Surviving SHTF: Chaos In Quito, Part 11
One of our readers and American expat, ‘Fred’, is on the ground in Quito, Ecuador and has been chronicling the ongoing troubles amid the austerity measures put in place by the IMF and the resulting conflict between the government and the nation’s indigenous labor population.
Originally Fred had contacted me to get help and advice on getting the off-grid communications equipment squared away at the local Red Cross station. Due to years of neglect in lieu of more convenient systems requiring a high amount of infrastructure, their systems were in shambles. And now what he and a few others were afraid of happening has indeed happened.
Recap:
- Chaos in Ecuador from an Expat On the Ground
- Surviving Real SHTF: Chaos In Quito
- Surviving Real SHTF: Chaos in Quito, Part 2
- Surviving Real SHTF: Chaos In Quito Part 3
- Surviving Real SHTF: Chaos In Quito Part 4
- Surviving Real SHTF: Chaos In Quito, Part 5
- Surviving Real SHTF: Chaos In Quito, Part 6
- Surviving Real SHTF: Chaos In Quito, Part 7
- Surviving Real SHTF: Chaos In Quito, Part 8
- Surviving Real SHTF: Chas In Quito, Part 9
Here’s his recent dispatch:
OK operationally…… the internet here is crap. As I filed earlier there was a new story today about the national telephone company interfering with internet traffic to try to control both information that leaves Ecuador for the rest of the world and social media. I think its possible the resistance is using social media to coordinate their mobilization and activities both at the sharp edge of the protests and behind that, logistically. Earlier I ran the Sourceforge speedtest. I am guaranteed with my fiber connection, 10 MB down and 10 up on an un shared socket. I had 3 down and about 9 up, bufferbloat was horrible as was latency. You dont even want to know about domain name resolution…… I sent an e mail to netblocks.org asking them to check what was happening here again. The last story they have on the website was 9 Oct, what I originally reported. They have not updated that nor have they replied to my e mail so its anybody’s guess at this point.
Another story I filed here from the local domain earlier was about the store openings tomorrow. I and my Venezuelan ex girlfriend are going to be out of here around 0light-thirty because everything is open around 6. So I am going to be involved in resupply for a couple of hours first AM. I am going to report what I find. I got started late this morning because I had updates to the Manjaro Stable release, major updates, I updated the guinea pig stable machine first and when it ran normally updated the main machine and the laptop so I got finished about 1 AM this morning. Joys of being both a user and your own IT department no?
Where I think this is going –After the military warning the protesters today (filed earlier) I think the military is going to start appearing more and more in defense of key areas. Not being Ecuadorian but my general sense of all of this is that Moreno with support of the globalists in the IMF is going to probably try to crush the movement rather than abide by anything legislative that happens about impeachment. He got Pomp-pus-pompeo’s endorsement today (filed earlier). After watching several hours of the live RT coverage while I was watching everything else earlier I can not help but have a lot of respect for these young people on the front lines…..I wish I was there……I think there may be some sort of law in the Eucadorian constitution similar to our posse comitatus but I wouldnt give an ice cube in hell’s chance of that being observed.
I wish I had a radio. Had I one with you on the other end and digital modes, if the internet goes down we would be one voice they could not shut up. Until there was someone at the door……. unless I oh say moved around a bit…….
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This is a informative/interesting read about how things can go south quickly.
I have read with interest and am digging a bit deeper about how Cali. according to a few reports will now charge a lot of monies for repeaters (I believe) on public lands for ham,seems they have a cell program that does away with the need for ham(uh huh).I am really trying to learn more about this as mentioned only saw 2 articles so far about it.
Best of luck to “Fred”and the citizens of Ecuador.
If you’re referencing the one from ‘survival outpost’ or whatever its called, that article is full of crap, as is the author.
The article I first read was off grid survival site,was on WRSA,led to a few other articles,will just keep looking into it,as I do with any articles/info. that I come across.