1. STANDING UP FOR JUSTICE.
- Author
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DiBello, John
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JUSTICE , *SOCIAL structure , *COLLECTIVE memory , *LIBERATION theology , *NATURAL resources - Abstract
In Ecuador, where I lived from January through July, indigenous communities began protests on October 3 in reaction to an IMF austerity package proposed by President Moreno. Popular manifestations followed for eleven days, led largely by the CONAIE, the popular coalition of the twelve indigenous nations in Ecuador. When I spoke with a community leader about their involvement with the church, especially with regard to the prominent Ecuadorian liberation pastor Bishop Leonidas Proano, she expressed her doubts despite some of her community being Catholic: "[Proano] spoke of us as "the poor" - we have never been poor.". [Extracted from the article]
- Published
- 2020