(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 March 2006, members of the Ecuadorian army shut down the Inti Pacha community-based radio station in the town of Cayambe, 60 kilometers north of Quito. The move followed the 21 March declaration of a national state of emergency. The soldiers also detained two of the station’s journalists, William Ramos and Julio […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 March 2006, members of the Ecuadorian army shut down the Inti Pacha community-based radio station in the town of Cayambe, 60 kilometers north of Quito. The move followed the 21 March declaration of a national state of emergency. The soldiers also detained two of the station’s journalists, William Ramos and Julio Charro, even though they did not have an official warrant for their arrest. The journalists were released soon afterwards.
The station is part of a national chain of 50 stations involved in a special campaign against a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
The action followed upon nine days of indigenous and rural protest against the negotiations for the agreement.
