Ecuador's Indigenous Movement marches Against insecurity and proposes to raise VAT
Ecuador's indigenous movement held its first march against the government of President Daniel Noboa on Friday in the Andean province of Cotopaxi to protest against insecurity, the arrival of more prisoners in the provincial jail and the proposal to raise the value-added tax (VAT) to reduce the state deficit and finance the 'internal armed conflict' that it declared against organized crime teleSUR
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00:00 On Friday in Ecuador and province of Cotopaxi, the indigenous movements held its first march
00:04 against the demonstration of President Daniel Novoa, representative of the native peoples
00:08 marched through the streets of Ratacunga city claiming for increased security and for the right
00:13 to implement their own justice system. Also demonstrators denounced the lack of health
00:18 services, educational employment and the increase of the value-added tax introduced by Novoa. This
00:24 is considered the first protest of the indigenous movement against the administration of President
00:28 IN NOVOA AND HIS MEASURES TO TACKLE ORGANIZED CRIME.