moreno to appoint Humberto Cholango, a former president of the country’s largest umbrella indigenous organisation Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (Conaie), as his secretary of water has divided the indigenous movement. It has prompted speculation that Moreno, while professing his commitment to listening to indigenous concerns, is employing the divide and rule tactics of his predecessor Rafael Correa (2007-2017) to weaken the indigenous movement, which helped topple three presidents in eight years between 1997 and 2005.

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