Surviving Real SHTF: Chaos In Quito, Part 7
This is the continuing coverage of the unfolding SHTF situation in Ecuador being reported by an American Partisan reader and expat living in the nation. It is going from bad to much worse, with reports of violence among the large scale demonstrations. It won’t be long now.
Previously I had been helping him remotely to build up the local Red Cross chapter off-grid communications, which was left in shambles from neglect and no serious attitude towards them amid more convenient methods. And now here they are, with periodic outages just in the beginning phases of what looks like a long term bad situation playing out.
Expat ‘Fred’ has collected a series of news articles covering the incidents in real time. At this time it appears the real players have unfolded- Maduro (and Russia, and China) are seeking to destabilize the entire region, piece by piece. Still wondering where those 50K AK-103s being built per year in Caracas are headed? And where will they go after that? I’ll give you a hint- I suspect they’ll be coming north.
Here’s what he sends:
Meanwhile, several media in the UNIVISION category claim that the military “was held” by violent protesters!.”..NO provenance on where or when this video was taken……
The Government of Ecuador accepted on Tuesday the collaboration of the United Nations to open a dialogue with indigenous groups that oppose the austerity measures of President Lenin Moreno and keep the capital Quito under siege with protests.
Breaking
Uniformed detainees occurred at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8, outside the explosives factory (Explocem) owned by the Armed Forces, located in the rural parish of Poaló in Latacunga.
Protesters say the military was trying to transfer explosives to Quito. However, the communication department of the Homeland Brigade confirmed what happened and explained that the military retained were providing security to the facilities. In addition, they denied that they were moving explosives.
The Army gave no further details, but said they have already begun dialogues with the indigenous people to free the uniformed.
This while in the city of Latacunga the march of the torches in which hundreds of indigenous people participated. Without confrontations with the public force.
More on the curfew
The president of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, on Tuesday decreed a curfew in some strategic places for the government . Restricted the freedom of transit and mobility in areas adjacent to state buildings and facilities, according to a decree signed by the president on Tuesday. Meanwhile, protests intensify in Quito .
The curfew in these areas will run from Monday to Sunday between 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. during the state of emergency , the document added, which is published when protests against government austerity measures increase.
The indigenous movement arrived in Quito to protest against the elimination of subsidies for diesel and extra gasoline . Demonstrations have left destruction in public facilities, looting and hundreds of people detained.
The defense minister, Oswaldo Jarrín, clarified that the curfew also “protects” ports, airports, refineries, water supply points, energy, telecommunications antennas, among others where there can be no “vehicular or pedestrian circulation, there is no possibility of access to the surroundings ”.
Interior Minister María Paula Romo confirmed that “we have to overcome intransigence positions in order to find a way out of this confrontation , regarding social movements … regarding economic measures.”
He said that the most significant problems are in the central highlands, but that there are blockages in many places from the province of Azuay to the province of Imbabura, almost all of the Andean area.
Authorities confirmed 19 injured of varying magnitude and 676 protesters arrested, while 87 police officers were injured .
The National Police confirmed, on the other hand, that one of the three young people who fell from the San Roque Bridge died last Monday . The deceased was identified as Marco Oto, 26.
Just back from second trip to town. I was there for an hour and a half. In that time I saw 26 farm trucks and 4 buses load up with protesters bound either for the road blocks on the Pan American highway or for Quito to join the strike there. I am going to guess between 1500 and 2000 persons on the move leaving this small town……… I talked to a policeman on motorcycle (the trucks and buses are getting ṕolice escort) who said that the transport has been going on since 6AM this morning. Also photo 1 protesters local in front of the municipal building here in Cotacachi. All the businesses are closed locally at this hour.
Statement from Conaie
CONAIE
@CONAIE_Ecuador
6m6 minutes ago
#ElParoNoPara. More than 50,000 thousand indigenous protesters, peasants, students, farm workers and the city, we say outside the economic policies of death and misery that it generates in #FMI, and the extractivist policies that affect our territories.
#ElParoNoPara State and Imperialist violence will not be able to silence the clamor of the people, at this time the mobilization is directed to the Plaza de Santo Domingo where they will then return to the House of Culture to install a Popular Assembly. #LaLuchaVaPorqueVa
So Conae adn the indigenous community is considering appointing an assembly to take action outside of the existing legislative paths in the Ecuadorian government. The result of this may well indicate a possible direction forward, whether to remove Moreno by action of the existing legislature or revolution. From photos and news footage of Quito I would guess that far more than 50,000 are there.
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Nc scout, In an earlier article you mentioned satellite comms being susceptible to interruption of the ground based infrastructure if I understood you correctly. In a situation like Equador what would be interrupted? Also, what is your opinion of the Garmin Inreach for non radio people?
It can be shut off entirely and could possibly be interrupted in that situation. I don’t know that it is, but a satphone is a big beacon to any .gov entity. I don’t have any experience with the Inreach but I wouldn’t get caught with it outside CONUS. Inside CONUS, sat communications take government priority and in a chaotic situation I wouldn’t stake my life to it.
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